Strange Lyrics

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Yeah, this has probably been done before, but who want’s to search.

Okay, song lyrics that you know what the words are, but still don’t make any sense.

“That girl is like a sunburn I would like to save.”

What does that mean? A sunburn you want to save? What?

“I’ll keep you by my side with my superhuman. My ache, kryptonite.”

Isn’t there a noun missing in that sentence. Superhuman what?

Okay I know there’s a lot more but I don’t recall them right now. Help me out.

(Let me know if this belongs in IMHO instead.)

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I think the song goes “I’ll keep you by my side with my superhuman might - kryptonite.”

The one I never got was by the Stone Temple Pilots
“Feeling, like a ham and mustard shake” WTF?

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Third Eye Blind, Never Let You Go. H

He’s saying, “That girl is like a sunburn. I would like to say she’s like a sunburn…”

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Superfluous H! Begone!

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“Teachers and critics all dance the poot.”

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Xizor - “Ham and mustard shake?” No, no. The real lyric is even more perplexing. It’s “Feeling like a hand in rusted shame.”

I think Scott Weiland violated his parole with that one.

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Are you sure this isn’t the Mondegreens thread?

I’ve got a weird one
“Stop a baby’s breath and a shoeful of rice, now…”

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Can anyone help me understand any Yes lyrics?

I’ll be the roundabout
The words will make you out ’n’ out
You change the day your way
Call it morning driving thru the sound and in and out the valley

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I’m not sure if I’ve got this right but

  • “The cat in the hat came back/ wreaked a lot of havoc along the way/ it always had a smile and a reason to pretend/their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep but to dream the sidewinder sleeps on it’s back”

This is from an R.E.M called “Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite” song I’ve been listening to for years, I still have no idea what the hell it means, I’ve got the general gist of the song (I think) but this bit doesn’t seem to fit in anywhere.

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This is an oldie. And I’m not misquoting.

The reasons that we are here.
The reasons that we fear, we won’t dissapear.
–Earth Wind and Fire’s Reasons.

And what was that old Neil Diamond song? The one where he sings about the “big chair”?

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Um…I think that one’s “A stalk of baby’s breath…” as in the the flower. Some sort of wedding thing, I’m guessing.
I think that song had something about freshmen in the title, but don’t remember who performed it.

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It’s called “The Freshman” by …umm…argh! The Verve Pipe! Yeah! Nocturne has the lyrics right, though.

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WHAT??? You’re telling me they’re singing about stopping a baby from breathing? What the heck is that song about?

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The Freshman…isn’t it about some college guys who play games with some girl until she kills herself? THat’s what it said on pop up video anyway

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Well, frick. Just checking in with Lyrics World (http://lyrics.natalnet.com.br/html/main_index/by_artist/by_artist.asp?by=Artist&searchf=Vap&searcht=Vf and according to them you all are right…“stop a baby’s breath and a shoefull of rice”

Well whaddya know?

wrong,
Brian

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I always thought it was saying “Stopping baby’s breath without a showful of rice,” and since the song is about people making decisions they regret, I assumed he was singing about a couple who had an abortion before they got married. I could be wrong. . .

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This man has to have some of the most bizarre lyrics out there. Sometimes they are very poetic and symbolic, and a certain amount of contextual analysis successfully reveals his meaning. Other times…well, I have no idea what the hell he’s talking about.

And I have to say, You Can Call Me Al seems to be pointing in a certain direction of sense, and I understand his theme, but his word choice and curious patterns leave me almost completely understanding what he’s saying, but not quite. What about this whole thing in the chorus:

Betty? Bodyguard? Huh?

And it keeps going like that. It’s a great song, though. :::pops CD in the 'puter:::

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I always figured the song was about wrong turns their relationships had taken early in life (i.e., when they were freshman).
If you want an REM with some truly screwed-up lyrics, check out “E-Bow the Letter”.
I’ve not figured that one out yet.

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You’re trying to make SENSE of R.E.M. lyrics? How about “If I’m your oyster, where’s the war?” from "Binky the Doormat?

I just sit back and enjoy the experience as a whole.

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Lady Godiva she came incognito,
The driver had stolen her red hot (rent and?) magneto.

With the bows, the pearls in her oysters, were tacky as hell. (To continue the seafood references.)

Thanks, PG!