In an interview with Best New Bands, singer Keegan Calmes stated that If You Say So was written about a dream keyboardist Chris Senner had.
[Verse 1]
I had a dream (I had a dream)
That you were calling me
Caught in between (caught in between)
And floating down stream
[Pre-Chorus]
I won't drop you
If you won't drop me
I won't drop you
If you won't drop me
[Verse 2]
I had a dream (I had a dream)
Where I became a fiend
The villain was me (the villain was me)
But how can I be redeemed?
[Pre-Chorus]
I won't drop you
If you won't drop me
I won't drop you
If you won't drop me
[Chorus]
I won't leave you downtown
I won't leave you down
If you say so
I can take you home
I won't leave you downtown
I won't leave you down
If you say so
I can take you home
[Verse 3]
I could not wake (I could not wake)
This dream would be my fate
Floating away (floating away)
But you would never stay
[Pre-Chorus]
I won't drop you
If you won't drop me
I won't drop you
If you won't drop me
[Chorus]
I won't leave you downtown
I won't leave you down
If you say so
I can take you home
I won't leave you downtown
I won't leave you down
If you say so
I can take you home
[Bridge]
There's a coffin, with my name, dear
I can see it beckoning
What's my name here?
What's my name here?
When I'm living out a dream?
There's a coffin, with my name here
I could see it beckoning
What's my name here?
What's my name here?
What's my name, oh
I won't leave you downtown
I won't leave you down
I won't leave you downtown
[Pre-Chorus]
I won't drop you
If you won't drop me
[Chorus]
I won't leave you downtown
I won't leave you down
If you say so
I can take you home
I won't leave you downtown
I won't leave you down
If you say so
I can take you home
If You Say So was written by Nick Cesarz & Josh Pothier & Chris Seener & Keegan Calmes.
If You Say So was produced by Vinyl Theatre & Joel Wanasek & Joe Wohlitz.
Vinyl Theatre released If You Say So on Fri Sep 19 2014.