Originally Posted by: Debaser 
Do we trust 'live' Barney?
Never!
However, yeah, this pretty much seals that it's 'covers'. Or, at least, he decided to change it by the time they got to this gig, either permanently or on a whim.
Originally Posted by: Debaser 
(almost sounds west-country, "cuvers")
HaHa. yep. It does.
O-right, my luvverrr!
Originally Posted by: Debaser 
I'm hearing "stems"
In this live version, it almost sounds like 'spreads'. Well, to me it does, at least. Probably another example of Bernard changing lyrics on a whim.
But, yeah, I'm sure the studio version is 'stems', and I'm 99% sure it's 'disarrangement' rather than 'estrangement' (based on the Buttrich mix, which is much clearer).
Where they got 'sprung' from is anyone's guess though.
I reckon they, rather than mishearing the word, just made a mistake when typing in the text. They meant to type 'stems' but ended up copying the word 'sprung' from the previous line ('Confusion sprung up from devotion').