Slow Fade

[Verse 1]
Morning came like rent due
Same four walls, same old shoes
Hands keep working, mind gets slow
Tally marks where the good days go

I been chewing on hard bread
Counting aches inside my head
Every laugh got a little less
Every bed feels like a test

Cold water, cracked sink
Need more time than I can think
But the clock don’t cut me slack
It just leans and leans me back

[Pre-Chorus]
You can hear it in my breath
Little by little, step by step
Not a crash, not a flame
Just a door with no name

[Chorus]
Slow fade, slow fade
I’m slipping day by day
Slow fade, slow fade
A little more gone away
Hold me up, hold me up
While the night gets paid
Slow fade, slow fade
That’s how I’m made

[Verse 2]
Mama’s voice in the hallway
Now it lives in a chipped tray
Old scars under fresh skin
Same pain, just tucked in

Friends call less, I don’t blame ’em
Everybody’s got their own chain
I still dress like I’m brand new
But my bones know what they do

I seen pride turn to dust
Seen a promise fold up
Seen a man laugh too loud
Then go quiet in a crowd

[Pre-Chorus]
You can hear it in my breath
Little by little, step by step
Not a crash, not a flame
Just a door with no name

[Chorus]
Slow fade, slow fade
I’m slipping day by day
Slow fade, slow fade
A little more gone away
Hold me up, hold me up
While the night gets paid
Slow fade, slow fade
That’s how I’m made

[Bridge]
If I go, let it be known
I fought hard for my own
Every scar, every need
Every mile in the weed

I’m still here, still raw
Still got teeth, still got flaws
But the end don’t need a drum
It just comes, it just comes

[Chorus]
Slow fade, slow fade
I’m slipping day by day
Slow fade, slow fade
A little more gone away
Hold me up, hold me up
While the night gets paid
Slow fade, slow fade
That’s how I’m made