That's the lyric I heard in the infectious happy song I discovered online this past Christmas Day. Or thought I heard it. In fact, as I soon found out, because unfortunately for my piece of mind, the complete lyrics were published on another website, I had misheard it, not the first time to do so, not the only listener mishearing not the only popular song, there are entire websites dedicated to the comedy of misheard song lyrics, people misinterpret song lyrics all the time, which is occasionally the intention of performers, or at other times an unintended consequence of the machinations by the artists of the recording mix, and it seems that the only song lyrics that are always understandable are those that don't make sense, such as for example The Whiter Shade of Pale, or remain forever inscrutable such as the smash hit about (among other things) that cake that someone left out in the rain, for which the singer, we are informed, will never have that recipe again, OH, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
My song was titled Everything's Fine, and its title was also the first and second line of the refrain, followed by the line that I misunderstood, and contradicting what I thought I heard, you might think, but on the other hand possibly revealing a deep existential insight, however in this case unintentional.
Be that as it may, the actual line reads "Surfing in the sunshine", and the English band's name, which you can also interpret as your heart desires is Phat Bollard.
I'm undecided, a bit misguided
In this rolling wave that's been provided
Which is up, which is down, going round and round
Searching for breath before I drown
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Surfing in the sunshine
Makes everything fine
(Lyrics: Pat & Aaron)
http://phatbollard.bandcamp.com/track/everythings-fine
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