An older neighbor got me into the Violent Femmes. Until I was in college I thought, "I fall down dead, she never sees the tears I cry" was actually "I fall down STAIRS, she'll never see the tears I cry."
You know, how tragic? I fell down the stairs and she didn't even care!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to believe I could fly when I was about four, until I fell down the stairs.— Sarah
- I thought if you trip and fall down you fall at the speed of light!— Dietrich Corby
- I used to believe that the little 'helicopters' that fall from the trees were dead tadpoles.— Chester Finnigan SnapDragon McFisticuff
- I used to believe that "DEAD END: signs meaned it was the end of the world and you would fall off completely— Kristin
- I used to believe rain were God's tears— Joy
- My Aunt used to tell me that if I cried too much, I would run out of tears.— Peter