Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1997
"Near, far, wherever you are — I believe that the heart does go on and knee."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Near, far, wherever you are — I believe that the heart does go on and knee."
What's actually sung
"Near, far, wherever you are — I believe that the heart does go on." My Heart Will Go On — Céline Dion (1997)
Why the ear defaults
Dion's sustained final note drifts up into a vowel that some hear as "knee." The misquote is a long-running parody but is reported as a sincere mishearing surprisingly often.
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