[Verse 1]
Should is the heaviest word I know
Should is the weight that won't let go
Should is the prison I've been in
Releasing expectations, let it begin
[Verse 2]
How things ought to be, how they're supposed to go
The script I wrote for every show
Life doesn't follow my demands
Releasing expectations, empty hands
[Pre-Chorus]
Let go of should, let go of must
Let go of the script, let go and trust
That life unfolds beyond my plans
Releasing expectations, open hands
[Chorus]
Releasing expectations! What should be!
Releasing expectations! Setting me free!
From the tyranny of how things ought to go
Releasing expectations, letting flow!
Should is the heaviest word I bear
Releasing expectations, breathing air!
[Verse 3]
People should act this certain way
Life should unfold according to my say
God should answer when and how I think
Releasing expectations from the brink
[Verse 4]
My kids should turn out just like this
My spouse should know what I will miss
My job should give me all I need
Releasing expectations from the greed
[Pre-Chorus]
Let go of should, let go of must
Let go of the script, let go and trust
That life unfolds beyond my plans
Releasing expectations, open hands
[Chorus]
Releasing expectations! What should be!
Releasing expectations! Setting me free!
From the tyranny of how things ought to go
Releasing expectations, letting flow!
Should is the heaviest word I bear
Releasing expectations, breathing air!
[Bridge]
SHOULD: is a prison!
SHOULD: kills the vision!
SHOULD: makes me bitter!
SHOULD: life's quitter!
RELEASE: the expectations!
RELEASE: false foundations!
RELEASE: and let it be!
RELEASE: finally free!
[Testimony]
I had a script for how life would unfold
Every chapter perfectly controlled
But life didn't read my screenplay
Releasing expectations is the way
To find peace in what actually is
Not what I demanded in my quiz
Of should and must and ought to be
Releasing expectations, I am free!
[Final Chorus]
Releasing expectations! What should be!
Releasing expectations! Setting me free!
From the tyranny of how things ought to go
Releasing expectations, letting flow!
Should is the heaviest word I bear
Releasing expectations, breathing air!
[Coda]
Should the heaviest word...
Releasing being heard...
Expectations falling down...
Releasing freedom's crown...
- Text origin
- 21st century
- Melody origin
- 21st century
- Recording
- 2026
- Original language
- English
- Performed language
- English
- Musical form
- Rock
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