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7 Song Lyrics You've Probably Been Getting Totally Wrong This Entire Time

Don't worry, we all have been screwing up these classics, most likely.

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7 Song Lyrics You've Probably Been Getting Totally Wrong This Entire Time

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Unquestionably, song lyrics are hard. Singers all have different inflections and ways to say things, some have accents, and some just entirely mumble their lyrics (Sia, I'm looking at you, you talented goddess). 99% of the time, I hear music while I'm in my car and driving, so I don't have time to look up the lyrics unless I want to get a hefty ticket and my car privileges revoked, so I just go with what I hear. And I know that many of my friends do the same.

Well, today, I'm here to break your spirit a little bit and tell you what song lyrics you've been getting wrong. How many lyrics have you been messing up?

1. "Buy U A Drank" - T-Pain

Yep, you read that right. The classic jam "Buy U A Drank" does not actually say "ooweeeoooo" anywhere in it, but instead, it says, "And then." I still think that T-Pain is just trying to make us all feel like we're literally insane because it sounds NOTHING LIKE IT, but whatever. I'm not bitter.

2. "Blank Space" - Taylor Swift

You've definitely heard of this lyric mess-up before.

"Got a long list of ex-lovers" or "Gotta love these Starbucks lover???" You decide. (Jk, it's definitely "got a long list of ex-lovers," I'm sorry, guys).

3. "The Heart Wants What It Wants" - Selena Gomez

Yeah, you're looking at that GIF of Lord Farquaad from Shrek right. What does he have to do with the song, you ask? Well, some people don't hear Selena sing "What the heart wants" in that opening section, but instead "What the Farquaad?" In my own humble opinion, it's so much better that way.

4. "Sweet Dreams" - Eurythmics

We've all heard this song, and I think most of us know how it goes, but I can't stop myself from singing "Sweet dreams are made of cheese" from time to time instead of "sweet dreams are made of this." They just sound too similar, I'm SORRY.

5. "It's Gonna Be Me" - NSYNC

Okay, legit with this one, I don't even care. I know that it's supposed to be "It's gonna be me," not "It's gonna be May." I know I'm singing it wrong, but I will continue to use it to post and sing (mostly scream, tbh) at people on every May 1st.

6. "Chasing Pavements" - Adele

"Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing penguins" just doesn't sound nearly as emotional as her instead chasing pavements.

7. "We Found Love" - Rihanna

Some people, instead of hearing the classic "We found love in a hopeless place" hear, "We found Dove in a soapless place," which would still make sense, I guess, but it would be a lot grosser, tbh.

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