Years ago, when my kids were still children, Macy Gray came out with a song called "I Try."
When I heard the kids singing, the chorus went:
I try to say goodbye and I choke, I try to walk away and I stumble, though I try to hide it, it's clear, I wear goggles when you are not near.
Of course, it's not "I wear goggles when you are not here", even if my youngest son swore it was ... The actual line is "My world crumbles when you are not near" ... which makes a lot more sense.
This has happened to me several times as well (recently, too – which prompted this post).
Turns out, we humans are pattern-matching machines. But not all of the patterns we perceive are really there.
Peter Kay plays on our disposition with this funny bit about misheard lyrics.
Worth a watch.
via YouTube
