In the song "Whip it" by Divo, I used to think they were saying 'whip it, in the shade' instead of 'into shape.' My friend and her mom laughed at me and had to tell me the real words. I got a few others wrong but I can't remember them.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- i believed that michelle gayle's sweetness song contained the lyrics shade in sheep shit!— andrew
- Does anybody remember that song "OUT OF REACH" well i remember i used to sing it as "BATTEERRRRYYY". — meeeeeeeee
- I used to believe that all languages were just jiberish and I asked my mom why they didn't use real words.Anon
- the beatles song 'mean mr mustard' says "shes a real go-getter", i was sure it was "shes a real coconut"...— sally
- I thought cartoons were real, I remember asking my mom why there were lines around the "actors" in a cartoon.— Steven Graziano
- My jew friend told me god was real , and i believed itAnon