How so? I admit I wasn’t listening all that closely. Did he butcher the lyrics? From what I heard of it, he sang it pretty straight, no crazy embellishments. I was expecting it to be worse to be honest.
He sang it correctly, he just didn’t sing it well.
A very straight rendention, I agree, and entirely satisfactory. I thought maybe he paused before "brave", just to play on his controversial "home of the Indianapolis 500" finish a few years ago. At that time I thought, "Well ok ... just don't do it again." And he didn't, at least this time.