This is a true Mondegreen:
"When the jasmine sets afire, the faceless man's relieved."
Years later, I discovered that it was "When the jazz man testifies, the faithless man believes." It made a little more sense then.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- "Going to the jazz club in my mind"? Not me! "Going to Nebraska in my mind..."— Felix
- I used to think that the priest at church was JESUS.
He had a beard.... it made sense— Joe B - I used to believe that broccoli grew on trees. It looks like a tree, so it made sense, right?— Catherine...
- when i was 2 or 3 believed that i had lots of animals in my tummy it made sense my mum had baby in hers.— kjc
- I used to think that Batman was Blackman. He wore a black superhero outfit, so it made sense to me.Anon
- I used to believe that if i swallowed some Play-Doh and made a wish, my wish would come true.— Nadia