Short List

Verse 1

Late night scrolling through a name I know

Saw your face and had to pause

Every caption reads like something cold

You were warmer when I called

Whole crew switched up when the checks got big

Same smiles different price

I keep a short list of the ones who stayed

And you were never on it twice

Pre-Chorus

People come people go

People tell you what they know

People love you when it's easy

Then they leave you in the snow

Chorus

People lie people leave

People show you what they mean

I don't argue I don't plead

I just watch and let it be

People change people fade

People act like they were made

For the moment not for me

So I move on quietly

Post-Chorus

(People come people go)

Mm that's just how it goes

(People come people go)

Yeah I already know

Verse 2

Loyalty a word they throw around for fun

Till the winter hits and nobody comes

I built this from a phone and a folded map

Now they want a seat when the table's done

Call me distant call me cold

Call me everything you told

But you weren't there when the rent was late

So don't act surprised I'm gone

Pre-Chorus

People come people go

People tell you what they know

People love you when it's easy

Then they leave you in the snow

Chorus

People lie people leave

People show you what they mean

I don't argue I don't plead

I just watch and let it be

People change people fade

People act like they were made

For the moment not for me

So I move on quietly

Post-Chorus

(People come people go)

Mm that's just how it goes

(People come people go)

Yeah I already know

Bridge

Maybe I'm the one who's hard to hold

Maybe trust is just a story that I told

Either way I keep my circle small and closed

And the ones who earned it know

Chorus

People lie people leave

People show you what they mean

I don't argue I don't plead

I just watch and let it be

People change people fade

People act like they were made

For the moment not for me

So I move on quietly

Post-Chorus

(People come people go)

Mm that's just how it goes

(People come people go)

Yeah I already know