It's so easy to say

It's so easy to say "I love you"

By horatiuromantic on June 7, 2026 11:37 pm

I had a nice conversation today with my friend Sabine, and I decided to put my thoughts into this song. I always sing about love and even my internet nickname is horatiuromantic but I am actually not so good at expressing love outside of my songs...

I'm very happy with how the song turned out. I find the melody very catchy and familiar, I'm not sure I stole it from somewhere but please let me know if you recognize it haha. I think the B part is heavily influenced by "it ain't me, babe" by Dylan, but apart from that I don't think it's from anywhere in particular.

I wrote and recorded it in ~6h. It would be nice to put more layers like an organ or voice or an instrumental solo somewhere, but I didn't have time and also I should learn the song better and play it live a few times before putting in more effort on the production..... I think that's a good rule of thumb! Hope you enjoy it!

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Yesterday 6:25 am

alonemusic

The verse is so wonderfully structured. This has the classic weekly beats thing of 'parts were rushed, I could add more' but it also captures the song just as it is formed, and it's still a wonderful thing.

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Yesterday 6:22 pm

DESLRV

I love this.
If you can't say it, then sing.

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Yesterday 8:23 pm

jwh

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Yesterday 8:47 pm

jwh

it does bring to mind a little bit Jim Croce's 'I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song' but i don't think it's so similar that it's a rip off or anything.
i like your voice in this kinda laid back feel

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Yesterday 10:34 pm

horatiuromantic

jwh wrote:

it does bring to mind a little bit Jim Croce's 'I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song' but i don't think it's so similar that it's a rip off or anything.
i like your voice in this kinda laid back feel

Cool! Thanks for listening! I haven't heard this one before, but I find it very different. maybe only the 1 - 3m chord change and of course the topic is quite similar.

Indeed it feels good to sing this one, it's smack in the middle of my comfortable range. I have to think about that.

DESLRV wrote:

I love this.
If you can't say it, then sing.

Thanks for the appreciation! Yeah... You gotta do something, it's better than nothing!

alonemusic wrote:

The verse is so wonderfully structured. This has the classic weekly beats thing of 'parts were rushed, I could add more' but it also captures the song just as it is formed, and it's still a wonderful thing.

Haha, yes! Classic WB move, but temporary solutions like this tend to become permanent. Still, I think playing it a few times live will chisel the rough edges and maybe lead into making some kinda 3rd verse or better transition back after the chorus. I already feel like I wanna come back to the verse after the chorus, just because of the structure, altho I don't know what to say for a 3rd verse, and repeating the first doesn't seem right...

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