I'll Say Your Name
folk rock, indie rock road anthem, 92 BPM, female lead vocals, piano arpeggios, violin counterlines, steel-string strumming, brushed snare, tom fills, bass guitar pulse, glockenspiel accents, room mic ambience, tape saturation, plate reverb, wide stereo chorus, lifted chorus, bittersweet reverence, marching cadence
I'll Say Your Name
folk rock, indie rock road anthem, 92 BPM, female lead vocals, piano arpeggios, violin counterlines, steel-string strumming, brushed snare, tom fills, bass guitar pulse, glockenspiel accents, room mic ambience, tape saturation, plate reverb, wide stereo chorus, lifted chorus, bittersweet reverence, marching cadence
Lyrics
The song is made for Memorial Day event:
https://discord.com/events/1445027297215381607/1490488709290655784
May their souls find salvation, wholeness and liberation
Verse 1
Daddy's at the grill, the smoke comes slow
Mama's humming hymns she used to know
Cousins running barefoot through the yard
And I'm setting out your table card
Pre-Chorus
The flag out front is lifting in the heat
Like it knows you're coming up the street
Chorus
So I'll set your plate beside my own
Pass your story to the kids you don't know
Stand at attention when the anthem plays
Mean every word, I'll say your name
'Cause pride ain't a slogan, pride ain't a song
Pride's the colors that I carry along
Verse 2
There's a photograph above the den
You at nineteen, smiling, sharp and thin
Granddaddy left his cap on the chair
Three generations, all of us there
Pre-Chorus
The smoke climbs up against the sky so blue
Carrying everything I owe to you
Chorus
So I'll set your plate beside my own
Pass your story to the kids you don't know
Stand at attention when the anthem plays
Mean every word, I'll say your name
'Cause pride ain't a slogan, pride ain't a song
Pride's the colors that I carry along
Bridge
They handed me the folded cloth
Thirteen folds, a bugle soft
I held my ground, I held it through
The way that I was raised to do
And when my own kids ask your name
I'll say it slow, I'll say it plain
Outro
Daddy at the grill
Mama at the screen
Your plate right there
Like it's always been
I'll say your name
I'll say your name