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SIENNA SPIRO - Great Expectation Lyrics



SIENNA SPIRO - Great Expectation Lyrics
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In my head, you lay down next to me
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Kiss my lips, hold me carefully
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Say goodbye and feel all the withdrawals
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But it's not the same, in reality
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I say your name, but you don't get back to me
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'Til you got something you need me for
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So I sing just to know I'm alive
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And I cried all the tears I could cry
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If happiness is just an illusion
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You were the best I ever had
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If you can't be what I want
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And the things you say aren't true
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All I need is the great expectation of you
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Expectation of you
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The tracks of my tears go back for years
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When I was young
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I've always had the fears one would leave
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So I held on so long (so long, so long)
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But to each their own, you come and go a lot
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It's black and white
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But I go back and change the plot
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Just to have you in the way I want
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So I sing just to know I'm alive (I sing so I)
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And I cried all the tears I could cry (can't cry for you)
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If happiness is just an illusion
+
You were the best I ever had
+
If you can't be what I want (be what I want)
+
And the things you say aren't true (not true, not true)
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All I need is the great expectation of you, oh
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Cry my tears and let 'em dry (mm, expectation of you)
+
Cry my tears and testify
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You exist inside my mind
+
You, so
+
So I sing just to know I'm alive
+
And I cried all the tears I could cry
+
If happiness is just an illusion
+
You were the best I ever had (best I had)
+
If you can't be what I want (be what I want)
+
And the things you say aren't true (not true, not true)
+
All I need is the great expectation of you
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All I need is
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All I need is you
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English

In my head, you lay down next to me
+
Kiss my lips, hold me carefully
+
Say goodbye and feel all the withdrawals
+
But it's not the same, in reality
+
I say your name, but you don't get back to me
+
'Til you got something you need me for
+
So I sing just to know I'm alive
+
And I cried all the tears I could cry
+
If happiness is just an illusion
+
You were the best I ever had
+
If you can't be what I want
+
And the things you say aren't true
+
All I need is the great expectation of you
+
Expectation of you
+
The tracks of my tears go back for years
+
When I was young
+
I've always had the fears one would leave
+
So I held on so long (so long, so long)
+
But to each their own, you come and go a lot
+
It's black and white
+
But I go back and change the plot
+
Just to have you in the way I want
+
So I sing just to know I'm alive (I sing so I)
+
And I cried all the tears I could cry (can't cry for you)
+
If happiness is just an illusion
+
You were the best I ever had
+
If you can't be what I want (be what I want)
+
And the things you say aren't true (not true, not true)
+
All I need is the great expectation of you, oh
+
Cry my tears and let 'em dry (mm, expectation of you)
+
Cry my tears and testify
+
You exist inside my mind
+
You, so
+
So I sing just to know I'm alive
+
And I cried all the tears I could cry
+
If happiness is just an illusion
+
You were the best I ever had (best I had)
+
If you can't be what I want (be what I want)
+
And the things you say aren't true (not true, not true)
+
All I need is the great expectation of you
+
All I need is
+
All I need is you
+
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Writer: Sienna Spiro
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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"Great Expectation" is a song by British singer Sienna Spiro, released on 3 July 2026 as the fourth single from her debut album, Visitor which was released on the same day. She wrote it with the song's producer Omer Fedi and Michael Pollack.

Sienna Spiro stated that the song was inspired by a time when she was living in New York and waiting for someone who kept saying they would visit her but never did. Every morning, she would expect him to be waiting outside her apartment and, when he did not come, walk down the street imagining what the interaction could have been. In the song, Spiro vividly describes the imagined encounter over tumbling piano, bright percussion and background harmonies, admitting she prefers the idealized version of the man in her daydream to the real person.

Reviewing Visitor for Rolling Stone, Larisha Paul described "Great Expectation" as a standout, considering it the album's best example of Spiro delivering an emotionally intense vocal performance and driving a song with feelings of anger, sadness, and cynicism.

Sienna Spiro performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on July 14, 2026.
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Performed by: SIENNA SPIRO
From Album: Visitor
Genre(s): Pop
Language: English
Length: 2:54
Written by: Sienna Spiro
Produced by: Omer Fedi
Released: July 3rd, 2026
Year: 2026
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