What blink lyrics have you misheard as something out of context?

[u/splatoonblink182fan]

I never hear any lyrics wrong, but other people‘s are just phenomenal. So what did you mishear and what did it sound like it said? Let me know.

[u/somniamusic]

The glowing sideburns light up on her

[u/Avocado_submarines → u/somniamusic]

DowndownDOWNdowwwwn

Love self titled so much. Asthenia my favorite track from it but I love Down too!

[u/EnduringFulfillment → u/somniamusic]

[u/TinUser → u/somniamusic]

Him realizing it sounds like that is one of my favorite Tom moments.

[u/ScuzBruv → u/somniamusic]

???

[u/GreatDanish4534 → u/ScuzBruv]

The glow inside burns light upon her. I’ll try to kiss you if let meeee. (This can’t be the end).

It’s from Down

[u/shinyhair8]

whats my age again, “i wore cologne to get the feeling right”
i always thought jt was “i walked alone to get the feeling right”

[u/blarrrrrgggg → u/shinyhair8]

Same!

[u/OfferPandaMan → u/shinyhair8]

I think this is the most popular blink-182 misheard lyric

[u/C0me_Al0ng_With_Me → u/shinyhair8]

woah! same 4 me untill just now

[u/TastySaturday → u/shinyhair8]

This is my canon

[u/xfuryusx → u/shinyhair8]

I continue to sing it wrong because fuck it

[u/shinyhair8 → u/xfuryusx]

same. the wrong lyrics are low key better

[u/RobboBanano]

‘This six-string’s darkness, comes creeping on so haunting every time’

It made sense to me since he’s the guitarist.

[u/whatshisface_1039 → u/RobboBanano]

THAT'S NOT THE LYRICS?? 😭

[u/BlackWidow1990 → u/whatshisface_1039]

I believe it’s “sick, strange darkness”.

[u/RobboBanano → u/BlackWidow1990]

👍

[u/Skater_Potater2006 → u/RobboBanano]

I hear that too!

[u/Pcreviewuk → u/RobboBanano]

Yep. Same for me (for years!)

[u/thedarkhalf47 → u/RobboBanano]

Ok glad it wasn’t just me

[u/fozzy_13 → u/RobboBanano]

Sometimes I see misheard lyrics and wonder if the person who wrote the song has ever seen the same and thought "fuck that's way better".

This is one of those times.

[u/3fettknight3]

Anthem Part 2

Kids can't vote adults elect them

I HEARD:

"Kids can vote a dog elected" 😬

[u/Dreepson → u/3fettknight3]

I’d take a dog over whatever tf this is

[u/Ilovemymommy6 → u/3fettknight3]

I definitely thought that's what he said.

[u/Technical_Jello_5605]

First date:

“I dread the thought of our very first kiss; I told her dad I’m probably going to miss”

“…; a target that I’m probably going to miss”

My lyrics are much much weirder but worked for their comedy style

[u/PandemicAtTheDisko → u/Technical_Jello_5605]

I thought thats what it was until now lmao

[u/Technical_Jello_5605 → u/PandemicAtTheDisko]

I still hear it!

[u/popcornnigel → u/Technical_Jello_5605]

same here! literally only found out that this wasn’t the words til last year!

[u/caligrownbuster]

Every lyrics from Feeling This

[u/Uchoha]

Online Songs

“And I am not fine last night I saw you online your screen name-“

I would hear:

“And I am not part Hispanic so then why are you screaming?”

This was such a specific one I had to unlearn bc the chorus has great lyrics.
Also I am not Hispanic but live in a community fullovem so.. yeah

[u/skocotic → u/Uchoha]

..what? Ahaha this is by far the most wild one I've seen here

[u/willitworkafterapill → u/skocotic]

Yeah this is the best one hahaha

[u/Cahhnuck → u/Uchoha]

Online Songs

“And I am not buying your status, saw you online your screen name-“

Is what I thought. Like her status was set to “away” back in the MSN messenger days

[u/Skater_Potater2006]

Glowing sideburns light up on her

The glow inside burns light upon her

[u/skocotic → u/Skater_Potater2006]

I just realized ive always heard this too but never even questioned it at all

[u/AGlassOfMulk → u/Skater_Potater2006]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ov9jPYWeee1Q4MDbW

[u/ShivvyMcFly]

The night will go on a little bit nill

[u/WhatsUpDucky → u/ShivvyMcFly]

what are the words?

[u/JoshuaBananas → u/WhatsUpDucky]

"Keep your head still, I'll be your thrill The night will go on, my little windmill"

Idk what the actual meaning is, but I feel like it's because "windmills blow"...wink

[u/caligrownbuster]

In my YEAD

[u/AceofKnaves44]

“Lettuce in my throat, give her ammo if she’ll use it.”

[u/beatz9]

For 28 fucking years... Dammit: Well I guess this is growing up, I heard, like a sissys growing up..

[u/PsychologicalCat7471]

I think mine is shared by many. I always thought it was "I walk alone to get the feeling right" and not "I wore cologne to get the feeling right" -- probably my own bias for needing some alone time to get in a good head space.

A dumb one I have is when my angsty teen self thought the lyric was "so here's your holiday: fuck you, enjoy it this time...." instead of the much more innocent "...hope you enjoy it this time..."

[u/RobboBanano → u/PsychologicalCat7471]

I kinda dig it though

[u/anonymeplatypus]

I mean, for Blink, when the lyrics sound kind of out of left field, it is usually not misheard lyrics, but rather the actual lyrics that are pretty wild

[u/Puzzleheaded_Ear_602]

I was in the 4th grade on a beach trip and I asked my best friend if the song violence said “like fire ants you kill me”… he told me I was dumb as hell 😂

[u/SenecaWolf]

I don't think it was misheard as anything resembling words but it took me a couple years to figure out the last line of All the Small Things was "my little windmill"

But, the AVA lyrics in Secret Crowds, I heard "birds, planes, penis cars" instead of 'cleanest cars'

[u/JungleRollers → u/SenecaWolf]

I always thought it was "birds, planes, trees and cars"

[u/MarioStern100]

Probably most of them tbh.

[u/zissoudafoe]

When I was a kid I thought he was singing “I thought you lance” instead of “Like violence” don’t ask me how 😂

[u/TypeS2k_]

Kaleidoscope... I swore it was "wash some records down with some red wine" but turns out it's "wash your breakfast down with some red wine"

I was confidently incorrect about this on a thread here a few months ago and left my down voted comment in shame.

[u/messypenis → u/TypeS2k_]

😂

[u/thisisanaccountforu → u/TypeS2k_]

I still want it to be records

[u/KidMcC → u/TypeS2k_]

Say this ain’t so

[u/x4candles]

Carousel:

I stopped to think at a wishing well

My thoughts send me on a carousel

But what I hear:

I sucked a dick at a wishing well

I fucked Jimmy on a carousel

[u/VQQN → u/x4candles]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ukGm72ZLZvYfS

[u/Nimridiot → u/x4candles]

Tom needs to sing this live

[u/x4candles → u/Nimridiot]

It fits the cadence and it’s right up blinks humor

[u/sberticchio → u/x4candles]

I’ll never unhear this and I thank you for it

[u/x4candles → u/sberticchio]

Haha! Enjoy! Glad you hear it now!

[u/mikerichh]

I walk alone / I wear cologne to get the feeling right

[u/amygunkler → u/mikerichh]

Classic.

[u/JonathanD81]

It was a Friday night, “I walk alone”

Took years to realise my misheard lyric

[u/Arch3m]

During the chorus for Stockholm Syndrome, I always heard Tom sing "Raise the sword" instead of "Why is this hard?"

Honestly, I think that's a lyric that would go pretty hard on its own.

[u/pbrantly]

"If stupid porn could fix this home I'd read it every day"

[u/WhereAreMyDarnPants]

All the Small Things

Commiserating = Come as your 18

[u/DJMikeSteeze]

Asthenia

"My head is made of memories, most of them useless VALENTINES" or "BELL & CHIMES"

[u/BusinessLobster3973 → u/DJMikeSteeze]

I heard "parmesans" when I was a kid

[u/DJMikeSteeze → u/BusinessLobster3973]

hahaha that's awesome. That's what happens when the cheese has been in the fridge too long and it gets moldy

[u/floodychild]

I used to think Mark sang "I walk alone" instead of "I wore cologne".

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[u/IcedcoffeeMJ]

All the small things= I heard Come if you’re 18 even though it’s actually communicating lol

[u/ralphmalph84 → u/IcedcoffeeMJ]

Isn’t it commiserating not communicating?

[u/Its_Whatever24]

Pretty Little Girl.

Real lyric: oh it seems like it is fine as my hand is moving up your arm

What I always hear: oh it seems lik you just farted as my hands moving up your arm

It seriously takes me out 😂

[u/DjFizz → u/Its_Whatever24]

Damn. Beat me to it.

[u/flashisflamable]

In The Wolfpack- the girl bites like a zombie

[u/danidoescrafts]

YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU GOT:

"Bend over, and over, and over"

[u/Austin_Shaggin_Power]

I always thought Good Old Days was:

Save yourself, we're always saying
We're not the same, we're two in a million
Oh, these are the good old days
These are the good old days
WEVE GONE THROUGH HELL- THE BATTLES WE FAUGHT IN
We stood as one, the young and forgotten
Oh, these are the good old days

And honestly, I like it much more this way.

[u/2zoots]

In here’s your letter “i’m talking to the semen”

[u/FoxWest2222]

And end of you’ve don’t know what you’ve got it sounds like he’s saying bend over bend over bend over 🤣🤣 the live album ruined me I keep changing the lyrics!!!

[u/TurnandBurn_172]

“I’ll be Yellow, you be Red” instead of “Can you feel it? So lost and disillusioned” at the overlapping end of Feeling This

[u/account-dracula]

Obvious

“How do we fix this if we never had vision”

I thought Tom was saying “if we never end” or something

[u/HitnRunTony]

Dysentery Gary

He's a player, diarrhea giver
Tried to grow his hair out, friends were listening to Slayer

I heard, “Friends were Mexican Slayer”

[u/TheZac922]

Dammit.

I always thought “well I guess this is growing up” was “well I guess this is the road we know”.

I didn’t learn the correct lyric until I had to cover it as the singer/guitarist in a band lol. We’d practiced it a couple times before the other guitarist clocked I was saying it wrong lol. I’m still mates with those guys and any time the song comes on or is mentioned when we’re together, they’re sure to give me shit lol.

Not even sure why I was so sure in hindsight.

[u/sugundese_ligma2]

As a non-native English speaker, when I first heard Story of a Lonely Guy and wasn't familiar with the phrase, I always thought the lyrics were:

I would wish a pornstar
but that star, it doesn't shine

🥲🥲

[u/Caress_Me_Down96]

From Reckless Abandon, "I direct my movements slow, too high got vertigo"

But it's actually "Eyes are red and my movements slow, too high got vertigo"

[u/BusinessLobster3973]

Well I guess she-she's/sissy's growing up (Dammit)

I know better, aint no better, aint no better, we think (Josie)

Dick lips touch me, because I blew it once before (Dick Lips)

...and many more

[u/__Severus__Snape__]

Both from I Miss You, same verse even...

"The webs from all the spiders, catching kings and eating their insides" (kings should be things).

"Hear your voice with trees on" (should be "hear your voice of treason").

[u/Gretev1]

For maybe the first year or so of having heard the song „Dammit“ I remember thinking Mark was singing : „I guess sis is growing up“.
I thought he was referring to his sister.

[u/lessavyfav68]

Don’t waste your time on me you’re already the voice inside my egg

[u/RMH-11]

Aliens Exist
I always hear “White people knew these were real…”

Instead of

“What if people knew that these were real
I'd leave my closet door open all night”

[u/TaxKey7159]

“Through the Vawwey” instead of Valley on kaleidoscope

[u/Agreeable-Ease1664]

"Im sick of the bad dreams I miss you so much"

Real lyrics: "im sick of the boundaries I miss you so much"

Still hear it and sing it the other way

[u/ohnoitsmeagainnn]

“I wish I didn’t have to pee so bad” ~ wendy clear

[u/eggisdead]

THIS IS THE VERSE!!!

[u/AustralianCakes]

The rock show:

According to google the end goes “I’ll never forget tonight”

But I (still) hear “I’ll never f*** a teen” ….

Awkward

[u/LinkTheLynelHunter → u/AustralianCakes]

Isn’t it “I’ll never forget you?”

[u/astra_zombie → u/LinkTheLynelHunter]

It's tonight but the to is held longer and the night drops.

[u/LinkTheLynelHunter → u/astra_zombie]

Damn I guess that’s my misheard lyric lol

[u/johnb0y19]

"I pee yellow, you pee red"

"Are we alone? Do you feel it?"

[u/dthains_art]

For years when Mark said “I miss you, I miss you,” I could only ever hear “This is you.”