In the song "Missing" by Everything But The Girl the chorus is "And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain" for a long time I thought it was "And I miss you like, like the desert's mystery" I always wondered what the desert's mystery was and why you would miss it..
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when you grow up, you lose your given name and become just Mr., Miss, or Mrs. Whoever.— Andrew Buc
- I used to turn the TV off when I left the room so I didn't miss anything.— S.Lee
- I believed that female teachers got to choose if they wanted to be called "mrs. or miss" — Jenna
- I believed that lightning bugs were faeries....
::sigh:: I miss those enchanted years of my youth.— Andrea Sorenson - i used to think that bethleham was in australia, like just out in the desert somewhere— joanna
- I used to think that the chorus of "mountain song" by jane's addiction was in a different language— nothing'sshocking