SAY WHAT YOU MEAN

SAY WHAT YOU MEAN

Song Information

SAY WHAT YOU MEAN's jacket.

Artist: Monaural Heads
Composition/Arrangement/Guitars/Bass/Other Instruments & Programming: Toshio Sakurai
Lyrics/Vocals: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Recording Engineer: Akira Goshima
BPM: 170-183
Length: 1:38
Genre: MELO CORE
Movie: muroi
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• drummania 7thMIX
• GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live

Lyrics

If you run away 
I won't ask you to stay 
You can do whatever makes you happy 
I won't bother you again 
If you tell me what you mean 
When you said that I just drive you crazy

Why don't you say it right to my face then 
That you want to be more than just friends

Come on now then 
Say what you mean 
Life isn't fair 
And love isn't clean 
I don't care 
How lonely you've been 
Open your mouth 
And say what you mean

Why don't you wake up and just face the fact 
That you're afraid I won't call you back

Come on now then 
Say what you mean 
Maybe it's wrong 
And maybe obscene
Leave it on my 
Message machine 
Do me a favour 
Say what you mean

Don't avoid it 
Don't play the queen 
Don't go pretend you're 
Pristine and green 
Like an actress 
Playing a scene 
Just let it go 
And say what you mean

Song Connections / Remixes

• A portion of SAY WHAT YOU MEAN can be heard in the medley 1175 from drummania 2ndMIX.

Trivia

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• SAY WHAT YOU MEAN is GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX's EXPERT EXTRA STAGE.
• SAY WHAT YOU MEAN's GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX video displayed the game credits. In later games, the credits were removed from its video.
• Despite that SAY WHAT YOU MEAN's BPM is displayed as 170-183, it actually slows down to roughly 113 BPM in its ending section.
  • Prior to GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V, SAY WHAT YOU MEAN's BPM was not displayed.
• In the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania classic series, SAY WHAT YOU MEAN's artist is shown as Monoral Heads.
  • However, an unused artist tag in the GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX data correctly credits the artist as Monaural Heads.
• SAY WHAT YOU MEAN received Drum charts in drummania 7thMIX.
  • Before drummania 7thMIX, the only way to play Drum charts of SAY WHAT YOU MEAN was by playing 1175.
• SAY WHAT YOU MEAN received a brand-new Drum BASIC chart in DrumMania V4 Яock×Rock, at Extra Level 4-5 by clearing The Least 100sec as SPECIAL STAGE. This chart was automatically made available in DrumMania V5 Rock to Infinity.
  • It also received a Bass EXTREME and a full set of Open Pick charts in GuitarFreaks V4 Яock×Rock, at Extra Level 10-11 by clearing MODEL DD4 as SPECIAL STAGE. These charts were automatically made available in GuitarFreaks V5 Rock to Infinity as well.
• SAY WHAT YOU MEAN was unlockable in GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 from June 24th, 2011 by obtaining 52500 Live Points in GROUP MODE.

Song Production Information

Toshio Sakurai

A graphic designer told me, "Sakurai, what young people are playing in bands these days is melo core, melo core", and I thought it was a lie. I went to a music venue, and found out that it was true. I played live at that time, too, and the boys playing melo core with me looked fresh and happy. Besides, the girls in the audience were cute (laughs). I thought that this was the only way to do it (laughs). Also, Thomas plays the role of a young vocalist beautifully. Thanks to designer SAORI!

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

Difficulty for early GF/DM games rated from 1 to 10 stars. GF/DM difficulty for GF5/dm4 and beyond rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and GITADORA Rating Sources.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	404	772	968	522	522	522	445	445	445	522	522	522
GF3→GF4	-	-	-	8	8	8	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF5→GF6	-	-	-	92	95	96	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF8/dm7	-	71	79	↓59	↓61	↓75	46	58	-	-	-	-
GF9/dm8→GF/DM V2	-	71	79	59	61	75	↓45	58	-	-	-	-
GF/DM V3	-	↓67	↓73	59	61	75	45	58	-	-	-	-
GF/DM V4→V8	25	67	73	59	61	75	45	58	61	61	63	80
GF3/dm2 CS	-	-	-	8	8	8	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	404	772	968	-	400	522	522	-	338	440	445	-
GF/DM XG2→XG3	3.50	5.50	6.40	-	2.80	5.50	6.70	-	2.90	4.50	5.70	-
GITADORA→Tri-Boost	↑4.25	↑6.00	↑6.85	-	↑3.75	↑6.05	↑7.15	-	↑3.75	↑5.15	↑6.20	-
GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE	↓3.90	↓6.05	↑6.70	-	↑3.95	↓5.75	↓6.75	-	↓3.35	↓4.95	↑6.30	-
GITADORA Matixx	↑4.05	↑6.35	↑6.95	-	↑5.00	↑6.45	↑7.30	-	↑3.55	↑5.60	↑6.70	-
GITADORA EXCHAIN	↑4.10	↑6.80	↑7.30	-	5.00	↑6.60	↑7.60	-	↓3.45	↑5.65	↑6.80	-
GITADORA NEX+AGE	4.10	↑6.85	7.30	-	↑5.05	↑6.65	7.60	-	↑3.50	↑5.70	↑6.85	-
GITADORA HIGH-VOLTAGE→Present	↓4.05	↓6.80	↑7.40	-	↑5.45	↑6.90	↑7.80	-	↑3.85	↑6.20	↑7.05	-
GITADORA (Mobile)	4.25	6.00	6.85	-	3.75	6.05	7.15	-	3.75	5.15	6.20	-
コナステ GITADORA	4.10	6.85	7.30	-	5.05	6.65	7.60	-	3.50	5.70	6.85	-