My brother's name is Shane. When he was little, our mother used to listen to the soundtrack of "Fame" a lot -- & whenever the title song played, he thought they were saying, "SHANE! I'm gonna live forever..."
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I thought the song "Party Time" by Moby was actually saying "heart attack" (this was before I knew the title)— Elviessa
- I used to think that the title of Barry Manilow's song "Looks Like We Made It" was "Looks Like Tomatoes".— close2nd
- I thought that when I got older "they" would invent a cure for death and I could live forever.— wishful thinking
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- i thought that all of the shows on tv where played live even when someone died. sad, i no.Anon
- I thought a tidal wave was acutualy a title wave because if the wave was big enough it had its own title!— Nate