Vitamin C’s soft melody encourages your graduating class to gather around and sing this sweet chorus together: “As we go on, we remember all the times we had together. And as our lives change, come whatever, we will still be friends forever.”
If the lyrics of this song don’t speak to you, the upbeat tempo will. Now that the graduates have crossed the finish line, there are some who never want to look back. “I’m waiting for it, that green light, I want it,” Lorde sings. “Oh, I wish I could get my things and just let go, I’m waiting for it, that green light, I want it.”
Don’t be surprised if you catch mom teary on your special day. She’s been with you since your first day of school and she’ll continue wanting only the best for you.
There’s a quote from the TV show The Office that best explains the warmhearted sentiments behind this song: “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” Macklemore and Kesha describe that feeling of being older and looking back, realizing that memories you didn’t think would matter end up being the ones you long for the most.
The journey towards a goal is daunting, whether that’s starting college or entering the adult world, but it’s all worth it. Miley inspires you to keep going, even if you fail from time to time.
Doesn’t it feel like you were just walking into the first day of kindergarten with a backpack that was bigger than you? And now look how far you’ve come!
Graduation day marks an important milestone and the closing of a life chapter. But it’s almost certain that the years didn’t go as planned, and we can only hope you had the time of your life.
School isn’t just about learning in the classrooms. It’s also about all the excitement and the indescribable feelings you have making memories with your friends. “I said, ‘Remember this feeling,’ I pass the pictures around,” Taylor Swift sings. “Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines, wishing for right now.”
After years of having a schedule set out for you, you’re finally getting the chance to be on your own a bit. As this song suggests, it’s a time to take chances, embrace new experiences and just see where life takes you.
It’s okay to admit that high school isn’t always a great experience for everybody. “My Last Semester” understands that feeling of finally getting to put your high school experience in the rearview mirror.
What would graduation season be without tons of photos? It’s time to take as many snapshots as you can, if for nothing more than looking back on them years later.
As much as you may be excited about the future, it can be scary to leave what’s familiar behind. Luckily, you aren’t the only one who feels that way (just listen to this song, and you’ll see what we mean).
What’s more fitting for graduation than Kanye West’s Graduation album? Play this celebratory track and toast to your accomplishments because you are a “champion.”
“It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday” by Boyz II Men
Break out the tissues! Boyz II Men’s soothing vocals are bound to make you tear up as you think back over the friendships you have made and the long road you traveled to graduation day.
Graduation is always about moving on to the next step in your life and being the best version of yourself as you embark on your next journey into the big wide world. This song featuring some of the greatest voices in music serves as a great reminder that you are indeed the future of this planet.
As exciting as graduating is, it’s also a little scary. This hit from the Dixie Chicks steers away from fear and looks at the excitement in young people going off to “find a dream and a life of their own.”
If Josh Groban’s hit single does not have you in tears by the end of your graduation march, then his work will surely have your parents and loved ones reaching for the Kleenex.
