I used to think that in the song "Fly on the Windscreen" by Depeche Mode Dave Gahan said, "There are lands for the Sultan, waiting to die" but just recently I found out that he really says, "There are lambs for the slaughter, waiting to die"
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the toast would never pop out of the toaster if you watched it while you were waiting.Anon
- I used to believe that my head was filled with hair waiting to grow.— Poppy
- I used to believe that the reflection at the bottom of cup of liquid was a crocodile waiting to gobble me up.— Aaron
- When I was little I was afraid of vacum cleaners. I thought there was an old guy inside waiting to eat you.— Kittenz r kool
- I always thought that a little person lived inside each mailbox waiting to take my letter to its destination.— Anne
- that there was a sharp toothed snail inside my nose, waiting to bite my finger off— diana