Richard Daigle cracks open a silent, sacred space in his heart on "I Still Say We," the first single to drop from his album "Gentle Man." Grounded by raw emotion and intimate songwriting, the disarmingly tender track isn't so much of a story but one that channels a whispered confession meant for the night sky.
A late-comer to the profession, Daigle only started writing music in 2014 following the death of his wife from cancer. That chapter of grieving has become a permanent conversation with the absence in life, and "I Still Say We" epitomizes that conversation in one of its most fragile moments. The song was born of a mundane bad habit, and we all say the phrase without thinking. But in Daigle's world, "I still say we, when it's only me," emerges as the emotional core of a quietly intense tale.
Daigle admits that he writes lyrics before melody, and you can hear that lyrical DNA in the building blocks. There's honesty about the pacing and gentleness in not letting the emotion move on from you. It's never rushed nor exaggerated but simply true. The melody that followed, he says, "wrote itself," resulting in a song that is more a memory than a performance.
"I Still Say We" leans into simplicity, not frailty. Its restraint is a sign of strength, and every note, every word is deliberately put just so. It's a song about moving on and making room for what's missing, and Daigle navigates that balance with an unusually graceful touch.
This is a song of both tribute and truth. It is fiction rooted in reality, written by someone who has burned through the words. "I Still Say We" provides quiet companionship for someone moving through a loss period. And for the rest of us, it's a reminder that love isn't something that always goes away but something that shifts. Richard Daigle writes music and, more importantly, allows his heart to speak. With "I Still Say We," that voice reverberates long.
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Reviewed by LyricalOdyssey Music
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June 17, 2025
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