Week 23 - horatiuromantic - It's so easy to say "I love you"

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! › Lyrics and chords‹ Lyrics and chords Gmaj7        Bm7       Am7       D7 It's so easy to say "I love you" in a melody F      Esus4   E7                Am7 ...                         Hiding behind  Am7/G         D7 the chords,   and the rhythms         Gmaj7    G/F#     Em letting the music speak for me,     Am7              D7                   Gmaj7        saying the things I'm too afraid to say directly     Bm7       Am7       D7     ... Gmaj7        Bm7       Am7       D7 It's so hard to say "I love you" face to face F      Esus4   E7    Am7 ...                   After I've learned Am7/G         D7 for years,       that somehow         Gmaj7    G/F#     Em it can be wrong to love someone,     Am7              D7                     Gmaj7          and be made fun of, rejected,  or worse...        F   Gmaj7  Gadd(3x344x) Bbmaj      Cm7                Dm7                      Cm7 I was so   wrong to be    fearful all these   years I should have ignored those who made fun of those things I suppressed my emotions, and kept them in my dreams But I learned that the one who's in love always wins Gmaj7        Bm7       Am7       D7 It's so easy to say "I love you" in a melody It's so easy to say "I love you" face to face It's so easy to say "I love you" in a melody It's so easy to say "I love you" face to face 2026 Copyright All rights reserved