(Verse 1 - Intimate Piano) The oversized bag and the polished shoes Choosing a path I didn't want to choose Standing at the gates, holding mother’s hand The smallest soldier in a giant land I remember the smell of the chalk and the floor And the terrifying height of the classroom door. (Pre-Chorus - Rising Tension) Will they like my name? Will I find my seat? With the sound of my heart in a heavy beat Oh, the doubts were loud, and the room was cold... (Chorus - Cinematic & Soaring) But we grew like shadows in the morning light Through the scraped-up knees and the playground fights From the first "hello" to the final bell We had so many stories left to tell Through the laughs and the tears and the long way home I found a place where I wasn't alone. (Verse 2 - Adding Brushes & Bass) The boy in the corner who shared his toy Became the brother I could never destroy We carved our names in the wooden desks Learning the world through the quiet tests Years turned to months in a blurred-out haze Lost in the gold of those primary days. (Bridge - Emotional Peak) Sometimes I wish I could go back there With the wind in my lungs and no gray in my hair To the day it started, the day it began Before I grew up and became a man. (Outro - Fading Piano) Just a little boy at the gate. Everything’s going to be okay. (In the end, it was okay).
