Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Becca Stevens - "If I Die Before You"
From the album 'Maple to Paper' - Out Now
Buy/stream here: orcd.co/mapletopaper

A Poca Broma production

Director - Jep Jorba
Director of Photography - David Bretones
Production Assistant - Marta Garrett
Art Director - Renata Carrillo
Hair & Makeup - Laura Zamacois
Costume Design - Aloma Lafontana

Becca Stevens – guitar, vocals

Performed live by Becca Stevens
Recorded and produced from home by Becca Stevens
Mixing and additional production by Nic Hard assisted by Ananya Sharma
Mastered by Dave McNair
Recorded on two Lauten Audio LS-208 microphones and a Taylor 812ce guitar
Album cover design by Desi Moore
Album cover photo by Shervin Lainez

Music & lyrics by Becca Stevens

LYRICS
If I die before you,
Don’t put me in the ground
Plant for me a sturdy tree
You can lean against year-round
Don’t clutter up a graveyard
With stone to trip upon
Write my name on a nice bench
you can rest on when I’m gone

If I die before you
Don’t line up one by one
My funeral would bore you
Cause funerals ain’t fun
If it’s really for me
Here’s what I’d want to see:

You listenin’ to good music & laughing in the sun
Loving on the living, hold tight before they’re gone
Speaking more on good you’ll do than what’s already done
And write my name on a nice bench
You can rest on
When I’m gone

If I die before you
There’s more that I can do
Give me up to science
And burn me when they’re through
Scatter me in places
Where we had the most fun
And write my name on a nice bench you can rest on….

I’m not afraid of dying
But I am of missing out
On memories I’d make with you
Every bread I’d break with you
And perfect moments spent with you
Like this one…

So slip a smooth stone into your pocket
Touch the cool stone to seal a memory
Send your sorrows to the touch
Be a duck, and let the worry roll right off of you
For good luck, or to be together

If I die before you
What’s mine is yours to keep
Make a pretty bonfire
And burn what you don’t need
Cause I don’t want to weigh your body
Down when mine’s asleep
Sowing all the little things I clung to as I reaped
My picture frames & failures in a mess around your feet
Burn it down, and carry on the parts you wanna see
And write my name on a nice bench

That can get you off your tired feet
Watch the seasons pass with me
Rock a baby on your knee
And wrap up in a song that takes you home


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Thank you to: Eric Lense for encouraging and supporting the process of letting these songs out & GroundUP Music for your dedication to providing a platform for authentic art. My family for loving me through the weirdest three years ever. Maradle, Kelly, Laura & Katie for mom-life support. My garden plot. Kleenex. Neighbors whom I’ve never met but only banged on the wall once. Croz for all the seeds you planted & continue to sow in my songwriting from afar. Nic Hard for being a steady & level-headed sounding board. Camille Watson. Talia Billig. Shervin Lainez. Desi Moore. Joanne Farrugia. Liz Memel. Beth & Elsie Meyers Treuting.The dream video team: Jep Jorba, David Bretones, Marta Garrett, Renata Carrillo, Laura Zamacois, Aloma Lafontana. My husband for holding me up. My babies & my Mama, my muses: I love you.

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