Listen to this when
Call Your Mom
For the friend who stayed up all night with someone in crisis 📞
Who it's for
The song follows someone staying with a friend through a suicidal crisis and urging them toward help.
Frightened, exhausted, on watch→Seen, reminded to reach out for support too
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Call Your Mom" is a song by Noah Kahan, first released on the June 2023 expanded edition of Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever); a duet version with Lizzy McAlpine followed in September 2023, during National Suicide Prevention Week. The ballad is sung by someone supporting a person in a mental health crisis who may be thinking about ending their life.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Lyrics about a suicide attempt.
Age: Suggested 13+
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter LXXII
