Song topics that are completely misunderstood.

Blind Melon's "No Rain" is another that comes to mind. It sounds upbeat and has a fun guitar rift but it really is about being depressed and having nothing better to do but "watch the puddles gather rain."

Swimming Pools - Kendrick Lamar

Song is talking about alcohol abuse and how he almost threw his life away with it, yet people think it's some sort of drinking song about getting "turnt up" and whatnot

Ring Around the Rosies is about dying a horrible death from the plague or smallpox or whatever disease its about.

Warren Zevon's "Excitable Boy" is such a catchy, jaunty song, and people who know it only by its strong chorus would be very surprised if they were to pay attention and listen to what he's plainly singing in the verses.

Live - Lightning Crashes

There are three females mentioned in this song. A New Mother, an Old Mother, and a Newborn Baby. It's kind of hard to tell by listening to the song, but the only death that occurs is by the Old Mother.

This song is about the cycle of life that uses the metaphor of 'Lightning Crashes' to signify the end of one life and the beginning of another.

It was inspired by a friend of the band who was in a fatal car accident whose family donated her organs to save the lives of others.

Not sure if brought up yet. Billy Joel's "She's Always a Woman" is easily misunderstood if you don't really listen to the lyrics. It sounds like a nice piano ballad. It's actually kind of dark:

She can kill with a smile
She can wound with her eyes
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child
But she's always a woman to me

She can lead you to love
She can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth
But she'll never believe
And she'll take what you give her as long as it's free
Yeah, she steals like a thief
But she's always a woman to me

[Chorus:]
Oh, she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind

She will promise you more
Than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you
And laugh while you're bleedin'
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
Cause she's always a woman to me

[Chorus:]
Oh, she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind

She is frequently kind
And she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases
She's nobody's fool
But she can't be convicted
She's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she's always a woman to me

I suppose Eight Miles High has already been mentioned.