Last month I heard the song "Living on a Prayer" (I'm 15), and I thought it was "Living on a Brayer," as in a donkey ('cause they bray). I was convinced it was about a guy riding cross-country on a donkey: "We're halfway there," meant they were near Oklahoma.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- a donkey is just a small horse.Anon
- When i was young about 5 i used to think god was a donkey with a long beard!Anon
- I used to belive that Donkey's were a type of horse. How stupid of me lololAnon
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- I used to think that running cross-country meant you ran across the entire nation!Anon
- I thought there was a beaver living in the toilet that would bite me if I wasn't ever vigilant. — Camille