[Intro] [Female Whisper] Tell me your name. [Male Lead] Why? [Female Whisper] So I can remember you. [Verse 1] Met her where the lanterns end Past the bridge, beyond the bend Barefoot in the midnight rain Smiling like she knew my name Said she’d lost her way back home Said she hated being alone Asked me something soft and strange “What do they call you?” So I told her. Big mistake. [Pre-Chorus] Now the innkeeper looks through me My old room belongs to someone new Every portrait lost a shadow Every letter lost me too [Chorus] Say my name back Say it like you know me Say my name back Before I disappear completely I’m still here I’m still real I still bleed I still feel If one voice remembers Maybe I can make it through Say my name back Before she takes it out of you [Verse 2] My brother swears he grew up alone My mother says I’ve got the wrong home The dog I raised begins to growl Like I’m some stranger at the door now I carved my name into the wall Came back at dawn— No mark at all So I followed footprints through the wood Where nobody should Where nobody would [Female Whisper] You came back. [Male Lead] Give it back. [Female Whisper] Give what back? [Chorus] Say my name back Say it like you know me Say my name back Before I disappear completely I’m still here I’m still real I still bleed I still feel If one voice remembers Maybe I can make it through Say my name back Before she takes it out of you [Break] [Female Whisper] You gave it freely. [Male Lead] I didn’t know. [Female Whisper] You never asked the price. [Half-Time Bridge] [Male Lead] So I wrote it on my skin I screamed it at the trees I whispered it to rivers I begged it from the breeze I told it to the dead I told it to the moon I told it to a thousand things That never answered you But names aren’t ink And names aren’t sound They’re every hand that holds you down Every stupid joke Every scar Every person who remembers who you are So if the whole world forgets me— Fine. I only need one. [Beat Builds] One voice. One word. One person saying— [Female Whisper] I remember. [Full Beat Drop] [Final Chorus] SAY MY NAME BACK SAY IT LIKE YOU KNOW ME SAY MY NAME BACK DON’T LET HER TAKE ME SLOWLY I’M STILL HERE I’M STILL REAL I STILL BLEED I STILL FEEL IF ONE HEART REMEMBERS THEN I HAVEN’T DISAPPEARED SAY MY NAME BACK MAKE HER HEAR IT MAKE HER FEAR IT SAY MY NAME BACK— [Hard Stop] [Female Whisper] ... What was it again? [End]
