Say His Name

[Verse 1]
Empty chair at the table
Coffee cup in the same old place
I still hear that broken laughter
Echo loud in this quiet space
I keep finding all your letters
Folded corners
Your faded name
Every little thing remembers
While the world just moves away
[Chorus]
So I say his name
Turn my face to the sky
Say his name
Let the tears finally rise
Say his name
Tell him I love him
He's not forgotten
He's not forgotten
I say his name
Every day that I wake
Say his name
Every breath that I take
Say his name
Tell him I love him
He's not forgotten
He's not forgotten
[Verse 2]
Some nights I dial your number
Just to hear that hollow tone
Talk out loud to the darkness
Like you're picking up your phone
Friends get quiet when they see me
They don't know what words to choose
But I keep your stories living
Every time I speak of you
[Chorus]
So I say his name
Turn my face to the sky
Say his name
Let the tears finally rise
Say his name
Tell him I love him
He's not forgotten
He's not forgotten
I say his name
Every day that I wake
Say his name
Every breath that I take
Say his name
Tell him I love him
He's not forgotten
He's not forgotten
[Bridge]
If memory is all I’m given
Then memory is what I’ll sing (oh)
I’ll carry your light
Keep it burning
In every word
In everything
[Chorus]
So I say his name
Turn my face to the sky
Say his name
Let the pain wash my eyes
Say his name
Tell him I love him
He's not forgotten
He's not forgotten
I say his name
And I won’t let it fade
Say his name
Every night
Every day
Say his name
Tell him I love him
He's not forgotten
He's not forgotten

rock, Stadium-ready male rock ballad; clean electric arpeggios in the verse, wide crunchy guitars and tom-heavy drums in the chorus. Vocal starts intimate and cracks with emotion, then soars on the hook with stacked harmonies and a ringing lead line. Second chorus lifts with higher melody, ride cymbal shimmer, and a held final note into a reverb-drenched outro., heartfelt