I used to believe until I was probably thirteen that the Ace of Base song "Don't Turn Around" was about a witch and her captive slave. I never really understood the lyrics and never bothered looking them up. Every time I heard the song in a store or on the radio, I would cry because the witch I had in my head was scary. I eventually realized what the song meant and I don't cry anymore. In fact, I enjoy the song.
A childhood belief about songs

others believed things like this
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon
- i thaught the michael jackson song billy jean song said Janet's not my son Anon
- I swear I heard a Disney Channel/Radio Disney song where the chorus was a repeated “Damn it”— SpengBab
- I thought the Til Tuesday song said "Books are scary!", rather than "Voices Carry"Anon
- I used to believe that when a song came on the car radio, the band was sitting on top of our van.Anon
- in the song with the lyrics "take your passion" my sister used to always think it was "take your pants off"— Steped