The Testimonial Chase
The Testimonial Chase lyrics
A song about chasing a client testimonial that never lands
Lyrics
You loved me on the call
Said it plain and tall
Then you said it again
In the email thread
I left the link, I did
Right under your win
Pretty little ask
Sitting there, intact
I kept it short
I kept it kind
Four little asks
Still no sign
I watched that inbox
Go dark, go slow
You had the words
But not the glow
The Testimonial Chase
I know you loved the thing
The Testimonial Chase
Then you let it hang
Say it one more time
Put it on the page
The Testimonial Chase
Still no review today
(The Testimonial Chase)
You smiled, you swore
You were all in
On the call you said
"I'll send it in"
Then the email came
Clear as day
"You're the best I've had"
That's what you say
I asked four times
Like a patient saint
And every time
You gave me faint
I kept it short
I kept it clean
"Could you review us?"
You know what I mean
Four asks later
I’m still polite
Still checking back
Still hoping tonight
The Testimonial Chase
I know you loved the thing
The Testimonial Chase
Then you let it hang
Say it one more time
Put it on the page
The Testimonial Chase
Still no review today
(The Testimonial Chase)
Maybe you meant it
Maybe you will
Maybe that five-star
Lives there still
If you see it now
Keep it tight
Type what you said
And make it right
The Testimonial Chase
I know you loved the thing
The Testimonial Chase
Then you let it hang
Say it one more time
Put it on the page
The Testimonial Chase
Still no review today
(The Testimonial Chase)
Behind the Lyrics
I've lost count of the clients at 4 Pillars Digital who thanked me on the closing call and told me I'd changed their business. Warmly. Sincerely. Then I ask for a testimonial and the temperature drops ten degrees. Same person, same voice. Just not on Google. It isn't only me. I watch my own clients do the exact same dance with their customers: flawless work, under budget, someone's trajectory changed, and still no five stars from the people who loved it most and can't find ninety seconds to say so in public. It's not an agency problem. It's a human one. Everyone wants compliments in private and silence in public. That's why it had to be reggae. You can't rage about this. You can't power-ballad it or build a dramatic bridge that demands closure. You skank through it, ask nicely, and let it go. By ask number four, chill is the only sustainable state. Here's what keeps me from giving up on the whole exercise: reviews do show up eventually, completely at random, on a day you weren't thinking about them. Never on the day you needed one for a pitch deck. The universe has a sense of humour about testimonials. Mine just has a one-drop groove under it.
LSLachezar, writing songs so you don't have to cry alone
Production credits
- Text
- Lachezar Simeonov
- Audio
- Lachezar Simeonov, AI-assisted production
- Voices
- AI personas built for Clicks & Swagger, some inspired by Lachezar's real voice
- Art
- Lachezar Simeonov, AI-assisted production
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