Why ~はずじゃない？
Recently, I listened to a song called “一輪の花”. In the song, at around 50 seconds in, I think they say the phrase, “のぞんだはずじゃない” and I was wondering why it’s はずじゃない．I just learned the grammar for はず and I thought that the negative goes on the verb. Would someone mind explaining this(unless I heard wrong, which is quite possible :P)?
Here is a link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQrLZp-BKVw

Question

Why ~はずじゃない？
Recently, I listened to a song called “一輪の花”. In the song, at around 50 seconds in, I think they say the phrase, “のぞんだはずじゃない” and I was wondering why it’s はずじゃない．I just learned the grammar for はず and I thought that the negative goes on the verb. Would someone mind explaining this(unless I heard wrong, which is quite possible :P)?
Here is a link  to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQrLZp-BKVw

Answer

The song says:
望んだはずじゃなかった場所に 
and it means like 望まなかった場所に / 望んでいなかった場所に
(= in the place where (she/you/someone) didn't want to be/do...)

I hope this was helpful.

Answer

It says "望んだはずじゃなかった場所に"

→"望んだはずではなかった場所に"
　＝"望んだはずではなかった場所に
　＝"望んでいたはずではなかった場所に
　＝"希望していなかった場所に
　＝"思っていなかった場所に

※”~じゃなかった（~じゃない）” is colloquial expression of "~ではなかった（~ではなかった）"

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