Misheard Lyrics and Other Misunderstandings

Ever been convinced you knew the words to a song only to come to find out you got it very wrong? If you haven’t, you’re better than we are, but you might get a kick out of hearing some misheard lyrics in this episode. And you know we’re going to make a deeper connection to other things we may mishear. It’s Season Two and were back! 

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32.972336 36.372336 Well, hello there, Mary Beth.
36.372336 39.292336 Hey, Sarah, it's fun to be back in the seat.
39.292336 40.812336 Yeah, back in the saddle.
40.812336 48.812336 Back in the saddle again and looking at our friend with a podcast that never ends.
48.812336 50.852336 Like, how far are you going to take the rhyme?
50.852336 53.252336 I think I'm going to stop right there.
53.252336 55.692336 I don't think I'm awake enough yet to help you out today.
55.692336 56.692336 No, we are.
56.692336 57.692336 You're actually a game for those.
57.692336 58.692336 Yeah.
58.692336 60.092336 No, we are back.
60.092336 62.892336 We are back for season two.
62.892336 67.972336 And we are a little smarter, a little older, a little wiser, a little wiser.
67.972336 71.212336 We've done some soul searching and some podcast searching.
71.212336 72.212336 Yes, exactly.
72.212336 74.572336 We're looking forward to a great season two.
74.572336 77.132336 Yeah, this is exciting.
77.132336 81.372336 I have been enjoying my break.
81.372336 82.692336 I believe you have as well.
82.692336 83.692336 Indeed.
83.692336 84.692336 Yeah.
84.692336 88.212336 But it is good to be back.
88.212336 91.812336 And listen, we're glad to have you back too.
91.812336 93.172336 Or here for the first time.
93.172336 94.412336 Or here for the first time.
94.412336 95.412336 All of the above.
95.412336 96.412336 Yeah.
96.412336 97.412336 Just listening.
97.412336 100.172336 That's great.
100.172336 107.652336 So when you said back in the saddle, I'm thinking back in the saddle again.
107.652336 111.772336 Out where a friend is a friend, yeah, exactly.
111.772336 114.892336 Maybe that should be our theme music for the podcast.
114.892336 115.892336 There we go.
115.892336 121.372336 And speaking of music, there is a phenomenon that occurs sometimes.
121.372336 130.932336 When we hear something and decide that we know what it means, when in reality, we may not
130.932336 132.932336 understand it all.
132.932336 135.332336 And do you know what I'm referring to?
135.332336 136.332336 Perhaps.
136.332336 145.452336 Maybe it's like when I heard Uncle Cracker's version of "Give Me the Beat Boys" and I thought
145.452336 152.132336 it was "Give Me the Beach Boys" and I was convinced that I was right.
152.132336 157.132336 Because "Give Me the Beach Boys" made so much sense in my head as to why Uncle Cracker
157.132336 159.852336 would change an original song.
159.852336 162.612336 The beach boys are amazing.
162.612336 165.252336 Everybody wants to be given a little beach boys.
165.252336 169.892336 And I would also like to be given a little beach comma boys.
169.892336 170.892336 There you go.
170.892336 171.892336 I like the beach in the summer.
171.892336 172.892336 There you go.
172.892336 173.892336 I like the beach in the winter.
173.892336 175.092336 See, it makes sense.
175.092336 176.092336 It makes so much sense.
176.092336 177.092336 So many levels.
177.092336 180.692336 I'm sure you've never misunderstood anyone or anything, Sarah.
180.692336 181.692336 No.
181.692336 185.092336 So, not ever.
185.092336 188.412336 Okay.
188.412336 203.252336 So, there is a song by the B-52s called "Channel Z" and there's a part in the song where
203.252336 212.852336 they're singing, getting nothing but static, nothing but static on Channel Z.
212.852336 214.572336 And I was so convinced.
214.572336 218.092336 I mean, well, I mean, I didn't know that at all.
218.092336 221.452336 I didn't really know the lyric.
221.452336 224.772336 I just was singing what I thought they were saying.
224.772336 229.292336 And I didn't really take the time to figure out if it made sense or not.
229.292336 237.972336 But I was convinced that they were singing "Love my Biscotti, love my Biscotti on Channel Z"
237.972336 243.012336 Which makes great sense to me because I'm a coffee drinker and I love my Biscotti.
243.012336 246.572336 Well, and the B-52s, they have some random lyrics sometimes.
246.572336 247.572336 Thank you.
247.572336 249.572336 I love my Biscotti.
249.572336 250.572336 I love my Biscotti.
250.572336 251.572336 Baby.
251.572336 252.572336 Yeah, exactly.
252.572336 254.092336 That's great.
254.092336 261.532336 I love my Biscotti and my friend at the time.
261.532336 265.772336 We were singing the song together in the car loudly and he turned to me.
265.772336 267.772336 He's like, "What did you just say?"
267.772336 274.372336 I was like, "I said the lyrics, I love my Biscotti."
274.372336 280.892336 I think he couldn't stop laughing until he's finally like, "That's not what they're saying."
280.892336 282.932336 Like, "Well, if you know what they're saying, then tell me."
282.932336 285.172336 It's like getting nothing but static.
285.172336 287.172336 Like, "Okay, that makes it.
287.172336 289.172336 That makes a lot more sense."
289.172336 290.172336 Yeah.
290.172336 291.172336 Yeah, so.
291.172336 292.672336 That's great.
292.672336 300.012336 I have to say that every time I hear this song, I still sing, "Love my Biscotti.
300.012336 301.012336 How about you?
301.012336 302.652336 Do you still sing "Give Me the Beach Boys?"
302.652336 303.652336 I do.
303.652336 304.652336 Yeah.
304.652336 305.652336 Because now it's just funny.
305.652336 306.652336 Right.
306.652336 308.252336 And it's kind of just laughing at myself.
308.252336 313.372336 Because I remember also being in the car with a friend when the song was on and trying to
313.372336 315.372336 convince her that I was right.
315.372336 316.372336 I was like, "No, no, no.
316.372336 318.692336 I had a whole reasoning behind it."
318.692336 320.532336 Because it's like they're throwing back to the Beach Boys.
320.532336 322.332336 They want that style of music again.
322.332336 323.332336 Exactly.
323.332336 324.852336 Like, we just need some nostalgic music.
324.852336 325.852336 That's what the song is about.
325.852336 327.972336 Like, "Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul.
327.972336 330.012336 I want to get lost in your rock and roll."
330.012336 331.012336 I can roll.
331.012336 332.012336 It totally tracked.
332.012336 333.012336 Get it.
333.012336 334.012336 I get it.
334.012336 335.812336 She was like, "I'm not sure."
335.812336 336.812336 That's right.
336.812336 340.012336 I can be kind of stubborn.
340.012336 342.892336 So, well, you can be very convincing as well.
342.892336 344.692336 That's dangerous.
344.692336 350.652336 Dangerous combination for conversation.
350.652336 358.132336 Well, I think that there are probably a few more examples of hilarious misheard lyrics.
358.132336 362.172336 And by the way, if you're listening to this now, take the time.
362.172336 369.612336 Go over to our Instagram page and give us a little response about your funniest misheard
369.612336 370.612336 lyrics.
370.612336 372.092336 Maybe they weren't funny.
372.092336 374.772336 Maybe they were just tragic.
374.772336 375.772336 But tell us.
375.772336 376.772336 Tell us.
376.772336 378.372336 So, we can all chuckle.
378.372336 381.772336 We're at this is Trustworthy on Instagram.
381.772336 382.772336 On Instagram.
382.772336 386.292336 I was thinking about one that my dad told us.
386.292336 391.052336 So I think the song came out when he was a teenager.
391.052336 393.292336 By Dean Chandler is the song Duke of Earl.
393.292336 394.612336 I don't know if you know this Duke.
394.612336 395.612336 Duke of Earl.
395.612336 396.612336 Duke of Earl.
396.612336 397.612336 Yep.
397.612336 398.612336 Okay.
398.612336 400.612336 My dad thought it was "Douga Girl."
400.612336 403.932336 So he would just sing "Douga Girl."
403.932336 405.532336 Which what is a "Douga Girl?"
405.532336 406.532336 Nothing.
406.532336 407.532336 Not a real thing.
407.532336 409.012336 But he was convinced that was it.
409.012336 412.132336 So he would go around singing that until I think some of his friends corrected him.
412.132336 417.692336 So when we were kids, that's how we learned the song was because he told us his mistake
417.692336 418.692336 and we thought it was funny.
418.692336 420.332336 So we would always sing "Douga Girl."
420.332336 421.332336 That's pretty funny.
421.332336 424.812336 Maybe it's a "Hoola Girl" that would like also do the "Dougie"
424.812336 426.132336 Yes, exactly.
426.132336 428.412336 The "DHoola Girl" plus "Dougie Girl."
428.412336 429.412336 Exactly.
429.412336 430.412336 Do you go up?
430.412336 431.412336 Yeah, I don't know.
431.412336 432.412336 Okay.
432.412336 433.572336 We're really digging there.
433.572336 434.572336 All right.
434.572336 441.172336 Well, one of the funniest ones, I mean, one of the funnier ones, which I think probably was
441.172336 446.092336 not sure if it was ever really misheard, but it was popularized by I think by a friend's
446.092336 447.172336 episode or something.
447.172336 455.652336 But Elton John, "Tiny Dancer," yes, "Hold me closer," "Tony Danza."
455.652336 459.372336 And which I wonder if that even got the song "More Attention?"
459.372336 461.932336 Probably, you know, than it would have had.
461.932336 463.412336 And "Tony Danza" attention.
463.412336 464.412336 That's true.
464.412336 472.812336 Which, let's be clear, when I was a child growing up in the, you know, last century, the
472.812336 473.812336 1900s.
473.812336 478.412336 Not the 19-aughts, we'll just say the 1900s.
478.412336 484.572336 Anyway, he was a young and handsome actor, you know, on sitcom.
484.572336 485.572336 That's right.
485.572336 490.172336 I was like, okay, I can...Hold me closer Tony Danza
490.172336 491.652336 That would be fine.
491.652336 493.772336 That was really funny.
493.772336 499.292336 Yeah, I think that's the one that I have memories of people just singing it loudly on purpose,
499.292336 500.292336 the right way.
500.292336 502.292336 Yeah, holding closer to anything.
502.292336 503.292336 Yeah.
503.292336 504.292336 That's great.
504.292336 509.732336 I feel like the most common one from, I had probably about a decade ago now, is that Taylor
509.732336 514.732336 Swift's song that I thought, I legitimately thought these were the words when it came out.
514.732336 516.212336 I was one of the many.
516.212336 522.012336 She has this line, it says, "Got a long list of X lovers."
522.012336 523.292336 They'll tell you I'm insane.
523.292336 530.292336 But I thought it was, got a long, what, it's like got a long list of Starbucks lovers.
530.292336 533.412336 There was some line in there that sounded like Starbucks.
533.412336 534.412336 Oh my goodness.
534.412336 535.412336 I thought that was it.
535.412336 538.172336 And I was like, "Wow, that's a strange thing to say, Taylor Swift."
538.172336 541.532336 But again, she kind of has some bizarre lyrics sometimes.
541.532336 542.532336 She?
542.532336 543.532336 Yeah.
543.532336 544.532336 And you just kind of go with it.
544.532336 545.652336 And people definitely thought that was true.
545.652336 551.212336 So I kind of felt less alone when I realized I was not the only one that thought that there
551.212336 554.012336 is misery, loves company, or something like that.
554.012336 557.852336 I think there is a funny one by the rolling stones, beast of burden.
557.852336 561.472336 I've heard a couple of different things, like instead of, "I'll never be your beast of
561.472336 566.332336 burden," some people think, "I'll never be your pizza person."
566.332336 572.052336 Or, "I'll never leave your pizza burning," which those would make me sad because I like pizza.
572.052336 574.532336 So I would want somebody to be my pizza person.
574.532336 576.932336 And I wouldn't want my pizza burning either.
576.932336 577.932336 So.
577.932336 578.932336 That's what I wondered.
578.932336 583.412336 Do people really think that's what the words were or are they just trying to be funny?
583.412336 584.412336 Trying to be funny.
584.412336 585.412336 Yeah.
585.412336 586.412336 Yeah.
586.412336 587.412336 Who's to say?
587.412336 591.612336 You know, I think that there is legitimate, some that you can like legitimately get them
591.612336 592.612336 wrong.
592.612336 593.612336 It makes sense.
593.612336 597.572336 It's also just, hang out with some young children and listen to music and they will always
597.572336 599.612336 have very funny misheard lyrics.
599.612336 601.132336 This happens with my boys a lot.
601.132336 603.532336 And I, it's very entertaining for me.
603.532336 607.332336 I don't correct them because it's more entertaining to hear their versions.
607.332336 617.212336 I mean, I have to say that I usually try to figure out, like if I don't know what
617.212336 621.212336 it says, I try to look it up or figure it out because I like to know.
621.212336 626.852336 There is one that I think that is pretty funny from Credence Clearwater Revival, Bad Moon
626.852336 627.852336 Rising.
627.852336 636.572336 Apparently, some people have misheard the phrase "bad moon" on the rise as there's a bathroom
636.572336 637.572336 on the right.
637.572336 638.572336 Yeah.
638.572336 642.812336 Which, again, why are we saying about bathrooms?
642.812336 648.852336 But I think at one point I thought there was a bad moon on the right.
648.852336 653.812336 So I kind of combined those in my head, I guess, or ride, or bad moon on the ride.
653.812336 656.412336 That kind of makes more sense.
656.412336 660.052336 Because if you're, see again, this is what I jump to, I justify it.
660.052336 661.052336 You want to get the truth.
661.052336 662.892336 I want to justify my own position.
662.892336 667.692336 So I'm like, maybe you're in a car and there's a bad moon on the right side.
667.692336 668.692336 The car.
668.692336 669.692336 Exactly.
669.692336 670.692336 You're looking out the window.
670.692336 673.332336 Who am I to disagree with a songwriter?
673.332336 674.532336 It's artistic expressions.
674.532336 675.532336 Right.
675.532336 677.732336 They could just say whatever they want.
677.732336 678.732336 That is funny though.
678.732336 679.732336 Yeah.
679.732336 682.412336 That our natural instincts are a little different there.
682.412336 685.332336 You're like, I'm going to dig in and find out what it really says.
685.332336 690.972336 And I'm going to say, no, I'm going to stand my ground and defend my wrongness.
690.972336 691.972336 Here's one.
691.972336 694.572336 Billy Joel, we didn't start the fire.
694.572336 697.332336 I thought it was children of the selenamide.
697.332336 698.692336 I had no idea.
698.692336 700.172336 But then I looked it up.
700.172336 705.692336 Actually when I was in middle school, I think I did a history paper and I took every reference
705.692336 707.972336 in the song and wrote a brief.
707.972336 708.972336 Wow.
708.972336 709.972336 Yeah.
709.972336 710.972336 There's a lot in that song.
710.972336 711.972336 I learned a lot.
711.972336 712.972336 Children of the selenamide.
712.972336 714.972336 Yeah, I don't know what that is.
714.972336 715.972336 Oh, well.
715.972336 716.972336 Okay.
716.972336 717.972336 History lesson, the same.
717.972336 718.972336 History lesson, the same.
718.972336 720.972336 History lesson, the same.
720.972336 728.252336 So the lidamide, the THAL, a mide.
728.252336 729.252336 Yes.
729.252336 730.252336 Yes.
730.252336 738.292336 It is a drug that caused severe birth defects in children in the 1950s and 1960s.
738.292336 744.572336 It was applied or not the word applied, but so word.
744.572336 751.572336 It was developed, I guess, to she's pulling out her middle school paper right now.
751.572336 752.572336 I'm not sure.
752.572336 753.572336 I'm just kidding.
753.572336 760.692336 I would have loved to be a fly on the wall for that whole songwriting process.
760.692336 762.892336 How he decided what to increase the number.
762.892336 774.932336 The selenamide was given as a sedative sleeping pill back in the 50s and 60s and it caused severe
774.932336 777.132336 birth defects in children.
777.132336 784.452336 Apparently, it's been rebranded or reused as a drug that can help with cancer or leprosy.
784.452336 789.212336 I'm not sure, but it found other uses, but it would not be taken by pregnant women.
789.212336 790.212336 All right.
790.212336 791.212336 That was it.
791.212336 792.212336 That was it for today.
792.212336 793.212336 Yeah.
793.212336 794.212336 There you go.
794.212336 796.412336 And of course, trouble in the Suez.
796.412336 797.892336 I thought it was trouble in the Suez.
797.892336 800.892336 I was going to say, yeah, I would do a whole episode just on that.
800.892336 802.892336 Just on that song.
802.892336 808.692336 As I got into the car business later in life, so I realized that that was about
808.692336 811.332336 a car car brand that didn't go anywhere.
811.332336 816.612336 And I did also think in that song, rock and roller, cola wars.
816.612336 821.852336 I thought it was rock and, okay, the lyrics are rock and roll and cola wars.
821.852336 827.812336 I thought it was rock and roller color wars, which again also makes sense.
827.812336 832.012336 I just imagined a bunch of rockers on roller skates fighting about colors.
832.012336 833.012336 I have no idea.
833.012336 834.012336 I was very, very...
834.012336 836.012336 You were also in middle school.
836.012336 841.252336 Actually, and I don't know if it actually, no, it's color wars, not cola wars.
841.252336 842.252336 So you thought I was...
842.252336 843.252336 So I still don't even know.
843.252336 844.252336 Actually, we don't know.
844.252336 845.252336 Is it cola wars?
845.252336 849.212336 Is it the war between Pepsi and Coke or is it the color wars?
849.212336 851.652336 Is it war between black and white?
851.652336 852.652336 I have no idea.
852.652336 854.492336 Let's look it up now.
854.492336 856.492336 We didn't start the fire, Billie Joel.
856.492336 857.812336 No, but it's still burning.
857.812336 858.812336 We didn't start.
858.812336 859.812336 I would imagine...
859.812336 865.572336 60% of that song is misheard by people because it's so cramped with...
865.572336 866.572336 It's different things.
866.572336 868.772336 Yes, it is amazing.
868.772336 872.012336 All right, because you find the cola or color wars.
872.012336 873.012336 I'm looking.
873.012336 874.012336 Let's see.
874.012336 875.012336 Oh, it is.
875.012336 876.852336 It says rock and roller...
876.852336 877.852336 Cola wars.
877.852336 880.252336 Cola is the right answer.
880.252336 881.252336 Yeah.
881.252336 882.252336 Yeah.
882.252336 885.732336 Well, because he's going through the timeline of history.
885.732336 886.732336 So I think that is...
886.732336 889.172336 Oh, rock and roller.
889.172336 890.692336 So see, I still don't even know.
890.692336 891.692336 Okay.
891.692336 892.692336 Here we go.
892.692336 894.652336 I'm on Genius.com lyrics.
894.652336 900.852336 And it says Paula Abdul had a campaign with Coke and Michael Jackson to go to contract with
900.852336 901.852336 Pepsi.
901.852336 905.332336 It is a rock and roller, cola wars.
905.332336 906.652336 There we go.
906.652336 908.372336 Learning something new every day.
908.372336 910.372336 I mean, that was the height of...
910.372336 914.932336 Actually, it's probably the start of the height of celebrity endorsements of...
914.932336 915.932336 Yeah.
915.932336 918.532336 And it's really a bit of a bad word, because I continued through when I was in high school.
918.532336 920.332336 And late 80s, early 90s.
920.332336 921.332336 Yeah.
921.332336 924.212336 I mean, because it went all the way through Britney Spears, absolutely.
924.212336 927.252336 And just in turn, all those were doing it to me.
927.252336 928.252336 All right.
928.252336 929.252336 Wow.
929.252336 931.412336 Anyway, so we can spend a whole episode just on...
931.412336 932.412336 Music and lyrics.
932.412336 933.412336 Yes.
933.412336 934.412336 And history.
934.412336 935.412336 But that's not us.
935.412336 937.572336 We're not professionals in music history.
937.572336 938.572336 No.
938.572336 939.572336 Yet.
939.572336 940.572336 Yeah.
940.572336 941.572336 I've been teaching my children that.
941.572336 942.572336 You're not good at it yet.
942.572336 943.572336 Yet?
943.572336 944.572336 That's right.
944.572336 945.572336 That's right.
945.572336 947.292336 We miss here these lyrics, Sarah.
947.292336 949.572336 What does it say about us?
949.572336 954.172336 And is there maybe a bridge we could walk across?
954.172336 958.492336 That miss hearing lyrics is akin to other things we miss here.
958.492336 959.492336 Oh.
959.492336 971.172336 Well, when we hear something, we filter it through our own brains, which have our experiences,
971.172336 976.572336 the things that we're reading, seeing around us, people that we talk to, we're filtering
976.572336 978.292336 everything.
978.292336 982.572336 And sometimes we don't have a context for what we hear.
982.572336 989.452336 And instead of jumping to conclusions, sometimes it's helpful to go back and do the research.
989.452336 995.572336 So kind of like we just looked up the lyrics to, we didn't start the fire, we have a source
995.572336 999.172336 we can go to when we sometimes misunderstand things.
999.172336 1000.972336 Yeah.
1000.972336 1008.132336 And I would say we misunderstand more significant things than song lyrics at times, whether it's
1008.132336 1013.532336 somebody we're talking with and we hear what they say, but we are filtering it like you're
1013.532336 1019.772336 saying through our own, you know, worldview, bias, experience, whatever it is.
1019.772336 1023.652336 And we are thinking we understand what they mean.
1023.652336 1029.772336 But we're deciding that we're not letting them explain that or define that.
1029.772336 1036.492336 The source that we can go to is not Billy Joel's vast catalog, though I will say there's
1036.492336 1040.092336 a lot of inspiring things in that.
1040.092336 1047.492336 It is the word of God, the inherent and living active word of God.
1047.492336 1056.452336 One of the passages that I often think of in many different scenarios in life, it puts
1056.452336 1064.612336 me in my place and it also brings me comfort is Isaiah 55, 8 through 9 for my thoughts are
1064.612336 1066.852336 not your thoughts.
1066.852336 1074.412336 Neither are your ways, my ways to clear the Lord as the heavens are higher than the earth.
1074.412336 1080.252336 So are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
1080.252336 1088.132336 Yeah, when it comes to truth and what really is truth and we're not trying to figure
1088.132336 1095.452336 out as we go along or make it up based on what we think or what we're feeling or what we
1095.452336 1099.772336 have heard in the world, it's, you know, what is the litmus test?
1099.772336 1105.572336 What is that never changing source?
1105.572336 1112.972336 Yeah, God explains it there. He says, my ways are not the same as your ways and it's not.
1112.972336 1117.252336 I think there's also, I can't remember where it is now, but something in Psalms, one of
1117.252336 1123.492336 the Psalms that says, you know, God is speaking and he says, you thought that I was like you,
1123.492336 1125.172336 but I'm not.
1125.172336 1131.452336 And that it's just what you're saying that can bring us comfort because I often find myself
1131.452336 1137.572336 in times where I'm trying to control things or explain things away or reason things out,
1137.572336 1142.452336 you know, there has to be a reason for this happening or a solution to this problem or
1142.452336 1144.892336 a whatever relief for the circumstance.
1144.892336 1150.972336 Like, there is comfort in knowing that it's not really up to me and that God is not like
1150.972336 1151.972336 me.
1151.972336 1154.492336 He is not out there worrying and floundering around.
1154.492336 1161.412336 That definitely can bring us comfort because I think the danger when we do, you know,
1161.412336 1171.692336 to misunderstand or miss here things is that we can then misapply what we think is truth
1171.692336 1176.172336 into our lives and there are ramifications of that.
1176.172336 1180.052336 And I think this is a pretty big caution here.
1180.052336 1184.372336 It is very easy to take scripture out of context.
1184.372336 1191.372336 Most often when we are misapplying God's direction, we are taking things out of context.
1191.372336 1196.252336 There was a popular television show that I watched for the first season that was very much
1196.252336 1200.092336 part of this, but all things work together for good.
1200.092336 1201.732336 All things work together for good.
1201.732336 1207.132336 Yes, let's print it on a t-shirt and yay, everything's going to be great.
1207.132336 1209.292336 But there's more to that.
1209.292336 1215.652336 All things work together for good for them who love the Lord and are called according
1215.652336 1217.172336 to his purpose.
1217.172336 1218.172336 Yeah.
1218.172336 1221.852336 So I was always like, oh, all things work together for those that love the Lord.
1221.852336 1222.852336 Yeah.
1222.852336 1226.812336 And are called according to whose purpose?
1226.812336 1227.812336 Yeah.
1227.812336 1233.892336 Not my purpose, his purpose, which, oh, by the way, is higher than mine and his thoughts
1233.892336 1236.732336 are higher than mine too.
1236.732336 1244.052336 Thank goodness because I'm over here singing about love in my Viscotti.
1244.052336 1246.732336 And God is like, listen, you're getting nothing but static.
1246.732336 1250.052336 You need to come back to me.
1250.052336 1251.052336 Yeah.
1251.052336 1252.052336 And he's there.
1252.052336 1253.852336 And he's gentle about it too.
1253.852336 1255.452336 That's something I love about God.
1255.452336 1256.452336 Yeah.
1256.452336 1257.852336 You can trust him to be gentle.
1257.852336 1259.412336 Yes, he's a wrathful God.
1259.412336 1264.052336 He will punish those that need to be punished, but he loves his children.
1264.052336 1265.052336 Yeah.
1265.052336 1270.492336 I was thinking about how this can also be misapplied and how it affects our relationships with other
1270.492336 1273.012336 people.
1273.012336 1279.252336 There can be a tendency when we are convinced of something from Scripture, even if it is
1279.252336 1283.732336 the right thing, but oftentimes when, like you're saying, we take it out of context.
1283.732336 1287.212336 And we just misapply that to other people.
1287.212336 1289.332336 So it's not only us misunderstanding it.
1289.332336 1294.772336 We're holding people to this standard that doesn't exist or, you know, kind of speaking
1294.772336 1300.172336 judgment on them when that's not actually the purpose of Scripture or the purpose of
1300.172336 1302.572336 God sharing truth with us.
1302.572336 1304.372336 You know, we are not the judge.
1304.372336 1305.372336 God is the judge.
1305.372336 1309.532336 And so it's I think of times when there are little pieces of Scripture that we like to take
1309.532336 1313.572336 out and say, well, this is how we should be living.
1313.572336 1317.412336 And we just, you know, be to other people over the head with it, so to speak.
1317.412336 1318.412336 It's dangerous.
1318.412336 1323.612336 And so I know that there are things that I learned in my life when I was younger, like
1323.612336 1326.012336 a younger believer and just a younger human.
1326.012336 1328.172336 And I've kind of had to relearn those as an adult.
1328.172336 1331.052336 Oh, this is what that actually means.
1331.052336 1333.572336 This is what God meant.
1333.572336 1339.452336 And a lot of it for me comes from the whole emphasis on morality.
1339.452336 1344.732336 I grew up in kind of that 80s, 90s, like fundamental church.
1344.732336 1346.732336 It was a lot about morality.
1346.732336 1352.652336 And of course, morality is important to God and good, but that's not I kind of misapplied
1352.652336 1356.332336 that in thinking that this meant I had to make sure everybody around me was doing most
1356.332336 1357.332336 right all the time.
1357.332336 1360.972336 And when they're not, I tell them.
1360.972336 1362.892336 And that's not how God operates.
1362.892336 1369.372336 And so the longer I have learned from him and he's kind of brought me back and say, hey,
1369.372336 1370.372336 you know what?
1370.372336 1371.852336 That's not why I gave you a scripture.
1371.852336 1375.292336 I didn't give you a scripture to go around to your friends and be like, you're wrong.
1375.292336 1376.972336 Stop doing that.
1376.972336 1379.812336 I gave it to you because I love you and because I love other people.
1379.812336 1383.372336 And so let's think about how can we do this in love?
1383.372336 1389.932336 Because I think that that's where I tend to go with the misapplication is it's all about
1389.932336 1392.692336 behavior and action.
1392.692336 1394.252336 And that's not helpful.
1394.252336 1398.012336 It's of the time.
1398.012336 1410.732336 It's interesting that you said you coming out of that, you know, strict morality, results,
1410.732336 1419.892336 focused, works, evident background that you tended to help people around you.
1419.892336 1429.412336 In that same program, I probably tended to turn that more on myself.
1429.412336 1434.052336 So wow, you know, you're really screwing up Sarah.
1434.052336 1440.572336 If people knew what you really do or what you really think or the fact that, well, I'm
1440.572336 1441.572336 not as devoted.
1441.572336 1449.972336 I'm not as like I lived in fear that I wasn't saved or that I had screwed up.
1449.972336 1452.052336 And so I needed to rededicate my life.
1452.052336 1458.332336 I needed to and it was this very stressful existence.
1458.332336 1461.692336 And he get tired of that.
1461.692336 1467.052336 He get tired of trying to always be good enough for God.
1467.052336 1471.492336 I remember somebody saying to me, are you a Christian?
1471.492336 1476.412336 And I was, I don't know, a preteen at the time or early teenager.
1476.412336 1481.492336 And I was like, no, no, if you want an example of a Christian, you need to look at this other
1481.492336 1482.492336 person.
1482.492336 1491.132336 I think I really screwed up because the person that I held out as an example was a wonderful
1491.132336 1499.332336 person, someone who was always active in the church and encouraging in maybe an overbearing
1499.332336 1507.812336 way younger women to straighten up and fly right and probably wasn't attractive to this person
1507.812336 1509.652336 that asked me that question.
1509.652336 1516.372336 Whereas if I had been self-assured enough at 12 or whatever, you were pretty young.
1516.372336 1517.372336 Yeah.
1517.372336 1518.372336 Don't be too hard on yourself.
1518.372336 1522.812336 I was still young enough to be excited about the candy I was getting for my vacation Bible
1522.812336 1523.812336 school and reverse.
1523.812336 1526.532336 I guess it was a vacation Bible school.
1526.532336 1534.932336 If I had said, I am a Christian and I screw up, but Jesus still loves me and Jesus loves
1534.932336 1535.932336 you too.
1535.932336 1541.892336 I just think about what a difference that would have made for me in my life and also for
1541.892336 1546.172336 this other young lady that had asked me that question.
1546.172336 1554.892336 So speaking of pizza person and beast of burden, Jesus said, come to me, all you who are
1554.892336 1565.532336 heavy laden and I will give you rest for my yoga is easy and my burden is light.
1565.532336 1571.252336 We don't have to try to be anything.
1571.252336 1573.252336 We just have to be willing.
1573.252336 1581.332336 Yeah. I was thinking about the fallout of this misapplication and where I see it show up a
1581.332336 1592.452336 lot today is on social media and comments that are made and things that are posted and there's
1592.452336 1594.252336 kind of two sides that coin, right?
1594.252336 1602.332336 People can portray themselves in maybe not an authentic way, but also people can respond
1602.332336 1607.452336 with something that seems way out of left field based on what was posted.
1607.452336 1609.692336 And you know, I read these things.
1609.692336 1614.252336 How are you getting that from what this person said?
1614.252336 1619.532336 And it just reminds me that even as Christians, we can fall into that as well.
1619.532336 1622.852336 And we have to kind of be on guard against those things.
1622.852336 1628.772336 I mean, I think of James one, 18, everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and
1628.772336 1635.852336 slow to become angry because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
1635.852336 1641.052336 And it's interesting to think through that progression quick to listen, slow to speak,
1641.052336 1647.892336 slow to become angry because when I am not quick to listen, I am faster to become angry,
1647.892336 1648.892336 right?
1648.892336 1656.732336 If we take the time to actually stop and hear somebody else and want to hear what they
1656.732336 1661.972336 have to say and not just go ahead and formulate our response as soon as we see or hear whatever
1661.972336 1662.972336 it is.
1662.972336 1667.772336 I think there is some slowing down we could do that would be good for us.
1667.772336 1672.972336 There is kind of that, that both end of what you're saying that it's not about doing all
1672.972336 1678.052336 the time, but then there is kind of some course correction we could probably do to help us
1678.052336 1682.332336 not misunderstand each other or scripture or whatever it might be.
1682.332336 1685.732336 You have thoughts on how do we course correct when we?
1685.732336 1693.732336 When we hear the lyrics, when we miss here, misunderstand and then potentially get misdirected,
1693.732336 1696.932336 humility is the first part.
1696.932336 1701.812336 And as I'm thinking about the verse in James, quick to listen.
1701.812336 1704.812336 Jesus was quick to listen.
1704.812336 1710.492336 The disciples often jumped in with preconceived judgments and preconceived notions about what
1710.492336 1712.412336 was going on.
1712.412336 1714.212336 They were trying to protect him.
1714.212336 1716.292336 They kept that.
1716.292336 1719.012336 But Jesus was quick to listen.
1719.012336 1730.252336 If we can sort of put ourselves in our proper place, humble ourselves to whatever, whoever
1730.252336 1735.772336 we're listening to, whoever's speaking, put ourselves in a lower position and the position
1735.772336 1742.452336 of a servant and listen to what they have to say before we try to fix it.
1742.452336 1744.172336 How guilty of that.
1744.172336 1748.572336 Where are we start working on seven different contingency plans for the potential problem
1748.572336 1751.372336 that they're going to tell us about?
1751.372336 1756.412336 But just listen and then take time to respond.
1756.412336 1766.572336 Because I think if we can do that, the time that we spend in the scriptures in relationship
1766.572336 1771.932336 with other Christian brothers and sisters, those things will inform our next step.
1771.932336 1775.172336 I mean, God is not, He's not absent from us.
1775.172336 1777.012336 We have the Holy Spirit.
1777.012336 1786.612336 We can respond appropriately in a situation when we are not going on human anger.
1786.612336 1793.252336 It is that verse said that I think could be a good start is just the humility and taking
1793.252336 1798.252336 that posture of the servant to those around us.
1798.252336 1801.092336 That's awesome.
1801.092336 1807.412336 This is making the wheels turn in my head and I'm thinking about also the role that assumption
1807.412336 1810.492336 plays in this.
1810.492336 1816.012336 I often come into a conversation with someone else assuming things about them or about their
1816.012336 1819.732336 position or whatever or the motivation.
1819.732336 1823.812336 The lighthearted thing that popped into my head was when you're checking out like at
1823.812336 1831.612336 a store and you expect the cashier to say, have a good day and you say you too.
1831.612336 1836.292336 But like really they say something that I'm trying to like or at a restaurant when like
1836.292336 1841.092336 your waitress is like, okay, like enjoy your meal and you're like you too.
1841.092336 1844.252336 But it's like, no, that's not what they're not.
1844.252336 1847.332336 I've caught myself doing that sometime and then I'll be like, wait a minute.
1847.332336 1848.332336 Do you ever break?
1848.332336 1849.332336 Do you want to sit down?
1849.332336 1850.332336 Do you want to join us?
1850.332336 1852.892336 Because I feel like kind of an idiot.
1852.892336 1855.772336 We just, we just, those things pop into our head naturally.
1855.772336 1860.012336 And so it's like a lighthearted example of don't anticipate what someone's going to say.
1860.012336 1862.212336 Or if someone says happy birthday, you do.
1862.212336 1863.212336 You do.
1863.212336 1864.212336 Oh, wait a minute.
1864.212336 1866.612336 No, it's not your birthday.
1866.612336 1869.612336 Actually, when we have our best friends, we have the same birthday.
1869.612336 1870.612336 That's fun.
1870.612336 1871.852336 Yeah, that's how we met each other.
1871.852336 1873.372336 Then you can say you did to her.
1873.372336 1874.372336 Yeah, her.
1874.372336 1875.372336 Yeah, her.
1875.372336 1876.372336 Her.
1876.372336 1877.372336 Yeah.
1877.372336 1882.852336 But yeah, so I think about the assumption part of it and I, that can be true.
1882.852336 1888.092336 For believers as we read scripture as well, we can assume, oh, I've, I've heard this
1888.092336 1889.092336 before.
1889.092336 1891.252336 I kind of know where this is going.
1891.252336 1897.412336 And we kind of shut off being open to something new that the Lord might be teaching us.
1897.412336 1903.172336 And so it's how are we going in like you're saying with humility and with low expect, maybe
1903.172336 1909.612336 not low expectations, but low assumptions of what we are bringing to the table with
1909.612336 1910.612336 our knowledge.
1910.612336 1914.492336 It's like, no, just go there and meet with God and see what he has to say is kind of how
1914.492336 1916.812336 I think about it.
1916.812336 1918.932336 Relationally, because God is relational.
1918.932336 1919.932336 We are made like him.
1919.932336 1921.612336 We are relational with each other.
1921.612336 1927.372336 So just as I need to slow down, yes, not assume something about what someone else is going
1927.372336 1932.012336 to say to me, say the same applies with the Lord.
1932.012336 1933.012336 Mm hmm.
1933.012336 1936.852336 I'm thinking about the word assume.
1936.852336 1941.732336 And there's a popular saying that I won't say on this podcast, but everybody knows it.
1941.732336 1944.532336 If you break, break the word down.
1944.532336 1948.492336 And I'm also thinking about Balum and his donkey.
1948.492336 1954.372336 And just how in that particular case, yes, the donkey was stubborn because there was an
1954.372336 1957.572336 angel with a flaming sword in front of him.
1957.572336 1962.172336 But how Balum was really the one that was the donkey in that scenario.
1962.172336 1973.412336 But how stubborn we can be when we get entrenched and we just think we're right.
1973.412336 1976.572336 And so often we're not.
1976.572336 1981.132336 Or maybe we're right, but only part.
1981.132336 1986.852336 We only see part of the situation, which is kind of how we live on this earth.
1986.852336 1996.972336 I think many times of Paul and the Corinthians 13, how he talks about we see a reflection
1996.972336 1999.012336 as an amir.
1999.012336 2004.772336 But someday we shall know and we shall see face to face.
2004.772336 2010.852336 We know in part, but then someday we'll know fully, even as we will be fully known.
2010.852336 2015.532336 As you and I sit here across from each other, having these conversations, we are becoming
2015.532336 2019.852336 more fully known to one another into our listeners.
2019.852336 2022.132336 But God knows us fully.
2022.132336 2026.732336 And so if you think that's interesting, there won't be any more assumptions, there won't
2026.732336 2033.332336 be any more stubbornly entrenched.
2033.332336 2034.572336 I do love Biscotti.
2034.572336 2035.972336 That's the thing.
2035.972336 2036.972336 I really do.
2036.972336 2038.852336 The beach boys are great.
2038.852336 2040.772336 The beach boys are great.
2040.772336 2041.772336 Exactly.
2041.772336 2042.772336 Exactly.
2042.772336 2047.652336 I'm going to be my pizza person.
2047.652336 2048.652336 We digress.
2048.652336 2051.372336 But we can bring it back around.
2051.372336 2053.292336 Here we go.
2053.292336 2057.132336 I have a question for you, Marybeth.
2057.132336 2068.092336 If there was one thing about yourself that you would want to explain, you feel that you're
2068.092336 2071.212336 misunderstood.
2071.212336 2077.692336 Whether you're motivation or an action or something like that, what is one misunderstanding about
2077.692336 2083.412336 yourself that you would like to correct publicly on this podcast?
2083.412336 2088.252336 I feel like you're about to ask me, what are the skeletons in your closet that you need
2088.252336 2089.252336 the world to know?
2089.252336 2092.292336 I mean, I think sometimes we do.
2092.292336 2093.812336 We feel misunderstood.
2093.812336 2094.812336 Yeah.
2094.812336 2095.812336 Go ahead.
2095.812336 2096.812336 Set the record straight.
2096.812336 2104.092336 So from the horse's mouth, Segway's right into what I'm about to say.
2104.092336 2112.452336 Most often the times that I have hurt people unintentionally or felt confused or conflicted
2112.452336 2122.012336 about why something ended the way it did is because my words do not match the motivations
2122.012336 2123.172336 that are inside of me.
2123.172336 2129.432336 And so while I might intend something to be helpful or truthful or instructive to someone
2129.432336 2132.812336 else, it just comes out very harsh to other people.
2132.812336 2146.612336 So I would say my bluntness and directness is not coming from a place of judgment or meanness.
2146.612336 2150.612336 It's actually coming from a place of love.
2150.612336 2157.332336 I feel like that is the repeated pattern in my life of what is most often misunderstood.
2157.332336 2158.332336 That's a good one.
2158.332336 2161.052336 I hear you.
2161.052336 2165.812336 And I am glad that you had a chance to set the record straight.
2165.812336 2167.652336 Thank you for giving me this platform Sarah.
2167.652336 2168.652336 You're so welcome.
2168.652336 2171.692336 When I run for president one day, we need to bring this clip back.
2171.692336 2173.572336 That's what everyone can understand.
2173.572336 2175.172336 I would vote for you.
2175.172336 2176.172336 Thanks.
2176.172336 2178.492336 I could write you in this fall.
2178.492336 2179.492336 Go for it.
2179.492336 2180.492336 I'm fine with that.
2180.492336 2181.492336 All right.
2181.492336 2182.492336 What about you?
2182.492336 2183.492336 Do you have any answer to that?
2183.492336 2184.652336 That's such a good question.
2184.652336 2185.652336 What is something?
2185.652336 2188.052336 I knew this was coming.
2188.052336 2189.052336 I know.
2189.052336 2190.852336 You got to, you, you, you, dish it out.
2190.852336 2191.852336 You got to take it now.
2191.852336 2192.852336 Turn about fair play.
2192.852336 2193.852336 That's right.
2193.852336 2201.572336 What is something that you think people misunderstand about you or something that you're
2201.572336 2207.252336 frustrated that people think about you or have experienced that you would like to clarify
2207.252336 2210.172336 that you feel you are misunderstood.
2210.172336 2221.452336 This is an interesting question for me because I feel like it ties into my co-dependent nature.
2221.452336 2227.412336 I care about people a lot.
2227.412336 2229.972336 I love people.
2229.972336 2230.972336 Lots of people.
2230.972336 2233.492336 My family, my friends.
2233.492336 2240.292336 I try to do things.
2240.292336 2241.852336 I guess it's a lot about doing.
2241.852336 2251.892336 I try to do things to make them happy, to anticipate their needs, to be helpful.
2251.892336 2255.932336 I process a lot of information constantly.
2255.932336 2258.252336 That's why my brain works.
2258.252336 2263.452336 And I want to try to help people because I think information is knowledge's power.
2263.452336 2266.132336 Information is helpful.
2266.132336 2271.452336 I like to give a lot of information.
2271.452336 2276.772336 That is not always seen as a good thing.
2276.772336 2285.452336 I think sometimes people are left feeling inadequate or that I have very high expectations
2285.452336 2287.452336 of them.
2287.452336 2291.252336 It's just not true.
2291.252336 2293.492336 I don't want to hurt people's feelings.
2293.492336 2295.932336 It's the last thing I want to do.
2295.932336 2302.812336 If I could just make things a little easier for somebody, that's what I want to do.
2302.812336 2307.772336 If I could correct the record, it would be, no, I don't think poorly of you.
2307.772336 2309.172336 I don't think you're scurrying up.
2309.172336 2310.852336 I don't think you're doing a bad job.
2310.852336 2313.612336 I don't think you're not meeting my expectations.
2313.612336 2316.412336 I just only want to help.
2316.412336 2320.292336 And I love you.
2320.292336 2325.812336 I wonder if we asked this question of lots of other people in our lives.
2325.812336 2330.852336 If this conclusion would be similar, you said it's just, I love you.
2330.852336 2333.892336 My answer was it's just coming from a place of love.
2333.892336 2336.252336 Not to get all hippie, dippy, whatever.
2336.252336 2343.212336 But I think if we actually took the time to listen to each other and ask each other these
2343.212336 2348.252336 kind of questions, we would figure out there's not as much conflict as we think there might
2348.252336 2349.252336 be.
2349.252336 2354.652336 And everyone is coming from more of a place of love than we might think there.
2354.652336 2358.012336 Quick to listen.
2358.012336 2360.372336 All you need is love.
2360.372336 2365.212336 I think that's not a lyric you can confuse.
2365.212336 2367.612336 All you need is love.
2367.612336 2372.412336 Well, I've enjoyed this conversation.
2372.412336 2379.812336 And I think that we can safely say God's Word is living in active.
2379.812336 2385.572336 It's sharper than any two-edged sword separating bone from marrow.
2385.572336 2394.732336 And when we read it with an open mind, letting down our preconceived notions, lowering our barriers,
2394.732336 2399.572336 going back to the basics, allowing God to work within us.
2399.572336 2406.652336 I think that'll go a long way towards understanding what His will is for us.
2406.652336 2411.052336 What final thoughts do you have?
2411.052336 2417.492336 Don't make comments on social media that you wouldn't say in person.
2417.492336 2419.572336 That's a good one.
2419.572336 2426.252336 But also take the light-hearted moments when you might mishear a lyric, let that remind
2426.252336 2427.252336 you.
2427.252336 2436.212336 Maybe the kind of spirit's prompting of, "Oh, what else might I be mishearing these days?"
2436.212336 2437.212336 Or misunderstanding.
2437.212336 2438.212336 Yeah.
2438.212336 2439.212336 Yeah.
2439.212336 2440.412336 All right.
2440.412336 2443.452336 Until next time, we love you.