About a decade and a half later I realized they are not singing "what does she really want, a british fantasy, me walking out the door" in Hey Ya by Outkast

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Not for a second did I think it was "But does she really wanna, But can't stand to see me walk out the door?"

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If it makes you feel better I couldn't understand a single word in that song.

Ya but I spent half of my life believing british people walked out on their partners often enough for it to be coined "a British fantasy".

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Didn't Polaroid say not to do that?

I think it was actually in response to this song

I think so, too, but it almost feels apocryphal

That’s an excellent mishearing.