Lyric discussion by alh2012 

Cover art for Four Years lyrics by Jon Mclaughlin

i think this could mean two things. one, i think it could mean that theres only four years, the best years of your life, so you may as well be who you are. "be cool, be hot, be weird". Or, two, it could mean in the end after four years everything can turn around, and one person may be popular and another a nerd, but after four years shes working as a CEO or manager, while hes sleeping with his crown, or holding onto his past because his current life and high school life are different..he was the popular guy who had the world at his feet, and she was the nerd who knew what she wanted. I like my first theory the best.