Verse 1

Your name in blue ink on the desk by the door,

A paper timetable folded in four.

The bell cut the morning; we ran down the hall,

You saved me a seat when I thought I’d lose it all.

We traded our lunches, our plans, our advice,

Wrote big little futures on notebook lines.

That old gym smelled of dust and rain,

You said, “Take one more shot,” and I tried again.

Pre-Chorus

We didn’t know how far the road would bend,

Just knew we had a hand to lend.

Chorus

We came up together, step after step,

With chalk on our sleeves and a promise we kept.

Those years still remind me what I can become:

I carry your courage wherever I’m from.

When the climb gets steep, when the days run long,