Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

So ever since I first entered high school, I've been determined to avoid being part of a grad class that gets stuck with either Nickleback or some shitty pop country song as our grad song. With that being said, I'm having an incredibly difficult time looking for a song that

A) has some overlying theme of growing up, moving on, graduating, idk some sort of connection.

B) can be enjoyed by the majority of people.

C) isn't the same mainstream pop/country pop that most of my grad class listens to.

So, you know, any help in finding a suitable song would be appreciated plz.

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