Jesus tries to take wheel during Carrie Underwood’s inauguration performance

And while there’s no need to assign a specific belief system to the proceedings, it’s a fair enough assessment that something out there did its best to at least delay the performance. The backing track for the song began playing, but before it was Underwood’s turn to sing, it cut out, leading to an awkward moment of standing around. (Why not pay for real musicians to perform at your event of international importance?) Eventually, Underwood opts to sing it a capella, inviting the rest of the crowd, “You know the words, help me out here” before launching into the rendition. Some people do—Hillary Clinton looks like she’s singing fairly enthusiastically, Kamala Harris could be said to be mouthing along, we guess—while Trump himself and his son Barron stand there silently. What a start to what will surely be a very normal four years.