My mom thought that Chumbawumba's Tub Thumping went "I got no towels, but I get up again" ("I get knocked down, but I get up again"). She had no idea what it meant and told me and my siblings it was a stupid song because it didn't make sense.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I thought it was impossible for anyone to lift more than their own body weight. Just seemed to make sense..— Xenomorph
- I used to think that an imbecile was some type of seal, before knowing that it meant someone stupid.Anon
- My siblings told me that if I ate too much cheese, I'd turn into a cow. I believed them.— Sophie
- I used to believe that towels were sleeping ghosts, and at night they would come out and get you— bajd
- I totally believed my siblings when they told me the family was aliens and had a space ship in the garage.— cully
- I used to think being engaged meant being in jail. I have no idea how I came to that conclusion.— CNB