We Are Young

Tonight, I got to hang out with my summer '11 "family" for one last time before some graduate, and the rest of us part for the summer.  This is probably the last time we're all going to be in one place.  

After meeting on campus and joking and reminiscing, four of us decided to go to Tim Horton's and get iced capps one last time together.  For those of you who don't know, this past summer, pretty close to every day for our 10:00 AM breaks, we would go to Tim Horton's for iced capps and breakfast sandwiches.  These friends quickly became my family. We worked together, took insanely long breaks together, and we cleaned so fast that we got to sit a lot and talk and watch 'Alif play angry birds.  

Anyway, so after we left Tim Horton's, we got back into my truck and I plugged my iPod in.  And this song came on.  Well, turns out we all loved it anyway so we cranked up the volume and sang along to it as we drove along.    

Give me a second I,
I need to get my story straight
My friend's are in the bathroom getting higher than the 
empire state
My lover she's waiting for me just across the bar
My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking about a 
scar, and
I know I gave it to you months ago
I know you're trying to forget
But between the drinks and subtle things
The holes in my apologies
You know I'm trying hard to take it back
So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I'll carry you home

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Now I know it I'm not
All that you got
I guess that I, I just thought
Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
But our friends are back
So let's raise a cup
'Cause I found someone to carry me home

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)

The world is on my side
I have no reason to run
So will someone come and carry me home

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I'll carry you home tonight

This song ended just as I pulled in to the apartments on campus and put the truck into park.  As everyone was getting ready to pile out and move seats, we realized that this song had a new meaning for us. We gave it a new memory.  

As we are all getting ready to part, either for good or just for the summer, we have so much to face, but we are still young, and we can change the world. We can do so much, shine so brightly.  And at the end of the day, if we start to fall, someone will be there to help us through whatever is going on.  

It was such a bittersweet moment, but it was one that I know I will remember forever.  And this song will forever hold a special place in my heart.