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Expectations
For the weird kid the teachers never got 📚
Who it's for
The song follows an odd schoolgirl whom teachers and classmates misread and steer toward a dull, ordinary future.
Misread and steered into a box→Understood and quietly hopeful
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Expectations" is a Stuart Murdoch song and the second track on Belle and Sebastian's debut album, Tigermilk, released in 1996. According to the A.V. Club, it is addressed to a girl who is picked on at school and withdraws to her room, where she makes clay models of a band. Although her future may look bleak, the song offers her encouragement and friendship.
Where to find it
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Before you start
Age: All ages
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.Henry David Thoreau, Walden, “Conclusion”
