Never Changed the Locks - MC DP

Intro

I don't hand out spare keys easy

Most people just get the doorbell

Verse 1

2 AM and the bell don't even work no more

Half the people I know would've called ahead, knocked, waited by the door

Some people only come around when there's a reason to stay

Some show up after the hard part already went away

But you came in through the back like you always did

Didn't ask what happened, didn't make it weird, didn't make it big

Just put the kettle on and sat down on the floor

Like you'd been there a hundred times before

That's the difference between somebody who knocks and somebody who's got the key

One waits outside, one's already sitting with me

Chorus

This is for the ones who've got the key (got the key)

Not the ones who only knock when it's convenient for them to see

When the whole house went dark and nobody came around

You let yourself in before I made a sound

I don't need the whole street, don't need the most

I need the one who still walks in without being told

The door's never locked for someone who'd actually stay

That's the kind of guest list that matters to me

Verse 2

You didn't bring flowers, didn't bring a speech

You brought a six-pack and let yourself in through the back

Sat on my floor till four, didn't say much at all

Just stayed till the worst part of the night had crawled

Nobody took a picture, nobody made it a scene

It happened with the curtains closed, just us, nothing in between

I used to think loyalty needed a big moment to be true

Turns out it's just somebody who knows where the spare key's kept too

Chorus

This is for the ones who've got the key (got the key)

Not the ones who only knock when it's convenient for them to see

When the whole house went dark and nobody came around

You let yourself in before I made a sound

I don't need the whole street, don't need the most

I need the one who still walks in without being told

The door's never locked for someone who'd actually stay

That's the kind of guest list that matters to me

Bridge

I never said thank you the way I should've

I just never bothered changing the locks

That's the whole tribute. That's the whole song.

Outro

House is quiet now, but I already know

If something happened tonight, I know exactly who'd show

Anyone who'd do it again, they're already home

Still got the same locks. That's enough.