I thought the lyrics to Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" was "to me you're like a roman dictionary and I..." when I think now it's actually, "to me you're like a grown addiction that I can't deny."
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the chorus of "mountain song" by jane's addiction was in a different language— nothing'sshocking
- Even though I knew about Roman numerals when I was younger, I thought that there was 11 world wars.Anon
- I used to think the Back Street Boys were black. I also thought Seal was a boy band. — Tufty
- I thought grown ups were born grown ups.— mea
- I used to think that an imbecile was some type of seal, before knowing that it meant someone stupid.Anon
- I used to believe that grown-ups were born "grown up" and that I would stay a little kid forever.— Still A Kid