New Beginning

Intro

Hallway lights and August rain,

New year, same crowded place,

Didn’t know back then

How much this year would change me.

Verse 1

First bell ringing loud while I was staring at the floor,

Trying to act fearless walking through the double doors.

Backpack full of worries, headphones blasting in my ears,

Didn’t know this little school would hold an entire year.

Mrs. Hutchins told us history’s more than dates and names,

Said the strongest people fight through pressure, fear, and pain.

Mrs. Martin made the stories feel alive inside my head,

Turning every quiet page into a world instead.

Mr. Boykin in the science lab, sparks lighting up the room,

Talking planets, chemicals, and how life can still bloom.

Mrs. Hawkins writing numbers all across the board in chalk,

Helping us believe mistakes are part of learning after all.

Pre-Chorus

And every hallway conversation, every laugh after the bell,

Every “you got this” from my friends when the week felt like hell.

We were all just trying to survive and figure out our place,

Now the year is almost over and nothing feels the same.

Chorus

Oh-oh, seventh grade glow, burning through the night,

Caydence and her friends screaming lyrics under stadium lights.

Lockers slamming like a heartbeat, memories moving fast,

Trying so hard to hold onto moments that never last.

Oh-oh, hear the whole crowd sing,

Like we’re invincible for just one more evening.

Every classroom, every teacher, every lesson along the way,

Built the people we’re becoming more and more each day.

Verse 2

Coach Wood saying “keep going” when our legs were giving out,

Coach Boyd teaching discipline and what teamwork’s about.

Mr. Brooks in leadership saying confidence takes time,

Telling us the strongest voices aren’t always the loudest kind.

Mrs. Hollingsworth talked about health and finding balance too,

How taking care of yourself changes everything you do.

Mrs. Loft taught financial skills, planning dreams ahead,

While me and all my friends joked instead.

Mrs. Betts with paint-stained hands letting creativity fly,

Telling us imperfect art can still mean something deep inside.

Mrs. Manon saying “don’t be scared to take a chance,”

Now I hear those words echo every time I dance.

Pre-Chorus 2

Cafeteria laughter, passing notes across the desks,

Inside jokes nobody else in the whole world would get.

Late assignments, crowded hallways, after-school sunset skies,

Didn’t know these little moments would mean so much tonight.

Chorus

Oh-oh, seventh grade glow, hearts beating in time,

Caydence and her friends laughing way too loud at night.

Every awkward little memory somehow shines like gold,

Even all the hard days became stories we still hold.

Oh-oh, hear the whole crowd roar,

We’re not the same kids that walked through these doors before.

Every lesson, every failure, every victory we made,

Turned into the soundtrack of seventh grade.

Bridge

Maybe one day we’ll look back from cities far away,

Different dreams and different lives and different names.

But I know I’ll still remember every face inside these halls,

Every joke and every memory written on these walls.

I’ll remember walking in feeling nervous every day,

Trying not to overthink every little thing people say.

But somehow through the chaos and the noise inside my head,

My teachers and my friends helped me keep moving ahead.

Breakdown

Phone lights in the darkness, music shaking through the car,

Talking about the future underneath the summer stars.

One more laugh, one more memory before the season ends,

One more night with all the people who became my friends.

(Final Chorus)

Oh-oh, seventh grade glow, shining through the dark,

Turning every hallway memory into fireworks and sparks.

Caydence and her friends singing louder than before,

Like we finally found ourselves somewhere inside these doors.

Oh-oh, hear the speakers blow,

Summer starting now and we don’t wanna let it go.

Every teacher, every lesson, every tear and every smile,

Made this year unforgettable all the while.

Outro

Last bell echoing down the hall,

Sunlight fading on the walls,

Seventh grade forever stays…

In all of us.