Tore my mind on a jagged sky, indeed

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So rafaela and I are driving along, radio cranked, singing along with "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," one of our open-mic standards. Usually when we perform it live, she sings gorgeously whilst I play guitar and keep my yap shut, but this was in the car with the windows rolled up, and it was a great song, and I was in a good mood, so I sang along as well.

Around about the end of the second verse, I realized something: I wasn't singing the melody. It was at this point that I shouted, "What the f*#! did I just do?"

Anna looked quietly amused. "Harmonized."

I blinked. "What?"

Look, people: I can't harmonize. I don't know how. My voice is barely adequate on its own terms; I can't very well make it jump through hoops and such. And yes, I'll sometimes tinker with harmonies when I'm in the car alone, but I assure you, Simon and Garfunkel it ain't. And in this situation, I didn't even have a harmony part on the recording to sing along with, intentionally or otherwise. So how the...I...it... I blinked again. "Did it sound passable?"

She nodded. It was passable.

This'll probably never ever ever everhappen again, but it's still going to take a while for it to sink in. It...bah. Couldn't do it again if I tried.