Note to Self

We create ideals to fantasize
About the things we can’t have
Build them high inside our minds
Just to watch them all collapse
Nothing ever goes as planned
When you chase a perfect frame
You learn too late the cost of dreams
Is disappointment wearing your name
Every fantasy is polished glass
Until it cracks inside our hands

And if there’s anything you’ve learned from this
It’s to stop chasing perfection’s kiss
That shelter you keep imagining
Was never built to last within

Lower those expectations
Before they break your heart again
Buy a ticket for a stable future
Meet them at the next station
Maybe then it all feels smoother
Lower those expectations
Before hope turns into fracture
Not every path is meant to save us
Some just teach us what we’re after

The feeling of protection
Always promised, never true
Still we’re walking in directions
That were never meant for you
Others went that way before
You follow, blind to what it costs
Only few will ever soar
The rest will pay the loss

Haven’t you felt enough heartbreak
Trying to be more than you are?
You don’t need a crown of stars
Just something solid in the dark

Lower those expectations
Before they tear you apart again
Buy a ticket for a stable future
Meet them at the next station
Lower those expectations
Before hope turns into fracture
Let the noise just fade with time
Peace is found in simpler lines

We were told to reach for more
Till “more” became a loaded gun
Chasing dreams that aren’t our own
Leaves everyone undone
Maybe safety isn’t failure
Maybe slow is still alive
Maybe letting go of perfect
Is the only way to survive
Perfection whispers, pulls you near
Then disappears when things get real

Lower them… lower them now
Before they take you down

Lower those expectations
Not every fall is a defeat
Buy a ticket for a stable future
Meet them at the next station
Everything turns out smoother
Lower those expectations
Where your heart can finally breathe
Sometimes less is how you endure
You don’t need a flawless ending
Just a life that doesn’t break you

Lower them…
And keep moving on.