As for Outkast, it's "I never meant to make your DAUGHTER cry". Ms. Jackson is the mother, the daughter is the one he got pregnant. So, the person who didn't catch that, how can you think you recall the number of apology times?

As for Bruce Springsteen. Yes, I get a "soul" isn't a physical thing to be cut with a knife. But, it is a song where he's talking about his feelings, not real life. It's always been soul, not skull.