Blood Is Just an Address

Some of you go back to bikes dropped in the grass
Band names we scratched in the back of a desk
Borrowed tapes and the songs we wore to death
Half of who I am has still got your fingerprints
You came from night shifts, from a friend's cold flat
From one broke summer, from a better year
Different chapters, different scars
And every one of you is still right here

Not the names I got by blood
The ones I'd drive all night to reach

You're the ones who showed up
When I called at half past two
Blood is just an address
The family I picked was you
And I'll show up, I'll show up
Every time, the way you do
You're the ones who showed up
So I'll always show for you

Oh-oh, the ones who showed up
Oh-oh, the ones who showed up

And some of you I lost to nothing
No slammed phone, no line I crossed
Just slower texts and farther cities
You drift, and nobody counts the cost
I don't hold a grudge on any of you
You were the best of who I was back then
And if we never split another round
I hope the years stay kind to you, my friend

You're the ones who showed up
When I called at half past two
Blood is just an address
The family I picked was you
And I'll show up, I'll show up
Every time, the way you do
You're the ones who showed up
So I'll always show for you

Oh-oh, the ones who showed up
Oh-oh, the ones who showed up

And one or two I had to walk from
Not a drift — a line I finally drew
You taught me what a friend won't ask for
Things I'll never let a friend go through
I don't wish you any harm at all
I just learned the room I can't stay in
Kept the lesson, left the rest behind
And I stopped saying your name

You're the ones who showed up
When I called at half past two
Blood is just an address
The family I picked was you
And I'll show up, I'll show up
Every time, the way you do
You're the ones who showed up
So I'll always show for you

Oh-oh, the ones who showed up
Oh-oh, the ones who showed up

The ones who showed up — still here
Still mine