Better Days & Getaways

Expectations...ah what horrible things to have. When they're so high, people will fall so low trying to reach them.  And what is the end result? Disappointment and resentment. So what's the solution here? Isn't it better not to have them? But Samra, thou shall not talk about such a hard task. Unfortunately everyone has expectations, even if they don't think they do, they do, subconsciously. We always hope for things how we perceive them in our head, even if we say we don't care. Granted some of us are more numb than others (Rip Chester Bennington, love you) and it doesn't hurt as much whereas with others, it hurts a lot. There's no point in sitting here deciphering which kinds of expectations are okay to have and which are not, because who's to say? It all depends. The best are the negative expectations, when you expect someone to react negatively because it's become a norm and you've habituated to it. It's sad isn't it?  For once, can...

Ae mere humsafar, ek zara intezaar...

As the time draws closer and closer to the moment in which I sign my life away, I just want to be alone. By nature and by heart, I'm introverted and reserved. I take my time to open up but when I do get comfortable, there's many a times in which I can't stop talking. Even though I may appear emotionless, I have a cornucopias amount of emotions inside and just like almost every human being on the planet, I'm scared of letting them surface. I'm reluctant to show my vulnerability. Granted, I've been vulnerable but it's a scary thought. So what does Samra do? She gets lost in her thoughts. Everyone wants to be around people who understand them, 100% fully, and doesn't doubt their intentions. As per the great XX, it felt like you really knew me, now it feels like you see through me . This lyric itself is slightly confusing in the sense where, is the band saying that the person does NOT know them anymore? Or is the band talking from the perspective that the pe...