Expectations by Mira Lora

"Expectations" - A song about growing up and being allowed to let go of old expectations with their crushing weight more and more. A permission to set out on your own imperfect path, to try out, to fail, to get up, to keep going and to push all the critical voices into the background - to discover one's own strength.

"Expectations" is the third single by Basel-based singer-songwriter Mira Lora and was created in collaboration with German producer and pianist Niklas Paschburg. It is part of her debut EP Unleashed, which will see the light of day in November 2023.

Tracklist

1.	Expectations	3:51

Lyrics

She’s been praised
As a child
Did it all so well

She’s been raised
All those words
Worked like a spell

Oh, this daze
Of their love
Was her prison cell

Caged her in a glory world
Thousand roads for perfect girls

Can you just leave me
Can you just free me
From all the expectations
Destroying my foundations

All alone
By herself
Tortured by the past

Never shown
To decide
How some things may last

Felt her own
But those years
Flew by so fast

Caged her in a glory world
Thousand roads for perfect girls

Can you just leave me
Can you just free me
From all the expectations
Destroying my foundations

Old shoes got too small
Let go of them all
Old skins got too tight
There’s too much light

Old homes got too small
Let go of them all
Old views got too tight
Tired of the fight

Let go of them all
Let go of them all
Let go of them all
Let go of them all

Can you just leave me
Can you just free me
From all the expectations
Destroying my foundations

Let go of them all
Let go of them all
Let go of them all
Let go of them all

Credits

released September 29, 2023
Production: Niklas Paschburg
Mix: Aaron Ahrends
Master: Dan Suter
Cover Picture: Connor Sailes

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