I thought the words of the Flashdance song were "take your pants off and make it happen" instead of "take your passion..."...well, it made sense.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- in the song with the lyrics "take your passion" my sister used to always think it was "take your pants off"— Steped
- I thought it was impossible for anyone to lift more than their own body weight. Just seemed to make sense..— Xenomorph
- when i was a kid i believed i could make things happen just by snapping my fingers like in mary poppins!!Anon
- I thought Scott Joplin and Janis Joplin were related. Two musicians with the same last name - it made sense!— Rita
- When I was 5, I thought cats were spawned from moss, since moss was so soft. Made sense to me.Anon
- I used to think that the priest at church was JESUS.
He had a beard.... it made sense— Joe B