The story behind this song
Back row, hood up, head down, doing everything possible not to be seen. One teacher walked past and didn't walk on. She handed back an essay with four words of red ink in the margin — you should keep writing — and a kid who'd stopped raising his hand started believing he had something worth saying. She stayed through lunch the day the grades fell through and just said, I'll wait with you.
That paper stayed folded under the bed for years. For the teacher who saw past the slouch and the silence — the one whose attention quietly redrew a whole life. Look at me now. I just thought you should know.
Lyrics
You walked past and didn't walk on
Red ink in the margin, four words underneath
"You should keep writing" — that was all it said
I kept that paper folded under my bed
You saw what I was hiding before I could tell
When I was doing all I could not to be seen
You called on the kid in the back
Like he had somewhere good to go
And look at me now — I just thought you should know
Didn't ask what happened, just said, "I'll wait with you"
Squeaky marker, second chances on the board
You graded like every kid was worth fighting for
You taught more than the subject — you taught me to begin
When I was doing all I could not to be seen
You called on the kid in the back
Like he had somewhere good to go
And look at me now — I just thought you should know
I pulled a chair beside him — I knew the way to act
You're in that room with me, every single day
When I was doing all I could not to be seen
You called on the kid in the back
Like he had somewhere good to go
And look at me now — I just thought you should know
Still writing — thanks to you
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