mrvander Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Listen to Armor & Sword. Obviously you know the real lyrics but this is one of this "purple haze - 'scuse me" lyric things. I swear you can "hear" this: The battle flags are flown.At the feet of a garden gnome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) Totally! I was actually shocked when I read the lyric sheet after a few years, and discovered that those aren't the real lyrics. I had even figured out that it being "garden gnome" made sense because there was an ad on TV at the time that featured a garden gnome, and it wouldn't have been the first time that Neil copped something for a lyric from an advertisement! Edited May 15, 2013 by GeddysMullet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstmompj Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Yeah, it does sound a lot like "garden gnome," and I did have to look it up after the first time I heard the song. Now I'm kind of fond of the humor in the image the misheard lyric conjurs—it's quite a contrast with the serious, Arnoldian "confused alarms of struggle and flight." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonzbear2000 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 It's so funny when you hear the wrong lyrics of a song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrvander Posted May 16, 2013 Author Share Posted May 16, 2013 It's so funny when you hear the wrong lyrics of a song! Yes. Yes it is. My all-time favorite has nothing to do with Rush - it's from Nazareth's Hair of the Dog, in the first verse: "I've been told about you... Steve rode a midnight soda."To this day, I can't hear anything else and it still cracks me up when it comes on the radio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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