[Intro: solo felt piano playing a four-note motif over distant room tone; no beat, intimate close vocal] Hey... Mom? Mama? Mamma? 엄마? [Mother’s Voice — fragmented, warm, distant] “Take this with you.” “Have a little more.” “When the rice runs out...” “Just call me, okay?” [Verse 1: Bm–G–A–D repeating; restrained close female lead, minimal piano, one new note added to the motif each cycle] Every box that landed at my door Was bigger than the week before Rice and fruit and things I didn’t ask for Wrapped too well to send them back I laughed and said, “Mom, this is way too heavy” You looked hurt Then smiled again All that love came measured by the weight I was held so tight I called it hard to carry [Pre-Chorus 1: low cello pulse and filtered four-on-the-floor kick enter; piano motif moves into steady eighth notes] I don’t know when care becomes a burden I don’t know when a burden becomes care But every time I opened up that box Your hands were already there [Chorus 1: Bm–G–A–D; restrained lead remains low while full house drums, octave piano and strings open around her] Mama says, Mama says “Have you eaten? Are you warm?” Mama says, Mama says “Are you sleeping? Call me home” I rolled my eyes I let it pass You smiled like it didn’t hurt Mama says The same four things And now I hear The world inside them [Piano Release: no new lead lyric; catharsis carried by bright syncopated grand piano, full four-on-the-floor drums, warm bass and rising string ostinato; chopped distant echoes of “Mama says”] (Mama says) (Have you eaten?) (Are you warm?) [Verse 2: drums withdraw to soft kick and rim texture; original four-note piano motif returns, same Bm–G–A–D loop] “You could’ve called me, you know” “Don’t push yourself” “Come home safe” At the end of every call You left a little space There was a word You almost gave me I said, “Yeah, got it” And closed the line But the pause kept ringing Long after your voice was gone [Pre-Chorus 2: piano arpeggio widens, bass enters, four distant female voices hum separate notes] Love never learned a bigger sentence It just kept asking if I’d eaten I was waiting for some grand confession You were saying it every week [Chorus 2: same melody and Bm–G–A–D progression; denser piano octaves and wider strings, vocal still restrained] Mama says, Mama says “Did you eat today?” Mama says, Mama says “Don’t push yourself so hard” Year after year The words stayed small You waited up I let them fall Mama says The same four things And now I hear What carried me through [Piano Release 2: longer instrumental expansion; the four-note motif passes from felt piano to bright grand piano, pizzicato strings, octave strings and synth plucks without changing the chord loop] [Bridge: all drums disappear; exposed felt piano and one low cello, voice almost spoken] I was grateful Some days Some days It was too much Some nights I wanted Miles between us “Please don’t call me anymore” I said it More than once You waited anyway I’m sorry And thank you Neither one Erases the other Both of them Are true [Verse 3 / Final Build: Bm–G–A–D continues; soft kick returns like a heartbeat, piano motif begins rebuilding layer by layer] “Have you eaten?” “Are you warm enough?” One day That voice won’t be there So tonight Before the silence learns my name I press call [Phone ringing beneath the piano] Once Twice [Mother’s Voice] “Hello?” [Lead Vocal] Hey, Mom... [Pre-Final Lift: bass, hats and strings enter one at a time; vocal never rises above conversational intensity] I thought growing up meant needing no one I thought distance meant I wasn’t yours But I still know Which voice is home And while there’s still A voice to answer— [Final Chorus: full five-voice arrangement; lead remains centered and restrained, four voices answer softly while grand piano, house drums, strings and bass reach maximum width] Mama says, Mama says “Have you eaten?” [Lead] Yeah, Mom I ate today Mama says, Mama says “Are you warm enough?” [Lead] Yeah, Mom I’m warm tonight Mama says “Are you sleeping?” [Lead] I’m sleeping well Don’t worry Mama says “Call me when you’re home” [Lead] I’m calling now For the first time I don’t let the silence close You say the same four things And I finally Answer back [Final Piano Release: Bm–G–A–D repeated four times; full live-feeling house drums, bright octave piano, sweeping strings and all five voices wordlessly sustaining above the track; no belting] (Mama says) (Mama says) (Have you eaten?) (Are you warm?) [Outro: every layer withdraws in reverse order until only the original felt-piano motif and phone-room tone remain] [Mother’s Voice] “Have you eaten?” [Lead Vocal — smiling quietly] Yeah, Mom. I ate. [End: final D(add9), long piano decay]
