So I did some further experimentation. I tried playing a song while saying something that I ostensibly know really well, namely Ashrei (although actually I’m not sure if I know Ashrei any better than “The Road Not Taken”), and was unable to do so. Then I tried reciting “Patur Aval Assur” which is presumably even simpler, also to no avail, and finally I moved on to just repeating a simple monosyllabic word and I still couldn’t do it (unless I put the word to the song). So I think my hypothesis still stands.
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