Trophy Friends - Extended

You ever had a friend that looked better on your wall than they ever did in your life
I've been standing in your spotlight Hoping some of it falls on me You've got everything they talk about The pool, the power, the prestige I tell myself you chose me Out of everyone you know But when the party's over baby You're the first one to go

Your number's in my phone But the line just rings and rings I'm polishing a trophy That don't feel like anything You sit up on my shelf so pretty Collecting all my dust I gave you all my loyalty You gave me almost nothing but

Trophy friends shining so bright Trophy friends gone every night You look so good standing next to me But you were never really free Trophy friends up on the wall Trophy friends never there when I call I loved you like you were the real thing But trophies don't feel anything No trophies don't feel anything

I've walked beside the famous I've laughed with the powerful too Thought that made me something special Turns out I was just passing through
But here's what nobody tells you When the silence starts to sting
 A friend with nothing to their name Can give you everything

The hurt is just the same Whether you're famous or you're not When someone leaves you hanging It still hurts in the same spot So I'm done collecting people Like they're medals on a wall I'd rather have one real one Than a hundred I can't call

Trophy friends shining so bright Trophy friends gone every night You look so good standing next to me But you were never really free Trophy friends up on the wall Trophy friends never there when I call I loved you like you were the real thing But trophies don't feel anything

Some of them are gone now Left this world for good And I'd give back every trophy Just to have them if I could So cherish what is real now Before it slips away 
No career, no fame, no fortune Fills the space where real friends stay
Real friends stay Real friends stay Real friends

Trophy friends shining so bright Trophy friends gone every night You look so good standing next to me But you were never really free Trophy friends up on the wall Trophy friends never there when I call I loved you like you were the real thing
But the real thing was always the ones who stayed

Cherish your friendships they are more valuable than anything you can place on your trophy shelf