[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Is your name…
(A claim to fame?)
Who are you…
(What do you do?)
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Solo]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]
[Verse 1]
First comes a whisper
(Then a sound)
Soon enough
(It gets around)
One little label
(Sticks like glue)
Maybe it fits…
(Probably not you)
Names get written
(Names erased)
Some are honored
(Some disgraced)
Who decides
(What’s true to claim?)
What’s really…
(In a name?)
[Chorus]
Call me this
(Call me that)
Does a word
(Define the facts?)
Wear a crown
(Wear the blame)
Everything changes
(With a name)
[Refrain]
Hey!
Have you played the game?
(What’s in a name?)
Say!
Will you ever be the same?
(Now you’ve played the game)
Hey!
Who’s the one to blame?
(What’s in a name?)
Say!
We all play the game.
(What’s in a name?)
[Verse 2]
Some chase glory
(Some hide shame)
Some inherit
(A family name)
Some reinvent
(Who they’ve been)
Some never get
(To start again)
Titles matter
(So they say)
Open doors
(Or block the way)
When the introduction
(Starts the same)
There’s no hiding…
(In a name)
[Bridge]
It’s just a word…
(Or so we’re told)
Yet stories grow
(Before they’re known)
Before they listen
(Before they see)
They’ve named the person
(They think you’ll be)
[Instrumental]
[Organ Solo]
[Guitar Solo]
[Synth Build]
[Breakdown]
What’s your name?
(Who are you?)
Who decides?
(Is it true?)
Who decides
(Who’ll remains)
[Final Chorus]
Call me friend
(Call me foe)
Only time
(Will really know)
Judge the heart
(Not the frame)
There’s much more…
(Than just a name)
[Final Refrain]
Hey!
Have you played the game?
(What’s in a name?)
Say!
Will you ever be the same?
(Now you’ve played the game)
Hey!
Don’t forget your name.
(It isn’t all the same.)
What’s in a name?
(Only what we give it.)
[Outro]
Say my name…
(If you know me)
Know my name…
(Stands for happily.)
From the album “What’s in a Name?“