Past the Commencement Line

[Verse 1] We spilled out past the campus gate With folded maps and borrowed plans The avenue was changing lanes A hundred stories in its hands Maya had a job in oakland Drew was headed for the coast We traded names of distant towns And laughed at who would leave the most [Pre-Chorus] No one knew the route just yet But every corner said, “go on” [Chorus] There’s a whole wide world past the commencement line A thousand open doors and a little borrowed time We’ll take the long way, let the day run on Calling out our next-stop dreams as the buses roll along Hey, wherever we land, whatever we do The first big step is starting out together with you [Verse 2] A florist wheeled a cart through traffic A drummer tapped a case for change Somebody sold us paper tickets For a ferry we might take We made a list on a city map In ink that bled through every fold “Build something,” maya said, “that lasts” Drew said, “somewhere warm, not cold” [Pre-Chorus] The crosswalk counted down to zero We stepped off like we’d been called [Chorus] There’s a whole wide world past the commencement line A thousand open doors and a little borrowed time We’ll take the long way, let the day run on Calling out our next-stop dreams as the buses roll along Hey, wherever we land, whatever we do The first big step is starting out together with you [Bridge] Someday we’ll tell this story From a dozen different towns How we walked out past the banners With the whole street singing loud Not because we had the answers Just because we’d made a start And the city kept on moving Like it knew we had the heart [Final chorus] There’s a whole wide world past the commencement line A thousand open doors and a little borrowed time We’ll take the long way, let the day run on Calling out our next-stop dreams as the buses roll along Hey, wherever we land, whatever we do The first big step is starting out together with you [Outro] Together with you Past the commencement line Together with you