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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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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luzy_q 11
Maybe you were nervous...?
witcheta 0
I was recording this yesterday to audition for a state tournament and forgot the words! I've sang it over a hundred times! there's most definitely a difference between singing it at school or learning it. anyone can do that. the fact that you have the guts,the voice, and the honor to do it means so much. I haven't messed up in front of people yet but sometimes you do go blank under intense pressure. I keep a tiny laminated piece of paper with the words on it in the palm of my hand where no one can see.. just in case :)
alyrawr 2
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blair_x 12
Since there are a few posters here that don't know the lines of the Star Spangled Banner, I've taken liberty of posting it here below, for reference. And yes, this is entirely from memory. O, say can you see By the dawn's early light. What so proudly we hailed At the twilight's last gleaming. Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight. O'er the ramparts we watched Were so gallantly streaming! And the rocket's red glare! The bombs bursting in air! Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there! O say does that star spangled banner yet wave? O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? <3
Climaxx 11
Atleast it's not the same lyrics but in two different languages like New Zealands anthem :L
hahayousucks 3
You twinkle-toed communist mother ******.
shuzuko 2
As a semi-professional singer who has to sing the national anthem pretty frequently for a lot of local events, I am ALWAYS freaked out that I will forget the words in the middle of singing it. Singing the anthem is way more high-pressure than any other song, because just about everyone will notice if you **** up. Thankfully years of memorization always take over for me and I've yet to screw up in public, but the possibility is always there and it scares me shitless. I totally feel your pain, OP. As for everyone accusing her of being an unpatriotic moron, I'd like to see you get up on stage and sing something that high-pressure without getting a case of nerves. By this point, publicly singing the anthem isn't an honor- it's a burden.
fangz_fml 6
Still better than me... I never knew a word... I just move my lips so the headmaster thinks I'm singing during the school assembly
Sidel 11
why are there so many people saying ydi/unpatriotic idiot? most people don't know their national anthem anyways.. and in front of a big crowd, anyone could forget the words. just have a small piece of paper with the words in your hand or something :)
Lexi9312 5
It is actually a requirement to know the Star Spangled Banner on the U.S. Citizenship test...