With Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" booming from an industrial-sized stereo system, Cheney High School's class of 2020 began a victory lap through the remodeled high school's bus loop and eventually the community last Friday night. While the title might seem an irreverent nod to moving on, the song's lyrics more than sum up what this year's seniors have been through.
Titled "The Hour of Greatness," last Friday's graduation event seemed more a beginning than an end - and rightly so.
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth it was worth all the while
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Green Day from 1997's album "Nimrod"
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