I usd to take turns of phrase and song lyrics very literally when I was a kid. In the song When Doves Cry by Prince, when the lyrics say "This is what it sounds like when the doves cry", there's a part in the song where he makes this really strange squealing noise right after that line. When i was a kid, I thought he was literally impersonating what a dove would sound like if it cried. Until I was about 8, I thought that doves cried, and when they did, it sounded like Prince's high pitched squealing.
A childhood belief about songs

others believed things like this
- I used to think that "mourning doves" were called afternoon doves starting at noon!
— Megaroo - In Prince's song "I Would Die for You" I used to think he was singing "Apple Dapple do!" — Sara
- My mum always thought the lyrics to macy grays song was i try to say goodbye to my chook.— alana
- in the song with the lyrics "take your passion" my sister used to always think it was "take your pants off"— Steped
- i believed that michelle gayle's sweetness song contained the lyrics shade in sheep shit!— andrew
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon