Lea Michele appears to be still holding on to Cory Monteith's memory through her new song on her upcoming album. The 27-year-old Glee star continually builds her strength after the death of her co-star/boyfriend and had her song, "If You Say So" tattooed on her ribcage.

Lea started recording back in Oct. 2012 but after Cory's untimely death, she decided to push back the release date and add a song dedicated to him on the album. It was tough for the Glee star to go back to the studio to complete her solo album. The label asked her if she wanted to add anything when they finished the album and after dilly dallying a bit, she decided to add a song for Cory, thinking she might regret it if she didn't.

The song "If You Say So" was the last words Cory said to Lea. She worked with Australian songwriter Sia, who was part of David Guetta's hit song, "Titanium." She plays the song when she thinks of him. Lea continues to surprise us with her strength after losing Cory and looks even better than ever even if we all know she is still deeply grieving for him who passed away due to toxic combination of alcohol and heroin on July 13. She has leaned on Kate Hudson for emotional support during her tough times. She was starting to just sink in it and Cory would never want her to do that because she needs to remember that "you have to live, because you can want to die." Another track on her album entitled "You're Mine" also makes her thinks so much of Cory.

"Now that I'm in this position, you can choose to rise, which is what I'm going to try to do," she told Elle. "It's very hard. And you have to be very strong to come out of this alive, but I think by doing the best for myself, by showing that you don't have to lose yourself, maybe someone else will feel some sort of strength or comfort."

Lea and Cory briefly dated just when Glee began but no one really caught on. In 2011, "We just looked at each other and we were like, 'You want to do this?'" she said. "We knew."

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