Actual lyrics to Edward McCaine's "Ill Be": I'll be your crying shoulder, I'll be love's suicide."
I heard "I'll be love's silver sigh." I like my lyrics better.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the lyrics to Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" were "You give love a Band-Aid".Anon
- Actual lyrics: "I've never been your beast of burden"
My lyrics: "I've never been your big suburban"
— Big Suburban - I always hear Manic Street Preachers 'You Love Us' as 'You Love Arse'.— Lou
- I used to believe that the B-52's song "Love Shack" was actually "Love Shark!"— Natalie
- I used to think the song "love the one you're with" was called "love the one, your win. — Glowworm
- I am Canadian and when I was little I would sing "True Pastry Love" instead of 'True Patriot Love"— Jess