I’d wager that as long as there has been lyrics, there have been people misunderstanding them. “Excuse me while I kiss this guy,” right?
Usually, I don’t misunderstand lyrics. Sometimes I may not know what the hell they’re saying, but getting it wrong… well that’s rare.
I picked up Rock Band 2 over the weekend and the song “Aqualung” by Jethro Tull is one of the tracks in the game. The line in the song is: “Sitting on a park bench / eyeing little girls with bad intent.” I thought the line went: “Sitting on a park bench / five little girls bad intent.”
The first one makes more sense and is, you know, right, but the second one seems cooler. It’s not a song about a creepy old guy, but there are wicked children!. Maybe it’s just me, but that seems like a more interesting story.