I used to think that in the song Spanish Train, Chris de Burgh said, His family were dying, melting prayers before he died.
I knew this didn't make sense, but I had no clue what else it might be, certainly not, knelt in prayer.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to think that Chris de burgh song Lady in red was Lady in Bread
— Omega-R-Fox - My Brother used to think that Chris de Burgh was singing 'Lady in bed' instead of lady in red'— Kerry, Manchester
- I used to believe that in the Christian Prayer of the Faithful, we were responding, "Lord, harrow prayer."— Smelleanor
- When my friend told me her cat was moulting I thought she said melting. I was confused for a while.Anon
- I used to believe that Spanish and Italian were the same language;Spanish was for boys and Italian for girlsAnon
- I used to think that in the song"Family Affair, they were saying "It's a family of bears!"— Wayne Huffman