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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, during an important music audition, I fudged everything up and forgot half the lyrics of the song I was performing, so I just sort of tailed off into embarrassed silence on stage. It was an original song, I wrote the lyrics myself. All the lady could say was, "Good luck next year, dear." FML
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today, I gathered the courage to sing karaoke after saying no for years. The lyrics screen froze halfway through the song, and everyone expected me to keep going from memory since I picked it. It turns out I only knew the chorus. I hummed for an entire verse as bemused strangers politely clapped along. FML
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that1guy1 13
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
Haha in Canada that'd be more awkward O Canada! Uh.. O Canada! .....o Canada?
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Comments (106)
maggieprano 7
don't give yourself a hard time about it a lot of people forget the national anthem sometimes
lewk908 13
this is one of those legit FML's. if I forgot the lines at a school game or something I might weep
acidburnz1107 10
OK so what is the whole athem(sp?) without Googling it? That's for those high and mightys that said we should know it. I don't. All i can think is, oh say can you see by the dawns early light(?) , uh star spankled banner let wave(?),the rockets something or other, and the home of the brave.
mjr96d 5
You are an idiot.
slyace 9
@94 Agreed -__-
Dcm210 19
leave it to the pros for that.
HereToServeYou 1
Oh, please. All people remember of that stupid song is: "Oh say can you see... BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH the light? What so proudly BLAH BLAH BLAH, BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH" Anyway...
perdix 31
So, two hours later the crowd is yelling, "Yes, we can see by the dawn's early light! Shut the **** up!" You should have just broken into a chorus or two of "Y. M. C. A." Always a fun way to fix an awkward situation.
jaredofmo 22
Did people note the difference?
RedPillSucks 33
Good lord people. Everyone has a brain fart from time to time. She most likely had a bit of stage fright. F her L for that day but this is not an unpardonable sin, nor does it make her unpatriotic.
VoiceMail 12
Just mouth it like everybody else. : D
cheesendouche 1
haha I did this! after being in NZ idol I was asked to sing at a school. I was ok in the chorus but.... shit...they did ALL the verses and then started the anthem again in Maori. I pretended the mic was off and just mouthed rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb. worked for me. try that next time :)