The Misconception Song by George Hrab

The Misconception Song

Music and Lyrics by George Hrab

Directed and edited by Nicolas Calabrese

featuring: Taylor Beichy, Milan Starchild, & Erin McGuire

Thanks to Kemmerer Graphics, Spring Shank, The City of Bethlehem

The Misconception Song

You don’t know what you think you know,
what you think you know is often wrong
You don’t know what you think you know,
but you could know what is in this song

You don’t seal in juices by searing meat, 
you don’t get headaches from too much MSG, 
there’s a fifty day shelf life for each Twinkie, 
though you probably thought they’d last an eternity, 
the historical buddha was not a fat guy, sharks can get cancer before they die
and though some textbooks say it’s true, the blood in your veins is at no point blue

CHORUS

Let them eat cake was never said by Marie Antoinette
Marco Polo did not bring home “spaghett!”
Just because dogs pant doesn’t mean they don’t sweat
the pads on their paws get a teeny-tiny bit wet
bats are not blind they have limited sight, 
did you know Napoleon was of average height?
The Chevy Nova was a hit and did sell, in Mexico and Venezuela as well

CHORUS

Edison did not invent the incandescent light
Ford did not invent the car or build the first assembly line sight
and how about James Watt- did he invent the steam engine? Not.
And though I know that you say that you swear you’ve seen it-
George Washington Carver did not invent the peanut

CHORUS

Sugar does not cause hyperactivity, Glass does not flow super slowly
Rust does not cause tetanus you see if you wanna wake a sleep walker, hey feel free
Hair doesn’t grow thick after it’s shaved off, 
cough medicine rarely ever helps a cough-
folks go on and on, about the Parthenon, 
but the Golden Ratio was never ever drawn

CHORUS

Albert Einstein never failed a single math test
A cop doesn’t have to say he’s a cop if he’s pressed
Milk doesn’t cause phlegm to come up out of your chest
lemmings don’t kill themselves, who’d a guessed, 
it’s OK to crack your knuckles no damage will be done, 
you can taste ev’ry taste ev’rywhere on your tongue
Let me say one thing no one can rebuke, a 
vomitorium’s an exit and not a place to puke

CHORUS

Marconi did not invent the radio
Did Thomas Crapper invent the flush toilet? No, no, no.
But using their brains and persistence
they improved stuff already in existence, and yet- 
for some reason this myth remains that
human beings only use 10% of their brains

Humans use 100% of their brains, Humans use 100% of their brains, 
stop saying humans only use 10% of their brains, ‘cause humans use
seriously- if you take away one thing from this silly song it’s the simple fact that:
humans use 100% their brains- KEY CHANGE!

You don’t know what you think you know
but now you know what you think could be wrong
now you know what you think could be wrong 
‘cause you listened to all of the stuff in this song

-And now we’re all slightly less wrong.