Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1967
"Excuse me while I kiss this sky."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Excuse me while I kiss this sky."
What's actually sung
"Excuse me while I kiss the sky." Purple Haze (variant) — Jimi Hendrix (1967)
Why the ear defaults
A milder variant of the famous Hendrix mondegreen, demonstrating that even listeners who "got it right" typically hear a slightly distorted version.
Hear another line wrong?
Play the misheard duel — pick the real lyric, round by round.