Say My Name / Cry Me a River

Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if you ain't runnin'
Say my name, say my name
You actin' kind of shady
Ain't calling me, baby
Why the sudden change? Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby
I love you" if you ain't runnin' game
Say my name, my name, say my name, my name

Any other day, I would call, you would say
"Baby, how's your day?" but
Today ain't the same
Every other word is "Uh huh, yeah, okay"
Could it be that you are at
The crib with another lady?
And if you took it there, first of all
Let me say
I am not the one to sit around and be played
So prove yourself to me
I'm the one that you claim
Why don't you say the things
You said to me yesterday

I know that you said that I'm assuming things
If something's going down
That's the way it seems
It shouldn't be the reason
Why you actin' strange
If nobody's holding you back from me
'Cause I know how you usually do
When you say everything to me times two
Why can't you just tell the truth?
If somebody's there, then tell me who

Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if you ain't runnin'
Say my name, say my name
You actin' kind of shady
Ain't calling me, baby, why the sudden?
Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if
You ain't runnin' game, oh no
Say my name, my name, say my name, my name

I know they say that some
Things are better left unsaid
And it wasn't like you only talked
To him and you know it oh, no, no
All of these things people told me
Keep messing with my head
You should've picked honesty
Then you may not have blown it

But you don't have to say just what you did
I already know, I found out from him
Now, there's just no chance for you and me
And there'll never be so don't
It make you sad you told me you loved me
Why did you leave me all alone?
Now, you tell me you need
Me when you call me, on the phone
Girl I refuse
You must have me confused with some other guy
Your bridges were burned and now
It's your turn to cry

So cry me a river just cry me a river
Just cry me a river, oh, no
Just cry me a river cry me, cry me
You say yeah, yeah you say yeah, yeah
You say yeah, yeah you say yeah, yeah
I say no, no you say yeah, yeah
I say no, no you say no, no, no

Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if you ain't runnin'
Say my name, say my name
You actin' kind of shady
Ain't calling me, baby
Why the sudden change? Say my name
Say my name if no one is around you
Say "Baby, I love you" if
You ain't runnin' game, oh no
Say my name, my name, say my name, my name

Say my name then cry me a river, my name
Say my name then cry me a river, my name
Say my name then cry me a river

Desvendando a Fusão de Sentimentos em Say My Name/Cry Me a River do The Neighbourhood

A música 'Say My Name/Cry Me a River' do The Neighbourhood é uma mescla de duas canções icônicas: 'Say My Name' do Destiny's Child e 'Cry Me a River' de Justin Timberlake. A banda The Neighbourhood é conhecida por seu estilo que combina rock alternativo com elementos de música eletrônica e R&B, criando uma atmosfera sombria e envolvente em suas músicas. Nesta faixa, eles reinterpretam os clássicos do R&B e pop, trazendo uma nova perspectiva para as letras já conhecidas.

A primeira parte da música, que remete a 'Say My Name', aborda a desconfiança em um relacionamento amoroso. A letra sugere que o parceiro está agindo de forma suspeita, não chamando a pessoa amada pelo nome ou demonstrando afeto como antes. A repetição do pedido 'Say my name' (Diga meu nome) é um apelo por honestidade e confirmação do amor que supostamente existiria entre o casal. A música sugere que o silêncio ou a mudança de comportamento podem ser indicativos de infidelidade ou distanciamento emocional.

Já a segunda parte, inspirada em 'Cry Me a River', lida com a consequência da traição e do fim de um relacionamento. A letra expressa a dor e a decepção de descobrir a infidelidade através de terceiros e a resolução de seguir em frente, deixando para trás quem causou o sofrimento. A expressão 'Cry me a river' é uma forma de dizer que as lágrimas e os pedidos de perdão do parceiro infiel não são suficientes para consertar o que foi quebrado. A música, portanto, transita entre o pedido de clareza e a aceitação do fim, refletindo as complexidades emocionais que acompanham o amor e a traição.