I was listening to Temple of Love by the Sisters of Mercy with my roommate. There is a line that says "shine like thunder, cry like rain." He thought it was "shine like thunder, I like brains." I still sing it that way every time.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- Thunder was the angels shaking their blankets out. Rain was the fairies crying.— wolfie
- At one point, i thought that "Where the Sun Don't Shine" and "The Land of The Rising Sun" where the same thing— A. Brone E.
- I used to belive that god was bolwing and every time thunder hit god got a stike— Greyhound
- When I was little I thought that thunder was the bricks of our house banging together for some reason.— Ncik
- I always thought thunder was the sound of the crumbling buildings, after lightning had struck them.Anon
- My mum used to tell me that thunder was god re-arranging the furniture.— Dale