Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Pope & Lindsay Ell & Karen Fairchild
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Pope & Stephan Jenkins
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Pope
[Intro]
Ah, ah
[Verse 1]
Don't you worry, babe, I'll take the heat
So take your guilt, lay it all on me, yeah
Used to burn like a wild fire
But we're ashin' ashin' now
[Pre-Chorus]
If your eyes are windows to your soul
I'm thinkin' I already know
So you don't have to waste your breath tonight on goodbye
[Chorus]
I'll say it first, yeah
I'll take the words right out of your mouth
It won't even hurt, yeah
Be gone so fast before you even turn around
'Cause I got something to get off my lips
And I know you know what it is
No sense in makin' this worse
So I'll say it first
Oh, yeah
I'll say it first
Oh, yeah
[Verse 2]
It's time that the truth comеs out
These thunder clouds been hangin' around for too long
And I ain't afraid to push 'еm, push 'em away
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm so tired of this pain
Standing out here in the rain
So you don't have to waste your breath tonight on goodbye
[Chorus]
I'll say it first, yeah
I'll take the words right out of your mouth
It won't even hurt, yeah
Be gone so fast before you even turn around
'Cause I got something to get off my lips
And I know you know what it is
No sense in makin' this worse
So I'll say it first, yeah
I'll say it first
Oh, whoa
[Bridge]
You don't have to waste your breath tonight on goodbye
We both know there's nothin' left, that's why (Oh)
[Chorus]
I'll say it first, yeah
I'll take the words right out of your mouth
It won't even hurt, yeah
Be gone so fast (Be gone so fast)
Before you even turn around (Before you even turn around)
'Cause I got something to get off my lips (Off my lips)
And I know you know what it is (Know what it is)
No sense in making this worse (No)
I'll say it first (I'll say it first, I'll say it first)
Oh, I'll say it first (I'll say it first, I'll say it first)
(Oh, whoa) You know, I'll say it first
[Outro]
I'll say it first
Oh, oh
I'll say it first
Say It First was written by Ross Copperman & Heather Morgan & Cassadee Pope.
Say It First was produced by Cassadee Pope & Karen Fairchild & Nick Wheeler.
Cassadee Pope released Say It First on Fri Jul 09 2021.
I went into the session with Ross Copperman and Heather Morgan with really no ideas. I was in a weird place creatively where I didn’t know where to go stylistically because of so much outside opinion from my team at the time. Then going into this session was like a breath of fresh air. Heather and R...
The song was inspired by the times we’re in a position to say something first, whether it’s good or bad. In this song’s case, it’s about being the one to say the relationship is over first when you both already know that to be true. But being the one to break the news means you’re the bad guy.
We wrote this in Ross’s writing room on music row. It was a very quick session as the song felt very natural and easy to write. Ross worked up a really cool, rocky demo and I sang on it that day.