"we're calling a cab, i can't walk now, because i love you too much baby..." [-- what i thought i heard elvis saying in "suspicious minds"

Anon

you know the song "Lithium" by Nirvana? when i first heard it in the part where he says "I miss you, I'm not gonna crack" i thought he said "I miss you I'm not gonna CRAP"! and if that wasn't enough, i spent the next year or so terrified that if i missed someone enough i wouldn't be able to poop! bear in mind that i would've been 4 or 5 at the time

Katie

Around Christmas every year my Mom liked to play the album by "Boney M" and on the tape was a song called "Feliz Navidad". Well for years my sister and I always thought that they were singing "At least Mommy died" for the chorus. We could never figure out why they were so happy that their Mom had died and why it was a Christmas song.

Amanda

Until 30 seconds ago, I believed that in the Avril Lavigne song "Things I'll Never Say", she was singing:
"If I could see what I wanna see
I wanna see you go down on me..." I found out that the words are actually:
"If I could see what I wanna see
I wanna see you go down on ONE KNEE..." Silly me.

Hannah P.

That in 'We Didn't Start the Fire', the line 'no we didn't light it' was 'well, we did ignite it'.

I still think that it's a better line.

GuesssWho

My family is Catholic, and every Sunday when I was a kid we'd go to church. Just before the kids left the main sermon for Sunday school, we'd sing Hosanna in the Highest. Despite being in the church choir, five-year-old me thought "Hosanna" was actually "Lasagna." (We're also Italian; maybe I had lunch on the brain?) I couldn't, for the life of me, figure out why the adults were singing about holy lasagna.

Anon

I was puzzled by the "sealing wax" that Jackie Paper brought Puff the Magic Dragon. I thought it was "ceiling wax" - wax that collected on the ceiling, a bit like earwax.

Matt

The first time I learnt our national anthem in english, I thought the line, "Some have come, from a land beyond the wave," was 'Some have come, from a land beyond the grave.' I thought they were singing about zombies or something!

Ainé

i guess the tv show "who's the boss?" was pretty popular at the time, because i always thought the lyrics to elton john's "tiny dancer" referred to tony danza. "hold me closely tony danza", "tony danza in my hand" etc.

rex of the highland steel drum octet

I used to think "I'll never be your beast of burden" said "I'll never leave your pizza burnin'"

I know, I'm a retard

Anon

My grandma used to think that "It's raining men" by the weather girls was "Israeli men"

Heh

Dan

in the music hit by macey gray, my partner once brought up that he wasnt sure of the lyrics, and sang to me:

"i try to say goodbye and i choke,
try to walk away and i stumble,
no point trying to hide it, its clear,
i wear goggles when you are not there."

and yes, if you listen to the song, it does sound like shes singing about goggles.

Laura Lee

For the longest time I thought that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very "chinese" nose...

Anon

When I was a child, I used to believe the song "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" was called (and sung) "Walking in my Winter Underwear" ... I think it just made sense to me.

Carolyn

I used to believe the Metallica song "Trapped Under Ice" said "I turned down the rice."

Erik Z.

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but in the case of me and my best friend, we thought that in Dido's song, "White Flag" the chorus sounded exactly like: I will go down with this ship ...And I'll POKE MY EYES OUT and surrender.
The actual lyrics are: ...And I won't put my hands up and surrender.
Ah, well. We were close! lol take care

Erin

when i was younger, (i cant remember who sings the song) "Everytime You Go Away"... i used to the the chorus was "everytime you go away, you take a piece of meat with you".. i could never understand why she always took meat with her!

deathcab_leah

When I was waaay younger and un-interested in the beatles (quite the opposite of me today) I heard "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on the radio. I thought that when George said "still my guitar gently weeps" he was saying "you steal my guitar, I gently weep.". For the longest time I believed that someone had stolen George Harrison's guitar, and I always asked my parents "where did George's guitar end up??". They didnt know what the hell I was talking about.

Sofia

My friend was kinda confused by the lyrics to 'Whats my age again' by blink 182...We were listening to it and my friend said 'I'm surprised this song was allowed to be released' and I said 'Why?' and he said 'Well, its a bit racist'.......Turns out he thought it was called 'Wheres my Asian friend'....Fool.

Anon

I am from Germany and when I heard the Bee Gees song Staying Alive for the first time I thought they were singing about Ferries - I made out they were singing Stena Line

shansi