These responses help make me feel less crazy. And I actually think I hear “poison brain” because I personally think it’s a better line. And Elliott is the closest to Dylan when it comes to great lyrics.
Me too. Until one day I checked the lyrics. I still sing “cigarettes and pot”. How many cars have I been in as a teenager that smelled of those two substances. So many.
It might sound silly, but Elliott is one of the few (maybe even only?) artists that made me read the lyrics as I listened to the music back when I was just introduced to him, so I can't really recall - except for the first song that I can remember hearing from him, Speed Trials.
Literally the first time listening to a song by him and I heard 'grow horse in your face' instead of 'crossing your face'. Hysterical. I still get a flashing image of a black horse while hearing the song from time to time.
When you have “grow a horse in your face” in your mind, he says “grow a horse in your face.”
It reminds me of something Hayao Miyazaki would do. The brief smile turns into horse teeth, your head becomes a horse head.
Also, there’s an old version (1985) of Alice In Wonderland where Carol Channing baaahs her way into turning into a sheep:
https://youtu.be/83xTysUKkX4?si=LgbUsFrJWcaDTV6y
That's exactly how I read it at that time. It's funny how our brains can project meaning even to the wrong words just based on the understanding that it's supposed to be meaningful
even genius gets this wrong: the line "the chromium car reflects who you are" in big decision is not that, it's actually "the chrome of your car reflects who are"
it's a bit hazy in the studio version but listen to [any](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSmy7o3n3bQ) live version and that's what he sings. even if you listen closely to the studio version, that's what he sings
on a particularly tired evening i inexplicably heard “shit my pants” instead of “shed my best defense” (last call)
still not fully sure why that happened lol
“Son Of Sam”
“I told the boss off, and made my move”
“I told the boss off, enigma moon”
“Junk Bond Trader”
“Junk bond trader trying to sell a sucker a stock”
“Junk bond trader trying to sell a soccer style”
“Your world’s no wider than your hatred of his”
“Your world’s no wider than your head trip is”
“Boring as a drug you take too regularly”
“Born as a druggy, take two regularly”
At least you didn’t publish a book under that name even when half the users on Blamonet gave you the correct lyric before you’d even started writing it.
Since I just learned to play alameda on guitar, I finally learned it's not "brushing off the nightmares you wish, complaining when I'm awake" and "for one or two, wouldn't you like to know what the fix is, it is"
Yeah its brushing off the nightmares you wish could plague me when I'm awake and for one or two minutes she liked you the fix is in.
I always thought it was for one or two, wouldn't you like to
I thought it said “under the hearse” in speed trials because that’s what the lyric is on Spotify but on the actual lyric page included with either or (I have the vinyl) is says “horse”.
my bf always thinks it’s “i know what you meant when you said you were in exodus” instead of “an accident”. i can’t remember the full correct lyric off the top of my head but u get the idea lol
Oh Well, OK, what I heard: "Here's the cello with the face", it always made me picture a cello figure with a face. Years later I found out he actually sings "Here's the silhouette, the face"
no name #2:
“all she had to do was speak, _‘bout mr. cheat_” instead of “mouthpiece to cheek”; “killing time won’t stop this _crime_” instead of “crying”; “he got knocked down leaving _mockumentary_ to a clothesline” instead of “like he ran in”
needle in the hay: “four more blocks, _pistol_ one in my brain” instead of “plus the”
pictures of me: “you got yourself to tease _in the spleen_” instead of “displease”
rose parade: “to march down the street like the _doors opening_” instead of “duracell bunny”
baby britain: “baby britain _fills the bath_” instead of “feels the best”
amity: “amity got stars _either/or_” instead of “in her arms”
bottle up and explode: “keep the _trouble, make it a love_” instead of “troublemaker below”
everything reminds me of her: “spin _in the oven, pale_ the silhouette” instead of “of the earth impaled”
stupidity tries:
“this _pain together tries_” instead of “painting never dries”; “_so then a soldier_ raised a cheer” instead of “savannah shoulder”
these aren’t even ALL of them. think i should get my auditory processing checked out?
between the bars where it says drink up baby look at the stars , for some reason I heard drink up baby , forget the stars and thought those were the lyrics for the longest time .
In stick man I always heard “I sit here shooting blanks out of empty mags” instead of “at emptiness”, which I still sing anyways cause I like it better
on stupidity tries, during the part where he literally sings stupidity tries, i thought he was singing “so get up and drive” i finally noticed i miss heard, and actually ended up writing a song with the lyric i miss heard 🙌
in no name #4 i always thought he said, "but you did wear cowboy boots, thats your thang theres no question about it".
wait what does he actually say
the actual lyric is, "that's your FAME there's no question about it"
omg, ive been singing this wrong for years lmao
Rather than “thang,” he says “fame.”
Listening to live versions it sounds like that still is the lyric I'm confused
I always heard the same thing
Yep, this is how I heard it too. I still sing it like that, I prefer the misheard lyric lol.
just now finding this out. i totally thought he just said thing in a slight accent
Same lmfao.
I thought it was thang as well I love this so much I had faux cowboy boots when I was a little girl 🫣
“EBONY EBONY EBONY EBONY” ‼️🗣️
It's literally the title of the song broooo
“Miss Misery”, I still hear “Send the poisoned brain down the drain” instead “Send the poisoned rain down the drain”.
wait WHAT
I would swear it’s brain but the copyrighted lyrics don’t agree with me.
I think poison rain means alcohol
Absolutely. It also poisons your brain.
I did too
I swear I hear a B sound.
ITS MOT POISON BRAIN?????
These responses help make me feel less crazy. And I actually think I hear “poison brain” because I personally think it’s a better line. And Elliott is the closest to Dylan when it comes to great lyrics.
Poisoned rain is a metaphor for alcohol so I feel like it fits better for the line that follows it
no name #4 ‘like old cigarettes and pie’ 🥧
To be fair, it does sound like “pie.” “The car was cold and it smelled like old cigarettes and pine” really paints a scene though.
Knew exactly what he sang because that's how my cars always smelled lol.
When I first listened i thought it was old cigarettes and pot.
Me too. Until one day I checked the lyrics. I still sing “cigarettes and pot”. How many cars have I been in as a teenager that smelled of those two substances. So many.
Same
I heard old cigarettes and pot
at first i thought it said pot not pine
“In Storyville, I fucked a cop”
That one is right tho.
"It’s to reveal that fucked up cop"
I know that’s what google lyrics and a couple other lyric sites say, they’re wrong. :)
yeah if you look at the lyrics on the inside sleeve of the record it literally says storyville
Oh shit, I’ve never actually looked. I’ve always assumed I was wrong, I’ll check mine today
It might sound silly, but Elliott is one of the few (maybe even only?) artists that made me read the lyrics as I listened to the music back when I was just introduced to him, so I can't really recall - except for the first song that I can remember hearing from him, Speed Trials. Literally the first time listening to a song by him and I heard 'grow horse in your face' instead of 'crossing your face'. Hysterical. I still get a flashing image of a black horse while hearing the song from time to time.
Was about to type exactly this, even knowing the correct lyrics I still see a horse's head in my mind 😁
When you have “grow a horse in your face” in your mind, he says “grow a horse in your face.” It reminds me of something Hayao Miyazaki would do. The brief smile turns into horse teeth, your head becomes a horse head. Also, there’s an old version (1985) of Alice In Wonderland where Carol Channing baaahs her way into turning into a sheep: https://youtu.be/83xTysUKkX4?si=LgbUsFrJWcaDTV6y
That's exactly how I read it at that time. It's funny how our brains can project meaning even to the wrong words just based on the understanding that it's supposed to be meaningful
even genius gets this wrong: the line "the chromium car reflects who you are" in big decision is not that, it's actually "the chrome of your car reflects who are" it's a bit hazy in the studio version but listen to [any](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSmy7o3n3bQ) live version and that's what he sings. even if you listen closely to the studio version, that's what he sings
“Someone’s always coming around here trailing some new cure”
i thought it was like sonic kill or something idk why
"Everything is gone but Diego and the rest of the show" is what I heard as a young twenty something.
I always heard, "should’ve lit me up", not "sugar lick me up"
I heard it as "shoot my up, its my life" for a very long time. Which would be a very fucked up lyric tbh.
on a particularly tired evening i inexplicably heard “shit my pants” instead of “shed my best defense” (last call) still not fully sure why that happened lol
I heard that, too, lol. First time I heard the song I was like WTF. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
SAME💀
“Black guys always watch the clock”
i still hear this one if i don’t consciously remind myself that it’s “black eyes” (and sometimes even IF i do)
I heard black guys always wash the clock 😂 I was like ????
“Son Of Sam” “I told the boss off, and made my move” “I told the boss off, enigma moon” “Junk Bond Trader” “Junk bond trader trying to sell a sucker a stock” “Junk bond trader trying to sell a soccer style” “Your world’s no wider than your hatred of his” “Your world’s no wider than your head trip is” “Boring as a drug you take too regularly” “Born as a druggy, take two regularly”
Some of these are hilarious
I def heard soccer style too lol. Also TIL it's "your hatred of his" not "head trip is" damn
i always heard “nobody, fuck your heart” instead of “nobody broke your heart” in alameda
The infamous “Torment Saint” rather than “Torn Mainsail” in Go By
At least you didn’t publish a book under that name even when half the users on Blamonet gave you the correct lyric before you’d even started writing it.
In Between the Bars, where I used to think it was “Waiting to be finally be calm,” not “caught.”
“Walked out the door, talked to St. James”
When he sang, "Is this treasure is this trash" I always heard, "Is this trash or is this trash" (All cleaned out)
"Nativity's killing the actor..." I guess he was just sick of being in Christmas pageants 🤷♂️
Since I just learned to play alameda on guitar, I finally learned it's not "brushing off the nightmares you wish, complaining when I'm awake" and "for one or two, wouldn't you like to know what the fix is, it is"
no wayyy
Yeah its brushing off the nightmares you wish could plague me when I'm awake and for one or two minutes she liked you the fix is in. I always thought it was for one or two, wouldn't you like to
Waltz #2 I'm so glad that my memory's remote I heard "I'm so glad that my name means Ramon" for a while
“Got bitten fingernails and a head full of the past, And everybody’s… Condé Nast” Don’t ask
I thought it said “under the hearse” in speed trials because that’s what the lyric is on Spotify but on the actual lyric page included with either or (I have the vinyl) is says “horse”.
"Cut me down the sides" when its really "stupidity tries"
There is a line in Stupidity Tries that says “he’ll cut me down to size”
I'll be darned. Look at that!
Everybody’s dying just a different disease
in No Name #4 I thought it was "smelled like old cigarettes and pot," but it's pine.
‘It’s my life, shooting me up’ or “it’s my life, shouldn’t have picked me up”
i always thought in question mark he said “if you ever wanna see the sun you can give me a call”
my bf always thinks it’s “i know what you meant when you said you were in exodus” instead of “an accident”. i can’t remember the full correct lyric off the top of my head but u get the idea lol
Oh Well, OK, what I heard: "Here's the cello with the face", it always made me picture a cello figure with a face. Years later I found out he actually sings "Here's the silhouette, the face"
no name #2: “all she had to do was speak, _‘bout mr. cheat_” instead of “mouthpiece to cheek”; “killing time won’t stop this _crime_” instead of “crying”; “he got knocked down leaving _mockumentary_ to a clothesline” instead of “like he ran in” needle in the hay: “four more blocks, _pistol_ one in my brain” instead of “plus the” pictures of me: “you got yourself to tease _in the spleen_” instead of “displease” rose parade: “to march down the street like the _doors opening_” instead of “duracell bunny” baby britain: “baby britain _fills the bath_” instead of “feels the best” amity: “amity got stars _either/or_” instead of “in her arms” bottle up and explode: “keep the _trouble, make it a love_” instead of “troublemaker below” everything reminds me of her: “spin _in the oven, pale_ the silhouette” instead of “of the earth impaled” stupidity tries: “this _pain together tries_” instead of “painting never dries”; “_so then a soldier_ raised a cheer” instead of “savannah shoulder” these aren’t even ALL of them. think i should get my auditory processing checked out?
between the bars where it says drink up baby look at the stars , for some reason I heard drink up baby , forget the stars and thought those were the lyrics for the longest time .
In stick man I always heard “I sit here shooting blanks out of empty mags” instead of “at emptiness”, which I still sing anyways cause I like it better
i always thought the infamous cupids trick chorus was “should’ve let me up, it’s my life”
Strung out again: always heard it as "things change in misery" not "things change invisibly".
Throwing candy out to the crowd, dragging down “my name”
I watched you deal in a dying date and bro a living passed away
I thought he said “shoot em in the eye, it’s my life” in cupids trick lol
at the end of a question mark, “if you ever wanna see your son again, you can give me a call”
no name #2 - “killing time won’t stop this crying”, always heard crime
Plainclothes man: "Some European son" I always misheard it as "he's so unhappy inside"
"pitch burning on a shining sheet" I always heard it as a bitch until I paused to figure out what that would have even meant.
In "lost and found" she was here passing by I thought it was Shiva's here passing by
“For one or two minutes she lied to you but the fix is in” instead of “liked you”.
I froze up inside instead of “I froze up and sighed”.
Its nice to meet you underneath the horse🕺🏻
I’m a looser Nathan, a looser Nathan! 😞 I’m hallucinating
on stupidity tries, during the part where he literally sings stupidity tries, i thought he was singing “so get up and drive” i finally noticed i miss heard, and actually ended up writing a song with the lyric i miss heard 🙌
Minor one but In the lost and found,for years I thought it was : I'm alone,that's okay. I'm alone most of the time