Remember That Year

Day one
Do you remember that time
Of course you do
Who wouldn't
Who wouldn't remember the thought they were in the wrong place
That everything was just
Wrong
And before you knew it
The bell
The ringing filled your ears and you didn't know what was happening
You didn't know where to go
Then came the running
Lots of running
Why the running
And all those people made it hard
They pushed you left and right
They pushed and pulled you where they wanted to go
Not where you wanted to find
Yet, you didn't even know what you wanted to find
And at last
You were there
Only weeks later
Many weeks later
Many weeks with piles of work later
Many weeks full of nights packed with boredom and work later
You sat in a car
Dressed in overalls
Covered in blood
A hat sat on your head
With a braid down your back
And a pack on your back
You sat thinking
Thinking of the sweets and the joy that were yet to come
So close
Yet so far away
Why were you the only one
Why was no one else dressed up
Oh!
They are
Just not the people in the front
The people behind them
The people that thought the same thing as you when they came at first
And now
Next year's will think the same
And you will move on
Knowing what will happen

-Apple