What Did He Say?

League 8 (Feb 2026) · Songs with Indecipherable Lyrics

Song	Artist	Submitted by	Votes
Yellow Ledbetter	Pearl Jam	ared56	8 Peter Seeley +2 — Couldn't understand a word he says, but we surely had a mighty fine time. SamRobertsND +1 Edward James +1 — What's concerning about Eddie Vedder is that sometimes it seems he doesn't know what he's doing. But he has to know.......right? Brad Stalcup +1 — Really enjoyed this one and could also not understand it at all. Upvote. Joseph Harvey +1 Sam Ary +1 — Decipherable in some aspects. judd.baker +1 — Pearl Jam/grunge in general is a great shout for this category. They all sound like this. fionmul 0 — I can understand too many of the words Claire 0 — Quite unintelligible. Too obvious a choice, however, to make my top 4
Louie Louie	Kingsmen	shea nowicki	8 Sam Ary +2 — Undecipherable in many places ared56 +1 fionmul +1 — Yep this is hard to understand And I dont despise the song Edward James +1 — I truly didn't understand a single word other than the title names. Claire +1 — What the hell is he saying (I’ve known of this song but never known any of its lyrics besides “Louie Louie oh baby.” Now I realize why) Joseph Harvey +1 — Pharaoh pharaoh Ooh baby let my people go Yeah yeah yeah yeah Regina Scime +1 shea nowicki 0 — I totally misunderstood the category and am resigned (dare I say hoping) that I will receive all the downvotes. Rooting for 12 - let's see if I can do it hahahah
Panorama	Plums	judd.baker	5 ared56 +1 SamRobertsND +1 Edward James +1 — Mmmmm that's good millennial slop. No idea what they're talking about but I love it. Brad Stalcup +1 — I was tapping my foot while listening to this song. Couldn't understand a word. Claire +1 — Supremely unintelligible. Well done fionmul 0 — Yeah idk what they’re saying and Spotify didn’t have lyrics which is honestly a good strat Sam Ary 0 — Decipherable.
Now We Are Free	Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, Lisa Gerrard, Gavin Greenaway, The Lyndhurst Orchestra	Regina Scime	4 Regina Scime: Try looking up what language this is… fionmul +3 — I was back and forth but by definition the lyrics are indecipherable and also love the song and this film so I shall reward And defend it from the haters SamRobertsND +1 shea nowicki +1 Sam Ary +1 — Undecipherable because it’s not a real language. Edward James 0 — Guys we were very very clear that it had to be English Brad Stalcup 0 — I mean it's cool, and kinda gimmicky which I usually go for. But I think it misses the point of the round. Claire 0 — I imagine this will get a lot of downvotes for not being English so I’m not gonna pile on. It’s a cool song tho Joseph Harvey 0 — Not in English, instant DQ ared56 -1 Peter Seeley -1 — A brilliant song, with clear vocals and meaning. The fact that the language is constructed does not make it "unintelligible". Alas, like Commodus , I must give the thumbs down to this noble work.
Ecstasy	Rusted Root	Spicey Riche	4 SamRobertsND +1 Brad Stalcup +1 — Really fun song. Couldn't understand a word. Joseph Harvey +1 — Bang on judd.baker +1 — I liked this. Sort of classic “he’s not trying to sound indecipherable, it just is” fionmul 0 — Understandable compared to most Edward James 0 — Congratulations, we are the first people in the history of the world to ever listen to another Rusted Root song Claire 0 — Somewhat intelligible. I can clearly understand most of the chorus including the song title Sam Ary 0 — Decipherable.
Gold	Kiiara	fionmul	3 fionmul: if i ever did shrooms id play this during ared56 +1 shea nowicki +1 Claire +1 — Some of the lyrics are intelligible but the utter incomprehensibility of that opening hook earned a vote from me Spicey Riche +1 fionmul 0 — 👑🦷 Peter Seeley 0 — I feel gay just listening to this (and not in a fun way). Alas, I don't have enough down votes. Brad Stalcup 0 — Far too decipherable. Joseph Harvey 0 — This is just chopped vocals as a stylistic effect - I’m going to count that as missing the point Sam Ary 0 — Decipherable. Edward James -1 — This is....very decipherable. What are we doing yall
Breezeblocks	alt-J	Claire	3 Spicey Riche +2 Peter Seeley +1 Brad Stalcup +1 — alt-J is an easy upvote in this category. fionmul 0 — I once heard someone say that alt-J is what people who dont like 21 pilots hear when they listen to 21P haha Yeah this is hard to understand but I dont like it Edward James 0 — I almost submitted an alt-J song. They're a good pick, but I was able to get like half of this, so others beat it. Joseph Harvey 0 — Weird. I don’t hate it Sam Ary 0 — Decipherable. shea nowicki -1
Gardening At Night	R.E.M.	SamRobertsND	3 Edward James +1 — Wonderful to not have any idea what sort of nonsense REM was whinging on about in this song. Maybe my fave REM song because I on had to hear it and not understand it. shea nowicki +1 judd.baker +1 — I am so delighted to see R.E.M. here. In addition to being a great song, this one and almost everything on their first EP and full record could work for this category. Michael Stipe had a magic skill for murky songwriting. I’ve known this song for probably 20 years and I still, to this day, do not know all the words. Never looked them up. Maybe never will. It’s like a beautiful piece of just-barely-discernible nonsense that I can happily mumble along to. fionmul 0 — The words are too quiet but not thatttt unclear Brad Stalcup 0 — I feel like a big part of the reason you can't hear this one is b/c of bad mixing, not because of mumbly singer. Claire 0 — Moderately unintelligible but not the worst offender. You can definitely make out the title of the song Joseph Harvey 0 — This has a cool 70s prog vibe! Sam Ary 0 — Decipherable.
Come On Eileen - Single Edit	Dexys Midnight Runners, Kevin Rowland	Edward James	3 Peter Seeley +1 — I don't ever remember it being so bad on the radio. Truly mumblesome. Absolutely terrible vocal clarity. Love it. shea nowicki +1 — Okay this actually got me haha... I was not pleased to see this on the playlist and then totally understood as I listened!! Great pull. Claire +1 — This isn’t the most unintelligible of the bunch but it surprised me the most—in the sense that I’ve heard this song a million times but only just realized that I had absolutely zero idea what the words of the verses were. Like if you asked me to start singing the song from the beginning I simply wouldn’t be able to make anything more than gibberish noises Joseph Harvey +1 — Perfect submission because I never noticed that this song is indecipherable before (aside from the hook) Spicey Riche +1 fionmul 0 — This was a good pull But I opted for the songs that I get 0 lyrics Edward James 0 — I thought I knew what they're saying but realized it was really only like 2 lines in the chorus. Not a single clue about the rest of it. Brad Stalcup 0 — Slightly more decipherable than most of the songs on this list. judd.baker 0 — Ehhh this is pretty decipherable Regina Scime -1 Sam Ary -1 — Decipherable.
Serenity	Joseph Harvey	Joseph Harvey	0 ared56 +1 judd.baker +1 — Not a dang word (well except “serenity”) fionmul 0 — This beat is my fave of his Spotify songs and then the voice comes in Also I understand the words since he has good diction Edward James 0 — I could understand Mr. Harvey perfectly well, thank you very much Peter Seeley 0 — Clever gambit Joe, submitting your own song. Brad Stalcup 0 — Very decipherable. Sam Ary 0 — Decipherable. SamRobertsND -1 Claire -1 — Actually pretty intelligible. It’s not your fault, Joseph—it’s a good song just not a good submission for this category
Blitzkrieg Bop - 2016 Remaster	Ramones	Brad Stalcup	0 fionmul 0 — Jimmy neutron movie anyone? Too understandable I’m sorry Edward James 0 — Maybe I've just hear this too many times, but I know what they're saying Claire 0 — Moderately intelligible Joseph Harvey 0 — This is awful. I can hear plenty of lyrics as well Sam Ary 0 — Decipherable. judd.baker 0 — Maybe I’ve known this song for too long but these lyrics are really familiar to me
Sinister Exaggerator	The Residents	Peter Seeley	-1 Peter Seeley: I want you to suffer. fionmul 0 — I want you to suffer too! ❤️‍🩹 I can understand the words Edward James 0 — This was fun but I understood them Claire 0 — This was weird and creepy but I do feel like I understood most of the words? Joseph Harvey 0 — Mission success Sam Ary 0 — Decipherable. judd.baker 0 — Would have been a great pick for Scary Songs if we had done that round. This is horrible Brad Stalcup -1 — This might be the worst song I've ever heard. Katie made me change it before it finished.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - 2006 Remaster Full-Length	Iron Butterfly	Sam Ary	-1 Regina Scime +3 Edward James 0 — The only part that's indecipherable is the title and that's on purpose Peter Seeley 0 — I listened to this backwards and I got a message from Satan: "song longer hell. Real Alex dead. buy bitcoin". Brad Stalcup 0 — There's a great scene in the simpsons that makes fun of this, and they change it to "In the garden of eden, baby" So I guess what I'm trying to say is that simpsons did it. But this song is very intelligible. And it's also very long. Claire 0 — It’s a banger but the lyrics that aren’t purposely gibberish are pretty intelligible (yes I know that the gibberish comes from a mishearing of actual words but in the song it’s meant to be gibberish) fionmul -1 — You know how we feel about long songs around here. And I can understand it too well. Joseph Harvey -1 — Imagine my abject horror getting 8 minutes into this thinking “surely this horror show must be about to wrap” when I see that I am HALFWAY THROUGH Spicey Riche -1 — Infuriatingly decipherable judd.baker -1 — Basically inexplicable submission. Is there something I’m missing? 17 long minutes and the one part that has lyrics is extremely decipherable.