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Song2 - High Expectations

I'm hoping you will overlook the rawness and vocal issues that follow in the next 2 songs, due to illness

The FAWM Week 1 Challenge was to write a song in an unusual time signature. I knew I wanted to do something in 7/8. When I clapped out a seven beat (3 + 4) the words High Expectations popped into my mind. It wasn't till afterward that I realized that the beat I had was more of a 5/4 with a triplet on the front end.

This song has a 6/8 section, 5/8, 5/4 with a 7/8 in the middle of it, and whaterver else came to mind. Experiments can be fun. (= I was originally going to try to sing the "going in circles" part around the circle of 5ths, but it didn't work out as planned.

The song is about all those teachers and others who instilled such high expectations in me and how that matches up against reality.

LYRICS

High Expectations

High expectations
lack of control
take two steps forward
right past your goal

High expectations
low self esteem
You got what you needed
now give up the dream

Low expectations
Now you’re on your own
It looked so simple
Before you were grown

Low expectations
plenty of space
it's what you can manage
just keeping pace

Feels like I'm going in Circles, etc..

No expectations
along for the ride
bitter companion
stuck to your side

feels like I’m going round
going in circles etc..

Aimed higher than life
A dart to the sky
Feet on the ground
Don’t know till you try –X?

High expectations
low self esteem
You got what you needed
now give up the dream

feels like I’m going round going in circles etc..

MP3

highex.mp3