Lyric

The chime rings out, I’m bursting through the door

Heat from the asphalt, shadows on the floor

Only the laughter is running miles ahead

Turning the page of a day that’s not yet dead

Stuffing all the handouts deep inside my pack

"Homework can wait," there’s no looking back

Your name’s on my tongue, but I swallow the sound

Just tying my laces, staring at the ground

Ring out, ring out, After-School Refrain!

Echo, echo, deep inside my veins!

Run on, run on, stand up when you fall

Scraped-up dreams, still burning through it all

(After-School Refrain)

A note in the locker, folded and unread

Crumpled in my pocket, words I never said

An abandoned ball left out on the field

Whose tomorrow is it waiting to yield?

Jersey’s getting stained by the sunset glow

Smell of sweat and regret, everywhere I go

Just one little word that I couldn’t say

Chasing me down as I walk away

Ring out, ring out, After-School Refrain!

Tracing every page, living through the pain

Run on, run on, stand up when you fall

Kick away tomorrow with a mud-stained smile, give it your all!

(One more time!)

Throwing out the hundredth "what if" in my head

Choosing to move forward, leave the past instead

Redrawing the line, right here and now

The starting line’s my heart, and this is my vow!

Ring out, ring out, After-School Refrain!

With a voice that never dies, I’ll call your name!

Run on, run on, stand up when you fall

Embrace the sting, and rewrite the goal for us all!

Ring out, ring out, After-School Refrain!

(Run on, run on) It’s never gonna end!

After-School Refrain!