Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXII)
Misheard Cantopop Lyrics
When a song has lyrics, chances are there the audience get the lyrics wrong. I guess it’s pretty common in English song lyrics. But with the complexity of Cantonese song lyrics writing, we can still have some lyrics that got misheard and sometimes the misheard are fun, though ridiculous.
First of all, let me start with an English song.
Oh shit.
It’s not Fergie’s London Bridge. Instead, it’s a Westlife’s song.
Westlife’s My Love is a big hit, and there’s some famous lines in the lyrics:
Where the skies are blue
To see you once again, my love
The song has “To see you once again” multiple times. However, I don’t know whether it’s with their Irish accent or any other matter, Hongkongers don’t usually hear the exact lyrics, especially for those whose English isn’t very good.
