Lyrics
[Intro]
Ooooooh
Haaaaa
Haaaaa-ah
[Verse 1]
The bell has rung the corridor is bare
A single folded square of paper waits
I read the letters twice and then a third
My name inscribed in Mr. Aldridge's hand
[Pre-Chorus]
Four minutes late
Four minutes only
And the world tilts sideways
Underneath my feet
[Chorus]
Hall pass
A scrap of paper in my sweating palm
Hall pass
Permission just to walk and breathe and be
I clutch it like a promise I can keep
Hall pass
Hall pass
[Verse 2]
The trophy case reflects a boy I knew
Who never missed a morning never strayed
Now I am standing here a stranger in my skin
Counting tiles between the gym and home
[Pre-Chorus]
What if I keep walking
Past the double doors
Past the parking lot
Past everything I know
[Chorus]
Hall pass
A scrap of paper in my sweating palm
Hall pass
Permission just to walk and breathe and be
I clutch it like a promise I can keep
Hall pass
Hall pass
[Bridge]
Oooooh
I am not running I am merely late
Oooooh
There is a difference I will not explain
The hallway stretches like a hymn
And I have twenty minutes left of it
[Verse 3]
Mr. Aldridge holds the door with weary eyes
He does not ask me where I went or why
He only nods and marks the ledger down
Another name another ordinary day
[Chorus]
Hall pass
A scrap of paper I no longer need
Hall pass
A tiny freedom folded in my fist
I will remember this when I am old
Hall pass
Hall pass
[Post-Chorus]
Haaaaa
Ooooooh
Haaaaa-ah
Oooooh
[Outro]
Hall pass
Hall pass
Mmmmm