Embarrassing, Singing and Miscellaneous: Hang in there - FML

Hang in there

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, I was singing the National Anthem at a school game and totally forgot the words. So I kept singing the same two lines over and over. FML

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By fail - 19/11/2009 06:10 - Australia

Today, whilst singing at school in front of 300 visiting primary school children I forgot the second verse to my song and let out an F*** word with the microphone still up to my face. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/02/2023 04:00

Today, at a party, I tried to play it cool by pretending to know all the lyrics to a song, but ended up singing the wrong words and embarrassing myself. FML

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By Morrissey - 06/04/2025 03:00 - United States

Today, I was at a friend's birthday party in a packed karaoke bar/restaurant and I drunkenly agreed to sing. I picked a song I thought I knew by heart, only to realize halfway through that the lyrics on the screen were not at all what I thought they were. My brain went for a smoke break or something, and I turned into a rambling mess. The crowd actually booed. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/10/2010 22:29 - Canada

Today, I attended a musical. A new song was played, and I thought I'd heard it before because it sounded strangely familiar. I sang along quietly as the song progressed, positive I knew it. Anticipating the next chorus, I belted out the lyrics with all my heart. It was instrumental. FML

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By CA19oo - 16/01/2012 03:08 - United States

Today, I went to see one of my favorite bands. When they started playing my favorite song I whipped out my video camera and sang along. As I was reviewing the video later, I realized that I couldn't even hear the band over my horrible singing. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/02/2023 02:00

Today, my brain seemingly went on vacation and I forgot the lyrics to a song I was performing in front of a live audience, so I ended up ad-libbing a bunch of garbage. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/09/2020 17:00

Today, I was the first to sign up to play the national anthem for my school, at one of my volleyball games. My teacher told me she would bring my sheet music. She didn’t. So I just sat there, awkwardly, not playing my cello. FML

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Lost in music

By Anonymous - 12/01/2025 09:00 - United Kingdom - Bath

Today, I had my earbuds in while walking to work. I was so into a particular song that I didn't notice I was singing out loud despite people being around. A random jogger gave me a thumbs-up and said, "Shit voice, wrong lyrics." FML

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Coda

By Anonymous - 05/09/2022 10:30

Today, I was at a very important music competition. When we'd rehearsed the song in question, the conductor said we were to repeat the last four bars of the song three times. As I went to play the third time, the whole orchestra stopped playing. I kept playing by accident and we came in third because of my mistake. FML

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Make an entrance, not a scene

By Anonymous - 14/03/2022 18:00

Today, I was a guest performer for a school orchestra concert a grade above mine. When they called my name, I didn’t hear them, so when they started the song hundreds of people watched me run on stage. FML

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that1guy1 13

Friday 13 January 2012 8:50

You'd think if you're in charge of singing the anthem you'd have brushed up on it first... However if you were just in the crowd no big deal.

farnsworth 3

Friday 13 January 2012 9:33

Haha in Canada that'd be more awkward O Canada! Uh.. O Canada! .....o Canada?

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Yourtbn 7

Monday 20 February 2012 4:45

Pennsylvania, huh? Betcha had to do it for chorus. Stage fright is the worst.

b_rad_fml 4

Monday 20 February 2012 23:49

YDI No pity for someone who forgets the words to the National Anthem!

MidnaLink 33

Tuesday 26 June 2012 17:24

Do you know how long the full anthem actually is???

Amanda4tno 1

Monday 5 March 2012 22:03

Only an American who is so proud of their country could forget their anthem. Pathetic!

HALAL_fml 0

Saturday 21 April 2012 22:57

Canada's is much easier and more catchy I guess u need to start practicing

ImTheAlpha 30

Wednesday 30 May 2012 0:17

I'm in choir and have had it drilled into me every day, and I can barely remember it.

MidnaLink 33

Tuesday 26 June 2012 17:19

Personally, I think that the U.S. National Anthem is just too long to remember... but that's just me, since I live up in Canada.

blinksmilewink 23

Thursday 15 November 2012 6:08

Christina?

charvisioku 22

Friday 15 March 2013 22:08

I don't know the words to my national anthem either. Then again it's called "God Save The Queen" and I don't remotely support the monarchy, so I suppose I'd be a hypocrite if I did sing it.

soldierofchrist 8

Tuesday 23 July 2013 15:39

Oh that's funny... what line did you sing? Oh that's funny... what line did you sing? Oh that's funny... what line did you sing?

SaintJimmy21 19

Tuesday 17 September 2013 2:35

Don't worry, OP, I don't know much of mine neither - in fact I know more lines of the US- AND the UK-Anthem oO

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