Knee-high socks and bell-bottom dreams Lockers, old text books and custom-fit jeans Desks with gum fossils and carved initials We took chances with our fashion, thought we were so special We learned more from rumors on notes written in code Than all the lessons and lectures or videos they showed Friday game lights and cafeteria fights, we were Sneakin’ out the back door on school nights We weren’t kids, we were case studies We were the punchline, but the joke wasn’t funny Four years felt like forever Magic spun from polyester We danced under gym lights, kissed in the bleachers We were legendary, us against the teachers But, ooh, the sparkle cracked and withered Those four years felt like forever He had that crooked smile, that thrift-store charm I let him in, ignored the screeching alarm He was my first, awkward touches on the basement couch I couldn’t see through his intentions, but I’s about to find out Ooh My name and my face, and more, didn’t even know he had them Pictures posted and shared, (everywhere) seemed like everyone had them Yeah, And when I asked why he did it, he told me it was for fun So I stayed home for a week, and I wouldn’t talk to no one… I never thought we’d even last past spring But I never expected him to clip my wings Four years felt like forever Magic tossed like a stone in the river We danced under the gym lights, kissed in the bleachers We were legendary, us against the teachers But the sparkle cracked, the spell has withered Those four years felt like forever The hall held the echoes from what we said Mascara bleeding black from the secrets we hid The trends we chased, the regrets we wore I still can hear the slamming of those locker doors YEAH! Four years felt like forever A promise dressed in broken leather We danced under the gym lights, kissed in the bleachers We were legendary, us against the teachers But the sparkle cracked, the spell has withered Those four years felt like forever Yeah, they felt like forever The pain is still a bruise in my heart today A four-year sentence that will never It will never really fade away
