I used to believe that in the song "Roxanne" by The Police, that Sting was talking about a light that people turn on and off in their bedrooms when he was singing, "You don't have to put on the red light".
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- in sting's / the police's song ''roxanne''. I thaught that it was ''rock sand''— wacko zacho
- I used to think that Steve Miller song "Big old jet airliner" was "Bingo Jed had a light out" — Skeeter
- I always thought the song Blinded by the light went "Wrapped up like a dousche, another runner in the night"— Dawn
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- When the police are talking about "rap sheets," I thought that the criminals were making rap music.Anon
- I used to believe there was a newsreader inside the radio where the light was!!— Christine