Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1966
"Then I saw her face, now I'm gonna leave her."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Then I saw her face, now I'm gonna leave her."
What's actually sung
"Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer." I'm a Believer — The Monkees (1966)
Why the ear defaults
"Believer" compresses into three syllables that overlap phonetically with "leave her." The wrong version inverts the song's meaning but fits the rhythm perfectly.
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