Say

Say by John Mayer is featured in Shooting Star, the eighteenth episode of Season Four. It is sung by the New Directions, with solos from Blaine, Brittany, Kitty, Marley, Ryder, and Sam.

The song begins after Sue questions Ryder's appearance near the choir room when he is meant to be at the mandatory school assembly. Ryder asks why she does not write him a detention report, but she says she does not work here anymore due to being fired for taking the blame for Becky's gun firing. Blaine starts to sing while holding hands with Tina as they walk towards the auditorium stage. Sam is playing the guitar on a stool as the members of New Directions sit around him. In the auditorium, they sit near a star-lit decorated background. Ryder is seen waiting for "Katie" near the Choir Room at 3:30 as promised, but she does not appear. As the New Directions are glad the shooting and the panic have toned down, Ryder still awaits the mystery girl. Eventually, he texts her asking where she is but he gets tired of waiting and runs to the auditorium and joins in with the song. At the end of the song, Artie's recording during the shooting shows some of New Directions members' messages to their parents.

Lyrics[]

Blaine:
Take all of your wasted honor
Every little past frustration
Take all of your so called problems
Better put 'em in quotations

Blaine with Marley:
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say

Ryder with Blaine:
Walkin' like a one man army
Fightin' with the shadows in your head
Livin' up the same old moment

Ryder:
Knowin' you'd be better off instead
If you could only

Blaine with Marley and New Directions:
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say

Kitty and Marley:
Have no fear for givin' in
Have no fear for giving over

Brittany and Sam:
You better know that in the end
It's better to say too much
Than never to say what you need to say again

Blaine (with Ryder):
Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
(Even as the eyes are closin')
(Do it with a heart wide open)

Marley (with Blaine):
Wide heart! (Wide)

Marley with Blaine and New Directions:
Say what you need to say

Blaine:
Say what you need to say

Blaine with Marley (New Directions):
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say (Ryder: Say what you need to say)
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to
Say what you need to

Say what you need to say (Oh say what)
Say what you need to say (Oh say what)
Say what you need to say (Oh say what)
Say what you need to say (Oh say)
Say what you need to say (Oh say what)
Say what you need to say (Oh say what)
Say what you need to say (Oh say what)
Say what you need to say (Oh say)
Say what you need to say (Oh say what)
Say what you need to say (Oh say what)
Say what you need to say (Oh say what)

Blaine with New Directions:
Say what you need to say