Well, it really depends on the context. Swimming? Sure. The DMV? Big difference.
Be honest: You did not think TLC’s “Waterfalls” was about a guy named Jason Waterfalls. Thanks to the improper enunciation of so many pop stars, however, there are a lot of songs out there that sound like something completely different and laugh-out-loud bizarre.
“I’m blue, and I would beat off a guy”
Nobody asked, but thank you for being honest, Eiffel 65.
“It must have been so bad/Little Women must have damn near killed you”
It is a sad book.
“I got my first real sex dream”
He just sounds so excited!
“In New York, concrete jungle, wet dream, tomato”
There’s apparently a lot of wet dreams in misheard song lyrics, but put your hand on your sacred book of choice and swear she’s not singing about a tomato. You can’t.
“I need some love like I've never needed love before/Wanna make love to your baby”
The non-rhotic “R” strikes again.
“Near, far, wherever you are/I believe that the hot dogs go on”
Go on what? Pizza? Nachos? Your lover? Is Celine stoned?
“We gotta hold onto what we got/It doesn’t make a difference if we’re naked or not”
Well, it really depends on the context. Swimming? Sure. The DMV? Big difference.
“Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool and all/Shootin' some people outside of the school”
Now that’s the gritty reboot we deserve.
“Who you gonna call? Those bastards!”
Break this one out for your little cousins at Halloween and accept the worship.
“I remove umbilicals”
Dr. Hot Chocolate: Obstetrician by day, funkmaster by night.
“These ants are my friends, they’re blowin' in the wind”
It seems like Mr. Dylan should be more concerned about this development, but hey, it was the ‘60s.
“No, I can’t forget the semen on your face as you were leavin’”
That would be unforgettable.
“Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction/Cum on my hair, do what I dare”
Talk about liberation.
“My heart’s crippled by the vein that I keep on closing/You call me your banana”
There’s no planet on which any reasonable person thought this is what she said, but admit it. You breathed out your nose really hard.
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