Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.
Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not
by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see
misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and
misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).
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Korn's,
"All in the Family"
Climbing shoes and ladders
Climbing shoots and ladders
The Story: Have been listening to this song and singing these lyrics for nearly 20 years and only realised today that he's probably saying "Shoots and Ladders" as a reference to the song and not talking about climbing shoes... - Submitted by: Stephen
I can't see, I can't see, I'm going blind.
I can see, I can see, I'm going blind.
The Story: If he's going blind, it would make sense that he can't see. - Submitted by: Katy
Korn's,
"Children of the Korn"
F*ck the lord, with my dick in my hand
F*ck the law with my dick in my hand
The Story: It was really funny! Me and my friend Ashley were in Hot Topic and they were playing this song and we both started singing it really loud. This really hot goth walked up to us and said 'Umm...its 'Fuck the law with my dick in my hand'' and walked away. We both started laughing our asses off! - Submitted by: Head
Since I was young
I've tasted sorrow on my tongue
And this sweet turkey gun
Does not protect me.
Since I was young
I've tasted sorrow on my tongue
And this sweet sugar gun
Does not protect me.
The Story: I hear it when I'm jogging with my headphones on and it totally ruins the song! What's he doing with a turkey gun? I get this aweful mental image of Korn out hunting turkey. And why should it protect him? Are the turkey's dangerous? - Submitted by: Linda
Korn's,
"Freak On A Leash"
Archie Bunker lives with me.
A cheap f**k for me to lay.
The Story: I learned--at a Korn concert--that my husband had thought this was 'Archie Bunker lives with me' the whole time. I asked the other guy we were at the concert with (who hadn't heard my husband's version of the lyrics yet) what he thought it was and he said the same thing! - Submitted by: D.
Korn's,
"Freak On A Leash"
Something takes a bite of me
You and I should suck a tree
Something takes a part of me
You and I were ment to be
The Story: i was stoned - Submitted by: Kylee
Korn's,
"Freak On A Leash"
Something takes a part of me
You and I weren't meant to be
I'll keep up for me today
Smething takes a part of me..
Something takes a part of me
You and I were meant to be
A cheap f*** for me to lay
Something takes a part of me.
The Story: I was like 9 or 10 when I first heard it. Any way then I went to my cousin's house. We heard it on the radio and I started singing along. She looked at me and corrected te line. Pro'lly one of the most embarrassing moment in my short life. - Submitted by: Evil Munky
Korn's,
"Freak On A Leash"
You and I will masturbate
You and I were meant to be
The Story: I said this out loud wearing my headphones in the backseat of my parents car and I just got stared at, and my brother then corrected me. - Submitted by: Jacob Genovese
Korn's,
"Freak on a Leash"
Some things they...KORN!
Some things they DIE!
The Story: I thought Jonathan Davis decided to randomly mention the band's name in the bridge. - Submitted by: mo
Get your booty on
or
Get your beauty on
Get your boogie on
The Story: Once again, I dealt with the song “All About That Bass” originally saying “booty” and the clean version saying “beauty” - so either one was to be heard here, but both of which were wrong. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
God's a lie.
Got the life.
The Story: My brother and I constantly heard this song on the radio and we'd laugh at the whole 'God hates me part'. We'd always look at each other and say, 'Well yeah, He hates you, you called him a lie, dumb**s!' Two years later, I make a similar comment to my roommate and needless to say, I was laughed at profusely. I looked up the lyrics and was horrified. - Submitted by: Silver
I will not be bound by your fore-head scabies.
I will not be drowned by your thoughtless scheming.
The Story: I was listening to this song with my girlfriend. I stopped and looked at her and asked, 'What the hell is he saying? Forehead Scabies?' And she, being is a bigger Korn freak than I, laughed SO hard. - Submitted by: Peachy
Screwed up, you suck
Screwed up, used up
The Story: Actually, it was my mum who misheard this one. - Submitted by: Jonathan S.
Korn's,
"You'll Never Find Me"
So come give me
So talk in vain
The Story: After listening to Korn live-stream performance Monumental 2021 you can clearly hear the lead vocalist Jonathan Davis sing the correct lyrics. Although majority of lyric websites depict the incorrect lyrics. - Submitted by: Stealthrush
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