[Verse 1]
Skipped class
Still passed
Laughing in the back row
Time moved fast
Hallway echoes
Inside jokes
Writing on the desks like secret notes
[Pre-Chorus]
We were tired
We were wired
Counting days on our hands
All that homework
All that heartache
Now we’re making new plans
[Chorus]
Congratulations
Class of ’26
We were kids just playing pretend
Now it’s missions and the long road to campus
New towns
New rules
New friends
From the drive through the canyon
Windows down
Feeling endless
To the day that we’re shaking these hands
Congratulations
Class of ’26
We made it
We’re making a stand (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Fast food runs
Late-night runs
Cranking up the songs till we burned our lungs
Canyon wind
Stone and sky
Thought those summer nights would never die
[Pre-Chorus]
Got a call and a letter
Saying where we’ll all go
Some to preach and some to study
Same hearts
New roads
[Chorus]
Congratulations
Class of ’26
We were kids just playing pretend
Now it’s missions and the long road to campus
New towns
New rules
New friends
From the drive through the canyon
Windows down
Feeling endless
To the day that we’re shaking these hands
Congratulations
Class of ’26
We made it
We’re making a stand
[Bridge]
Will we still remember
Every test we almost missed
Every crush
Every crush we never kissed
Yeah
We’ll carry these days
Like a chord that always stays
In the songs we haven’t written yet (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
Congratulations
Class of ’26
We were kids just playing pretend
Now it’s missions and the long road to campus
New towns
New rules
New friends
From the drive through the canyon
Windows down
Feeling endless
To the day that we’re shaking these hands
Congratulations
Class of ’26
This is us
This is where it began