Lyric

Took the long way home again

Past the schoolyard and the old train bend

Cherry petals at my feet

Echoes of the goals we’d never meet

Scribbled dreams in a folded note

Hung on fences where ambitions float

We were bold, we were barely grown

Chasing answers we’d never known

But the lesson’s learned, the page has turned

Through the fields where passion burned

I held my hope, I took my turn

And walked the line with no return

Every tear and every word —

Was a lesson learned

Teachers’ voices in the breeze

Faded posters and memories

Marks and grades, a fading chart

What I carried lived in my heart

Underneath fluorescent skies

We made our promises, told our lies

But time is kind to what we tried —

And to every dream we left behind

Yes, the lesson’s learned, the bridges burned

But still the fire within me churned

I spoke in silence, I was firm

And danced alone through every turn

Every bruise and every year —

Was a lesson earned

They said, “Grow up, be wise.”

But no one taught us how to rise

From the ache of what we couldn’t be

Still, here I am — still learning me

Oh, the lesson’s learned, my spirit yearned

Through every trial and twist I turned

I kept the flame, I wore the burn

And watched the future slowly churn

All I gave and all I yearned —

Was a lesson learned