{"id":13824,"date":"2014-04-20T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T14:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=13824"},"modified":"2021-03-25T13:23:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T13:23:58","slug":"misheard-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/misheard-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Every PEAR a powerful weapon&#8221; and other misheard lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We found this fun article in The Telegraph this weekend and it got us thinking about misheard and mis-sung lyrics in worship songs.<\/p>\n<p>Click through to the Facebook thread to read some great alternative takes on what the original song writer intended including:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><strong>&#8220;I am the Lord of the dance settee&#8221;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>&#8220;Oh happy day, happy day &#8211; You washed my skin away&#8221;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>&#8220;My hope to follow Julie\u00a0is in Thy strength alone&#8221;<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Musicademy\/posts\/10152380332464433\" data-width=\"520\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Musicademy\/posts\/10152380332464433\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Musicademy\">Musicademy<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do share your personal favourites in the comment thread below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And you will no doubt enjoy\u00a0this\u00a0video with subtitle howlers\u00a0from BBC Songs of Praise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We found this fun article in The Telegraph this weekend and it got us thinking about misheard and mis-sung lyrics in worship songs. 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