(A little pretentious for me to be reposting this so often--but for those who don't know, I've done a rearrangement, because the previous version of the instrumental was completely unfelt, the music having been composed before I even decided it'd be a graduation song.)
I like this version better, personally. But is it too soft and too pessimistic?
Student: Oh, must this be?
Is this the end?
After this day, will I
Really leave these things behind?
Teacher: Don’t you cry!
Look at the sky, oh
Can’t you see it
Smiling down at you?
Student: No, I thought we would be forever!
Why must we end this way?
Teacher: But dearest child, you can’t look back
You’ve lived your whole life for this day…
CHORUS
Sometimes it’s painful I know
Watching these memories die
But till you learn to let go,
You’ll never know how to fly
Birds don’t forget how to sing
No matter how far they might stray
Don’t you know, there are some things
That time can’t take away
From you
(Instrumental interlude)
Child, you must know this nest is
Only a place to rest and
Learn, learn to be strong
Some day, when you have flown
This, I have always known
I’ll pray, you find a place you belong
Yes it’s
CHORUS
Painful I know
Watching these memories die
But wherever you go,
We’re under the same blue sky
You must go! You must leave this nest
Take flight, see the very best
Of life, seek out that echoing song!
Student: Am I ready, am I too weak?
Will I find this song I seek?
Somehow, I fear to lose my way
How can I let the wind whisk me away?
Teacher: Trust yourself
Student: You’ve taught me well
Teacher: Take the sky
Student: Trust your compass
Teacher: Oh, it’s
CHORUS
Painful I know
Watching these memories die
But till you learn to let go,
You’ll never know how to fly
Birds don’t forget how to sing
No matter how far they might stray
Don’t you know, there are some things
That time can’t take away
Student: I’ll learn to let go
These memories don’t have to die
‘Cause wherever I go
We’re under the same blue sky
You have taught me to sing—
And someday, I’ll find you that song!
Both: This is farewell, I suppose
But who said this is the end? So long…
