I thought America the Beautiful was written for me because my name is "Erika". I thought they were singing "I'm Erika, I'm Erika. God shed his grace on me."
No wonder I'm in therapy ...
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe all of North America was Canada and South America was USA..— Daria
- I thought my parents had written "Don't Worry, Be Happy".Anon
- when I was a child I had never seen Jennifer Lopez written down so I thought her name was Jenny Ferlopez x)— Cath
- In "God Bless America" I thought it was "With the light from a bulb" instead of "from above."— Carol
- When I was in kindergarten, I thought the last line of "America" was "Great God our kid." — CC
- there was a young girl i used to know that would say 'onion' at the end of grace, instead of 'amen'— matt