These upbeat songs have surprisingly dark meanings
Memorable lyric: "It’s a celebration every time we link up / We done did everything they could think of / Greatness is what we on the brink of"
Memorable lyric: "Cause we started from the bottom, now we're here"
Memorable lyric: "You just gotta ignite the light / And let it shine / Just own the night / Like the Fourth of July / 'Cause baby you're a firework / Come on show 'em what your worth"
Memorable lyric: "So take the photographs and still frames in your mind / Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time"
Memorable lyric: "Know I’m supposed to be unhappy / Without someone (someone) / But aren’t I someone?"
Memorable lyric: "When the day that lies ahead of me / Seems impossible to face"
Memorable lyric: "Will you take a moment? / Promise me this / That you'll stand by me forever / But if, God forbid, fate should step in / And force us into a goodbye / If you have children some day / When they point to the pictures / Please tell them my name"
Memorable lyric: "So bring your good times and your laughter too / We gonna celebrate your party with you"
Memorable lyric: "In the garden of evil / I'm gonna be the greatest / In a golden cathedral / I'll be praying for the faithless"
Memorable lyric: "So just think of your future / Think of a new life / Don't get lost in the memories / Keep your eyes on a new prize"
Memorable lyric: "It's like that feeling when you're about to win the medal / And you worked so hard, that you knew you wouldn't settle / Hands are in the air, hands are in the air"
Memorable lyric: "Tonight, I'm gonna have myself a real good time / I feel alive / And the world, I'll turn it inside out, yeah! / I'm floating around in ecstasy / So don't stop me now / Don't stop me"
Memorable lyric: "My level is too high to bring me down/ Happy, happy, happy / Can't nuthin' bring me down / Hhappy, happy, happy / I said / Because I'm happy"
Memorable lyric: "Streetlight people / Don't stop believing / Hold on to the feeling"
Memorable lyric: "There's always gonna be another mountain / I'm always gonna wanna make it move / Always gonna be an uphill battle / Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose / Ain't about how fast I get there / Ain't about what's waiting on the other side / It's the climb"
Memorable lyric: "We are chasin' the moon / Just runnin' wild and free /We are following through / Every dream and every need"
Memorable lyric: "Fly / Open up the part of you that wants to hide away / You can shine / Forget about the reasons why you can in life / And start to try / 'Cause it's your time / Time to fly"
Memorable lyric: "You're not alone / Together we stand / I'll be by your side / You know I'll take your hand / When it gets cold / And it feels like the end / There's no place to go / You know I won't give in / No, I won't give in"
Memorable lyric: "There's a hero / If you look inside your heart / You don't have to be afraid / Of what you are / There's an answer / If you reach into your soul / And the sorrow that you know / Will melt away"
Memorable lyric: "Don't you, forget about me / Don't, don't, don't, don't / Don't you, forget about me"
Memorable lyric: "I wanna leave my footprints on the sands of time / Know there was something that meant something that I left behind / When I leave this world, I'll leave no regrets / Leave something to remember, so they won't forget / I was here / I lived, I loved / I was here"
Memorable lyric: "I've had the time of my life / No I never felt this way before / Yes I swear it's the truth / And I owe it all to you"
Memorable lyric: "We're all in this together / And it shows / When we stand / Hand in hand / Make our dreams come true"
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Memorable lyric: "If you're lost you can look and you will find me / Time after time / If you fall I will catch you — I'll be waiting / Time after time"
Memorable lyric: "Just a little girl / Big imagination / Never letting no one take it away /Went into the world / what a revelation"
Memorable lyric: "But when we leave this year, we won't be coming back /No more hanging out 'cause we're on a different track"
Memorable lyric: "You wake up late for school, man you don't want to go / You ask you mom, please? but she still says, no"
Memorable lyric: "Well, we got no class / And we got no principles / And we got no innocence"
Memorable lyric: "There’s a time that I remember, when I did not know no pain / When I believed in forever, and everything would stay the same"
Memorable lyric: "Who says / Who says you're not perfect / Who says you're not worth it / Who says you're the only one that's hurting"
Memorable lyric: "And you've given me the best gift / That I've ever known / You give me purpose every day / You give me purpose in every way"
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Leaving school is a big deal, and can feel like you're riding an emotional roller coaster, with emotions of pride, nostalgia, excitement, and sadness all accompanying this important rite of passage. But what music strikes the right chord when class is over, and how can lyrics prepare you for the next chapter in your life?
Click through this playlist and learn some life lessons with these memorable songs to move along with.