IN HOPES
Breaking Expectations: A Journey of Self-Discovery
Lyrics
Maybe one day
Expressing a possibility or hope for a future event.
I'll learn not to be
Desire to overcome a certain characteristic or behavior.
What everyone
Feeling pressure to conform to others' expectations.
Expects from me
The pressure to conform to societal or external expectations.
I've been keeping your heart
Symbolic reference to holding someone's emotions or affection.
Close to me
Keeping a close connection with someone emotionally.
In hopes that one day
Hope for personal growth and breaking free from expectations.
I'll learn not to be
Reiteration of the desire to change and evolve personally.
What everyone
Continued reflection on external expectations.
Expects from me
Repetition of the pressure from societal expectations.
What everyone
Emphasis on the weight of expectations from others.
Expects from me
Reiteration of the burden of meeting external expectations.
You took my hand
Repetition of someone taking control of the speaker's emotions and heart.
You took my heart
-You took my hand
-You took my heart
-You took my hand
-You took my heart
-Quicksand
Metaphorical reference to being trapped or sinking in difficulties.
Walk through the dark
Symbolic journey through challenging and uncertain circumstances.
You took my hand
Continued possession of emotions and connection by another person.
I have your heart
-You took my hand
-I have your heart
-Kickstand
Symbolic reference to stability or support, possibly unstable.
Open my heart
Opening up emotionally to someone.
Quicksand
Reference to difficulties or challenges in life.
Play the part
Acting a role or playing a part in life's challenges.
For these people
Awareness of others' dissatisfaction with the speaker.
That are sick of me
Acknowledging personal dissatisfaction with people like oneself.
But i am sick of people
Expressing weariness or fatigue with people in general.
Just like me
Recognizing similarities between oneself and others.
I am a
Self-perception as an empty or lacking individual.
Hollow shell that's filled with lead
Reiteration of feeling empty or burdened with negative emotions.
I am a
Repetition of a sense of emptiness, possibly to the point of death.
Hollow shell that might be dead
Continued reflection on a hollow existence with potential consequences.
I'll take my chances
Willingness to take risks despite uncertainties.
Exchange glances
Symbolic exchange or interaction with one's own reflection.
With the pieces of the man
Interacting with fragmented aspects of oneself reflected in the mirror.
That i see in the mirror
Recognition of the fragmented self in the mirror.
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