Just what exactly do you expect from me?
To complete the failures of your destiny
You mapped out my life before I could walk
Taught me to scream before I could talk
My shoulders they carry the burden of hope
I want to fly free, not be shackled by rope
I must do this; I must be a straight A
How about me just doing my best, is that ok?
All of this pressure I need to let of some steam
Don’t strangle my mind before it can dream
Sometimes I maybe that little grey cloud
Yet I’ll always try hardest in making you proud
Not all can be the brightest star in the sky
Yet I am eternal light, because I do try
I walk down life’s path, destination unknown
I don’t need any hurdles until I have grown
Just be my side and support me with love
Be the sun in my life, not the rain from above
I cannot be who you want me to be
I need to find who I am, that much I see
This is my generation, we are who we are
Not bounded by past, or predicted afar
So I give you my word, I will make life my own
Once the roots of my life are finally sewn
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Wow! What a beautiful poem! I can feel every phrase. I admire your talent!
But I really need your help. I’m from the Netherlands and I’ve wrote some English Lyrics / Songs. Because of a good friend who knows the English language very well, I began to doubt the grammar of one phrase in one of my songs.
And it happens to be the first phrase of this Poem :-/ . To be more precise it is: “What do you expect from me”. My friend says the grammar of this phrase is not right, he says it should be: “What is it you’re expecting from me” or “What do you expect of me”. I think my first written version is right, but I’m not sure. I don’t know where you’re from but I was wondering if you could help me clarify this. I want to use this song for my band, so I really want the grammer to be right. I would feel stupid if I would perform this song with my band and afterwards it appears to be wrong. I really hope you will send me a reply, because now I’m not using this song, and I hope I’m not being arrogant now but I believe this is a very good song, and I wrote it for another friend so… Hope you will contact me 🙂
Best regards,
Nancy
Author
Hi
Thanks for the comment. They are actually both correct to use. If you use
“What is it you expect from me?” then it needs to be a question as in the poem above
It depends on what tense you use. Mine above is more the present tense so the question reads like I am shouting at someone, demanding an answer.
If you use “What is it you’re expecting from me?” then again it would be a question.
For a song I would keep it short. I would use “What is it you expect from me”
Hope that helps
Beautiful expression with such simple words. really loved it 🙂
This is really such a beautiful poem! Did you write it yourself? i wonder how long it would take to make such a wonderful poem. Simple yet just so outstanding! I love it a lot really! I hope you make more of this sort of poems! I would gladly read them again! >_<
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Thanks Dhatri.