Weak and strong answers
Compare these answers to “Tell us about them”. The strong versions give the lyrics something to show.
- Weak: “He is a great dad.” Strong: “He drove me to swim practice at 6 a.m. for ten years and sang Elvis badly the whole way.”
- Weak: “We love to travel.” Strong: “Our first trip was Lisbon; we got lost looking for the tram and ate pastéis de nata for dinner.”
- Weak: “She is funny.” Strong: “She names every houseplant after a Spice Girl.”
The checklist
Before you submit, check that your answers include each of these.
- The name exactly as it should be sung, plus nicknames.
- How you met or the moment the relationship started.
- One shared ritual: Sunday pancakes, a song in the car, a yearly trip.
- One inside joke or phrase.
- What you want to tell them that you rarely say.
Names and pronunciation
A singer, human or AI, sings what is written. If a name is unusual, write it the way it sounds (for example “Siobhan” as “Shiv-awn”) in the lyrics, then listen to the result. Keep the correct spelling in the song title.
What to leave out
Skip private details the person would not want others to hear, surnames and addresses if the song will be shared online, and lines from existing songs: a custom song should be original.
Editing the lyrics
On SongGift you see the full lyrics before anything is sung. Read them aloud: change any line that does not sound like you, keep the chorus short and repeat their name in it, and keep section tags such as [Verse] and [Chorus] on their own lines.