WAS

✍🏻 LYRICS & COMPOSITION BY EME LATINA (2025)

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ABOUT:
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I wrote this song a couple of years back, and I'm happy to have breathed new life into it now. I pushed the emotion on this one, trying out new things. While it's overall a fictional story, it is based on some personal anecdotes. You could say it's a depiction of the dichotomy of outward versus inward reactions. It's meant to be a journey, so enjoy! One more for the EME-TAL crowd 🎶🤘🏻

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LYRICS:
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[intro]
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[violin solo]

[guitar solo]

[chorus]
Say say say my name
When you speak it,
Like broken glass
When you speak it,
Like something that was
Sayyy my name
The wayyyy that you do,
When you speak it
Like shattered glass
When you speak it,
Like something that was

[verse]
The air is bold—
Much like your hand when it turned cold…
You left, and truth be told,
Now that is quite the story made of old

[verse 2]
Picking up the pieces since you left
Was like a heavy load without a tow
It took a while to become adept
But as they say you harvest what you sow

[pre-chorus]
I live on an hourglass without sand…
If I was Tinkerbell, I’d never land

[chorus]
Say say say my name
When you speak it,
Like broken glass
When you speak it,
Like something that was
Sayyy my name
The wayyyy that you do,
When you speak it
Like shattered glass
When you speak it,
Like something that was

[verse 3]
Ghosts in mirrors are old lost heroes…
I’ve stared enough to know
I couldn’t see myself before
But I know it was me though

[bridge]
I miss you like breathing…
(miss miss, you)
I hurt like I’m bleeding…
(hurt hurt, true)
I wish just like pleading…
(wish wish)

[pre-chorus]
Sayyy my name
The wayyy that you do

[final chorus]
When you speak it,
Like broken glass
When you speak it,
Like something that was
Sayyy my name
The wayyyy that you do,
When you speak it
Like shattered glass
When you speak it,
Like something that was