Sunday, June 7, 2020

It's Not Just Me

So I'm not the only one who misunderhears lyrics.  It's also not only older performers who garble them.
These days I have the advantage of being able to look up a song's lyrics online so that I can actually see my misunderhearing and mentally correct it before it becomes an errant earworm (a.k.a. cerebreoredundogram, a.k.a. song that gets stuck in your head). 
One song that I had to look up was "Feel It Still" by Portugal the Man.  I suspected the lyrics were "I'm a rebel just for kicks;" however, one day my younger daughter was singing along and sang something that was not quite correct, so I had to show her her error.  In fairness, my daughter is under the age of ten, so there's that.
Another song I had to look up was "Believer" by Imagine Dragons.  [At this point, I feel I must correct a prior statement.  I like many of Imagine Dragons' songs too.  I can add that to my list of bands.] In the song "Believer" coming right before the refrain is a one-syllable word.  My daughters and I both believed (see what I did there?) the word to be "rain."  
Alas, all three of us were wrong.  After I looked up the lyrics, I found that the word was "pain."
So it's not just me.  I feel the pain still.  (see what I did there?)