For the longest time I thought the opening lyrics to "Song 2" by Blur were "I got my head shaved, by a cham-oh-che."
I asked my British friends what a chamoche was, they just looked at me like I was nuts.
I looked up the lyrics: "I got my head checked, by a jumbo jet."
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- My mom said she had eyes in the back of her head. I looked and looked, but never found them.Anon
- Actual lyrics: "I've never been your beast of burden"
My lyrics: "I've never been your big suburban"
— Big Suburban - My mum always thought the lyrics to macy grays song was i try to say goodbye to my chook.— alana
- in the song with the lyrics "take your passion" my sister used to always think it was "take your pants off"— Steped
- i believed that michelle gayle's sweetness song contained the lyrics shade in sheep shit!— andrew
- my sister when she was little thorght head lice tried to borrow into her head to get to her brainAnon