Youth
What Family Means to Me


What Family Means to Me

1. What does family mean?

Does it only need

A mom and dad and a couple kids

Sure that’s where it all begins, but

Wedding bands and mortgage loans

Aren’t what make a house a home

It’s so much more than just the basic things

It’s all that happens in between

[Chorus]

Like road­trip driving till the break of dawn

Off­key singing to our favorite songs

Jumping and yelling, cheering our favorite team

Grandma’s cooking and late­-night games

It’s good advice and making mistakes

Then forgiving, forgetting, and loving through everything

That’s what family means to me

2. No matter what we do

We’re gonna make it through

Because it isn’t just a box to check

Or a status that we’re trying to get

In the stands or back at home

Family’s there to cheer us on

And it can last forever and a day

Along with all the memories made

[Chorus]

Like front room movie nights and hand-­me-­downs

Dreaming bigger than our bank account

But knowing we’ll always have enough to make ends meet

Doctor visits from a double dare

Group hug laughing after family prayer

And knowing we’d never ever wanna change a thing

That’s what family means to me

3. It’s working hard

And giving up some things we want

For something more

Yeah, it’s so much more

[Chorus]

Road­trip driving till the break of dawn

Off­key singing to our favorite songs

Jumping and yelling, cheering our favorite team

Grandma’s cooking and late­-night games

It’s good advice and making mistakes

Then forgiving, forgetting, and loving through everything

That’s what family means to me

That’s what family means to me

Words and music: Nik Day; Jaeden Vaifanua

Artist: Jaeden Vaifanua