[Intro]
Shadows lengthen on the sleepy town,
The bell forgot to ring, but I hear it somehow.
[Verse 1]
Sunlit days wearing thin at the edges of my mind,
I pack away the laughter, leave the kite strings behind.
Moments float like fireflies, then vanish in a sigh,
I’m chasing yesterday while the deadlines rise high.
[Pre-Chorus]
Between the whistle of a distant train and a painted chalked line,
I hear the marching of expectant days, a clock I can’t unwind.
[Chorus]
I want the summer, I want the rain on the playground of my chest,
I want to stay where the hours bend and gently rest.
But the pages call my name, a map I cannot refuse,
Growing up is a whisper with a stubborn heat I can’t refuse.
[Verse 2]
Backpack echoes with echoes of a game we never finished,
Lockers echo like seashells, secrets in the minutes diminished.
Friends drift like tides, I’m a boat with a borrowed oar,
The future hums a hymn I’m scared to hear once more.
[Pre-Chorus]
Between the chalk dust and the coffee steam, a choice begins to bloom,
To trade the sunlit risk for a classroom’s quiet room.
[Chorus]
I want the summer, I want the rain on the playground of my chest,
I want to stay where the hours bend and gently rest.
But the pages call my name, a map I cannot refuse,
Growing up is a whisper with a stubborn heat I can’t refuse.
[Bridge]
If childhood’s a fleeting firework, I’ll light my own short flame,
Let wonder color the routine until it feels like a game.
[Chorus]
I want the summer, I want the rain on the playground of my chest,
I want to stay where the hours bend and gently rest.
But the pages call my name, a map I cannot refuse,
Growing up is a whisper with a stubborn heat I can’t refuse.
[Outro]
Someday I’ll trade the open sky for a wiser, quieter shore,
But today I walk the line between now and evermore.
