First Year of Uni

[Verse] Green signs, glass bridge Sunlight on the walkway First-year faces moving fast I was learning how to stay Seventeen in October New ID around my neck I had already lived too early But I wasn’t finished yet [Pre Chorus] The campus had its weather Bright and heavy all at once I was smiling in the photos While becoming someone [Chorus] This was the first weather Of the life I didn’t know Lecture halls and temple days Friends that came and friends that closed This was the first weather Not a storm, not yet a song Just the strange warm season Where I tried to belong [Verse] Group photos near the yellow wall Food courts after class Someone laughing, someone leaving Nothing built to last New Year in a living room Red bags, camera flash I was still a family kid With a university pass [Pre Chorus] And I can see it clearer Now the years have rearranged Every ordinary picture Was a warning and a grace [Chorus] This was the first weather Of the life I didn’t know Lecture halls and temple days Friends that came and friends that closed This was the first weather Not a storm, not yet a song Just the strange warm season Where I tried to belong [Bridge] I didn’t go far away Maybe that saved me then I needed roads I recognized And people who could send me I was not less brave for staying I was not less real for fear I was seventeen and starting From somewhere safely near [Chorus] This was the first weather Of the road that carried me Not the grandest beginning But the one I had to need This was the first weather Half a child, half degree Standing under campus sunlight Slowly becoming me [Outro] First rain First road First year Close to home