Alanis Morrisette hit it big in the U.S. when I was about 13. My favorite song on her album was the one that went:
"You live, you nerd.
You breathe, you nerd..."
The song seemed to be about how, no matter what you do, someone is always going to make fun of you for it. I thought this was a very cool, and very true, idea for a song.
I remarked to my older sister, "Don't you love that song, 'You Nerd'?" She laughed and set me straight: it was actually "You Learn".
I never liked the song quite as much after that.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon
- i thaught the michael jackson song billy jean song said Janet's not my son Anon
- In Beyonce's song 'Crazy in Love', I always thought she said 'Daisy right now'.Anon
- that song that goes *bring me a higher love*
i thought it said *breathing in iron lung*— oi - I used to believe that the B-52's song "Love Shack" was actually "Love Shark!"— Natalie
- i thought I got one year older when my family sang the birthday song.— I am the ghost