Things don’t always turn out the way you hoped.
Meaning
The Disappointment appears when reality does not match what you expected.
It is the moment you realize that something, someone, or a situation turned out differently than you hoped.
Disappointment is not defined by how you react.
It simply marks the space between expectation and reality.
This card invites you to notice that difference before deciding what it means.
Reflection
If you have drawn The Disappointment, something may not have unfolded the way you expected.
What were you hoping would happen?
What actually happened?
Were you disappointed by the person…
the situation…
or by the difference between expectation and reality?
Sometimes disappointment is not only about what happened.
Sometimes it begins with the picture we carried before reality had a chance to speak.
Before deciding what this experience means, take a moment to notice the expectations you brought with you.
Created within the World of Gloria by Gloria & The Machine, at TarotMelodies.com.
[Verse 1]
The Disappointment is
when hope meets reality
The picture
in my mind
Wasn’t what
I came to see
[Chorus]
That’s not
what I expected
No…
not at all
I didn’t
see that coming….
not at all
[Verse 2]
I thought I knew
How this would go
Then life showed me
What I didn’t know
Some things happen
Some things don’t
Some things will
Some things won’t
[Bridge]
Really…
I didn’t see
that coming.
[Final Chorus]
That’s not
what I expected
No…
not at all
I didn’t
see that coming
…..
not at all
Archive – earlier versions
[Intro]
Something cracked
where hope once lived.
A truth revealed
I didn’t give.
[Verse 1]
It didn’t land
the way I dreamed —
the shine I pictured
wasn’t what it seemed.
Expectation broke apart
right beneath my hands,
and I’m left holding
what actually stands.
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t judge the feeling —
I just let it rise.
Disappointment shows me
where the real path lies.
[Chorus]
When expectation breaks,
the truth is what remains.
I feel the weight of losing
what I thought would take my name.
But in the shattered moment,
I see what’s real enough to stay.
When expectation breaks,
the false parts fall away.
[Verse 2]
I meet the gap
between want and was —
not failure,
just a turning cause.
A step that led me
somewhere else,
a deeper look
inside myself.
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel the sting of longing,
but clarity arrives —
showing what I wanted
was never truly mine.
[Chorus]
When expectation breaks,
the truth is what remains.
I feel the weight of losing
what I thought would take my name.
But in the shattered moment,
I see what’s real enough to stay.
When expectation breaks,
the false parts fall away.
[Bridge]
It’s not an end —
it’s a shift.
A quiet hand
that lifts.
The dream that failed
was wrong for me.
The path beneath
is finally free.
[Outro]
I breathe the lesson
the moment makes:
I grow again
when expectation breaks.
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