June Certificate

[Verse] June came quietly With papers in my hand A ceremony, camera flashes One more place to understand I was sixteen turning seventeen But the next door opened wide While other kids were finishing school I was choosing university life [Pre Chorus] And I didn’t have the language For the weight inside my chest I just knew I kept on moving Because stopping made no sense [Chorus] June certificate Name under the light I was younger than the moment But I made it through the night June certificate Goodbye in the frame I walked out with a future And a half-remembered name [Verse] There were friends in every corner Some stayed, some disappeared Some became a photograph I’d come back to years from here There were songs and swimming water Scripts and cameras in my bag There were campus maps and questions And a childhood moving fast [Pre Chorus] Maybe I was too early Maybe I was just on time Maybe every strange beginning Was already by design [Chorus] June certificate Name under the light I was younger than the moment But I made it through the night June certificate Goodbye in the frame I walked out with a future And a half-remembered name [Bridge] I want to tell that younger me You didn’t need to know Every road before you walked it Every place before you’d go You were not behind You were not too much You were just a little early For the world you had to touch [Chorus] June certificate Hold it to the sky You were scared but you were ready In a way you can’t deny June certificate Close the classroom door You were sixteen with a future And you still became much more [Outro] June to July July to October You were still young But the dream moved closer