I used to think that the song "Only the Lonely" by Roy Orbison was (and dont ask me why) about a ghost named 'Only' and he was lonely so people called him "Only the Lonely" i never thought when he said only he meant only i thought it was a weird name like "ownly or Owenley"
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I believe animals are our best friends. When we are sad or we feel lonely, they are there to support us.— Rosa Saito
- I thought the Holy Ghost was the ghost of the Virgin Mary.— Texas granny
- I used to think that when I saw someone on TV whom I knew to be dead , it meant that it was his or her ghost.— Sophie
- I loved watching the cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost and wondered why the Holy Ghost never got his own show.— Robert
- On this site when people sign "Anon" I thought Anon was one person who believed in a lot of weird things...— Slow to catch on.
- i told my mother that sex was when two people get naked and tell ghost stories.— linds