The Words I Would Say

"The Words I Would Say" is a song from These Simple Truths, the first studio album from Sidewalk Prophets.

"The Words I Would Say"
Single by Sidewalk Prophets
from the album These Simple Truths
Released	June 19, 2009
Genre	CCM
Length	3:18
Songwriter(s)	David Frey, Ben McDonald, Sam Mizell
Sidewalk Prophets singles chronology
"The Words I Would Say" (2009) "You Can Have Me" (2010)

Premise

Sidewalk Prophets performing the song

According to lead vocalist Dave Frey, God would bring the notion of a companion or relative to his mind. Frey then felt the need to literally write that person a letter.^[1] Parts of the chorus made their way into those letters, whose song could be about a parent writing to their son or daughter who has departed, an engaged person writing to their fiancée, or simply an individual addressing their friend.^[2] The song was designed to help people remember to tell someone in their life how much they are cared for by the composer and from the deity himself, and to inspire more such "compositions".^[3]

Charts

The song topped the Billboard's AC/Indicator Chart for 5 weeks in a row.^[4]

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.