I used to think that the chorus from R.E.M.'s 'Stand' said, "Think about your ERECTION, wonder why you have it".
Should have been "Think about your direction...".
That's teenage boys for you.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I thought that since boys stood up to pee, they could stand up to poop.— Lacey
- I used to think that adam and the ants' stand and deliver was 'stand in your liver'.....— wook
- I used to believe whenever I got an erection it meant I had to pee.— Adam
- I never knew why boys had to lift up the toilet seat...until my friend told me that boys had bad aim.Anon
- I used to believe the Beastie Boys were a boy band. Well, the name sounds similar to Backstreet Boys!Anon
- When I was a kid, I thought the musical Mamma Mia did songs from the A*Teens (the teenage version of Abba)Anon