The Call Lyrics
It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry
[Chorus]
I'll come back when you call me
No need to say goodbye
[Verse 2]
Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light
[Chorus]
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye
[Verse 3]
Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
'Til they're before your eyes
You'll come back when they call you
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back when they call you
No need to say goodbye
About
“The Call” was written for the Disney film, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and is featured in the film’s finale and ending credits.
In an interview with Village Voice, Spektor spoke about the song’s writing process:
“I’d been asked to write things before, and it always feels uninspired, wrong,” she explains. However, she continues, the moon looked a certain way when she stepped out of the private Caspian screening in midtown. She checked her voice mail, and her friends had cancelled the cocktails they were supposed to meet up for, so she walked all the way home, went straight to her piano, and discovered the tear-jerking chorus: “You’ll come back when it’s over/No need to say goodbye.” She sent a demo off to the folks at Disney, and three days later, she was flown first-class to London to record the song with a full orchestra for the movie’s finale sequence. “It was one of the most pure things that ever happened to me,” she says.
Q&A
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Harry Gregson-Williams, along with Spektor produced the song. Gregson-Williams was the composer/producer for the rest of the “Prince Caspian” soundtrack.
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