[Verse 1]
You called me by my brother's name
Then laughed like it was just a game
I said, "Mom, it's me right here"
You looked right through me, disappeared
You kept the blue cup on the sill
Said, "Don't move that, I need it still"
One day the house knew all your steps
Next day you asked who I was, yet
[Pre-Chorus]
I watched the room go thin
I watched the light cave in
You were here, then far
Then gone inside your own heart
[Chorus]
Mama, don't fade now
Stay in this frame now (stay with me)
Mama, don't fade now
I'm still your child now (still with me)
Hold my hand, hold my hand
If you can, if you can
Mama, don't fade now
Stay in this frame now
[Verse 2]
The calendar by the fridge
Held names you used to fit
But the squares got hard to read
Like winter crawling through your speech
You folded towels by the sink
Then stared at me, lost in thought
I learned the shape of your fear
In every question you forgot
[Pre-Chorus]
I watched the room go thin
I watched the light cave in
You were here, then far
Then gone inside your own heart
[Chorus]
Mama, don't fade now
Stay in this frame now (stay with me)
Mama, don't fade now
I'm still your child now (still with me)
Hold my hand, hold my hand
If you can, if you can
Mama, don't fade now
Stay in this frame now
[Bridge]
Some nights you came back clear
Said my name like you still knew
That one word would break me open
That one word would see me through
And when the world took more
I kept the little things
Your mint coat on the chair
Your ring, your cracked pink plate
[Chorus]
Mama, don't fade now
Stay in this frame now (stay with me)
Mama, don't fade now
I'm still your child now (still with me)
Hold my hand, hold my hand
If you can, if you can
Mama, don't fade now
Stay in this frame now
[Outro]
If you forget my face
I'll be the one who stays
By the blue cup on the sill
By the love that won't erase