Intro — spoken] Yeah… I used to think the answer was simple— Don’t get close. Don’t love too hard. ’Cause everything you love can disappear. But God had something else to teach me… [Hook] Everything here is temporary, People come and people leave. Animals become family, Then one day they’re gone from me. I built these walls around my heart, Just so I wouldn’t feel the pain, But God showed me love ain’t weakness— It’s the reason that I changed. [Verse 1] I stopped getting close ‘cause I knew how it ends, Another goodbye, another loss of a friend. Death took some, and some just walked away, Left me asking God, “Why they couldn’t stay?” I loved some animals like they carried my blood, Four-legged family giving unconditional love. Then the day came when I had to say goodbye, Tears falling down, asking heaven why. Every attachment felt like another scar, Every goodbye made me pull my heart apart. So I told myself, “Don’t get close no more,” Put a lock on my heart and I closed the door. [Pre-Hook] But I couldn’t erase what the memories gave, Couldn’t erase every smile they made. Maybe temporary doesn’t mean it wasn’t real, Maybe losing someone doesn’t cancel how you feel. [Hook] Everything here is temporary, People come and people leave. Animals become family, Then one day they’re gone from me. I built these walls around my heart, Just so I wouldn’t feel the pain, But God showed me love ain’t weakness— It’s the reason that I changed. [Verse 2] Then God stepped in when I was feeling alone, Said, “You don’t have to carry all this on your own.” He showed me strength where I thought I was weak, Showed me purpose when I couldn’t even speak. He showed me loyalty ain’t measured by time, Sometimes somebody touches your soul for a moment in life. A person can leave but the lesson remains, A pet can pass but the love still stays. I finally understood what I couldn’t before, You don’t stop loving just because somebody walks out the door. You honor their memory, you carry the light, And keep moving forward through the darkest night. [Bridge — emotional] I thought temporary meant meaningless… But now I know better. Some people are chapters. Some are lessons. Some become memories. And some change your entire life. God didn’t promise me that nobody would leave. He showed me how to keep loving without losing myself. [Verse 3 — harder delivery] Now I’m standing here with purpose in my chest, Not perfect, still learning, but I’m giving my best. All the pain that I carried became part of my story, God took my broken pieces and turned them into glory. Now when somebody enters my life, I don’t run, I appreciate the moment instead of fearing what’s to come. If tomorrow changes everything, I’ll still be okay, ‘Cause I know God’s walking with me every day. I lost people, I lost animals, I lost pieces of me, But every goodbye taught me something I couldn’t see. Love ain’t possession, love ain’t holding too tight, Sometimes love means being grateful for the time. [Final Hook — bigger, emotional] Everything here is temporary, People come and people leave. Animals become family, And their love still lives in me. I don’t build those walls no more, I let my heart finally breathe, God showed me love, strength and loyalty— And now I know my purpose is bigger than me. [Outro — spoken] So if you lost somebody… If somebody walked away… If you lost an animal that felt like family… Don’t think the love was wasted. The time mattered. The memories mattered. You mattered. And maybe the purpose wasn’t keeping everybody forever… Maybe the purpose was learning how to love, how to survive the goodbye, and how to become the person God called you to be. Scrappy-Dee… Built through the pain. Walking with purpose. 🙏
