Unlike the three-minute pop-punk formula, “High School Never Ends” clocks in at over three and a half minutes of rapid-fire couplets. Lead singer Jaret Reddick doesn’t just sing the lyrics; he spits them with the weary resignation of a man who just realized the captain of the football team is now his HOA president.
So, is a comedy song? A tragedy? A prophecy? bowling for soup - high school never ends
Are you the former jock who still wears his varsity jacket to the bar? Are you the former art freak who now designs logos for a plumbing company? Welcome to the club. A tragedy
To prove its point, the lyrics use celebrities as archetypes: Jack Black as the class clown, Brad Pitt as the quarterback, and Bill Gates as the captain of the chess team. Are you the former art freak who now
One of my favorite lines in the song has always been the rapid-fire name-dropping:
The next time you find yourself stressing about a work clique, a social snub, or the feeling that you’re back in third-period chemistry sitting next to the kid who never shared his pencil, queue up this song. Turn it up loud. Laugh at the irony. Then cry at the accuracy.