Writing a Song for Someone Who’s No Longer Here

Some stories don’t end when someone leaves. Some love is too big for silence.

Writing a song for someone who’s no longer here isn’t just a way to remember them — it’s a way to hold them. To bring their name, their voice, their impact back into the room for a few precious minutes.

At Verse Things First, we’ve had the privilege of writing songs for grandfathers who built entire families with quiet hands, for mums whose laughter still echoes in the kitchen, for siblings, partners, and friends who left too soon — but never left our hearts.

These songs aren’t about loss. They’re about presence. They’re a way of saying: you mattered. You still do.

We take your stories — the little moments, the sayings they always used, the legacy they left — and turn them into lyrics and melody. We’ve had families play these songs at funerals, anniversaries, birthdays... and sometimes, just on a quiet night when they miss them more than usual.

• There’s healing in hearing their name sung.
• There’s peace in capturing their story.
• There’s power in giving grief a voice.

If there’s someone you wish you could tell one more thing to — Let us help you say it. In a way you can listen to forever.