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Student who got favourite song lyrics tattooed left mortified by design mistake

A student who got her favourite song lyrics tattooed was left mortified after realising she had got the words wrong.

Tik Tok user Sophie Croft opted to get the lyrics from Abba hit Slipping Through My Fingers as her first inking, according to Wales Online.

However, in a video posted to her account @sophiecroftt TikTok page, she holds her head in her hands in embarrassment before revealing the unfortunate design error.

She shows off her ribcage tattoo which read "I let precious time slip by" - and explains the that the lyrics are actually 'go by' and not 'slip'.

The tattoo says "I let precious time slip by" instead of "go by". (SOPHIECROFTT/TikTok)

Sophie uploaded the clip with the caption: "Got the wrong word tatted on me. Never getting another tattoo in my life," the Daily Star reported.

TikTok users took to the comments section under the video to lend their support to the embarrassed student.

"Someone tweet Abba and get them to change the lyrics," one person wrote, while another said, "Slip is better!"

Sophie joked in a reply to a comment: "I’m going to the Abba headquarters in the morning and getting them to change it." Others suggested that the error actually made Sophie's tattoo more unique.

"It's a good think bc [sic] now it's unique," one person said. Another quipped: "Nah babe, you just combined the title of the song with the lyric, it's context." Another commenter joked: "The lyrics slipped through your fingers."

Another TikTok user commented on their own tattoo mishap. "I did the same with a quote from Harry Potter! I forgot "even" in the quote: 'Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only..."

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