I used to believe that "No woman, no cry" by Bob Marley, meant that being single was the path to happiness instead of being words of comfort.
A childhood belief about songs

others believed things like this
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- When I was a kid I thought rape just meant someone tearing the clothes off of a woman's body.— Matt
- I used to think Art Deco was Aunt Deco, and wondered who this famously artistic woman was meant to be.Anon
- My sister just recently realized that the lyric "more than a woman" wasn't 4 letter woman!— Anne
- I thought the lyrics to "Single Ladies" were "If you liked it, then you should've put your name on it."Anon
- I thought the line in the song "more than a woman" was "four-legged woman".— boo