The Day the School Burned Down

The day the school burned down Was the day I turned 21 Far too late to bring me joy But it felt like I had won So I went to see the remnants Stared cooly like a boy And saw with my own eyes Schools could actually be destroyed The policeman looked at me firmly And he told me he was appalled I said nothing, as the rain Turned the ash to thick gruel I thought of you And of everything that we'd been And I was so glad that it could Never be seen Dropped my juice on the floor When the school burned down Not the same as before When the school burned down No need to settle the score When the school burned down There's not shame anymore After the school burned down In my mind we were ten feet tall Really we were barely 5'8 Spoke holy words between Thatchers gold crates We grew up far too quickly Rolled our first spliffs at 13 And hid all of our thoughts behind A white blank screen A long perpetual winter Of house parties and powder Thought it would chase our ghosts away It only did make them louder We learnt to hide together And learnt to lie together But I'm ready to let all that go I forgive us all bro Dropped my juice on the floor When the school burned down Not the same as before When the school burned down No need to settle the score When the school burned down There's not shame anymore After the school burned down Burn your school to the ground Burn your office burn it down Burn your school to the ground Burn your office burn it down Burn your school to the ground Burn your office burn it down Burn your school to the ground Burn your office burn it down I'm not who I was anymore And I don't need to be You're not gonna hold me down I set those memories free Dropped my juice on the floor When the school burned down Not the same as before When the school burned down No need to settle the score When the school burned down There's not shame anymore After the school burned down Dropped my juice on the floor When the school burned down Not the same as before When the school burned down No need to settle the score When the school burned down There's not shame anymore After the school burned down The day the school burned down Was the day I turned 21 Far too late to bring me joy But it felt like I had won And truth be told What will be will be But when they find the kid who did it They'll find me