Gravity

I was introduced a few months ago to Sara Bareilles song “Gravity” by a good friend of mine, and fell in love. Granted, this song was featured on Bareilles’ album “Little Voice” in 2007, a whole three years ago, but the lyrics to this song is timeless. What made me really fall in love with this song were the lines:

“You loved me ’cause I’m fragile, but I thought that I was strong. But you touch me for a little while, and all my fragile strength is gone.”

In my interpretation, this is a smartly written song. And that is the real reason for this blog today; the concept of this song “Gravity.” The essential definition to the word “gravity,” (following the concept of the song and according to thefreedictionary.com) is “the natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body…upon objects at or near its surface, tending to draw them toward the center of the body.” I am an over-analyzer, so not only do I see Bareilles’ idea of being held down by this lover, but also being draw to her lover, a “celestial body” himself.

That’s it y’all. I’m a hopeless romantic and I think this song is tortuously passionate, and share-worthy. LoL. I’ve posted the video (very visually stimulating as well as creative) from youtube.com as well as the lyrics (written by Sara Barielles) below. Hope you fall in love with it as I did. Listen and Enjoyyyyy.

GRAVITY

Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do.
I still feel you here, ’til the moment I’m gone.

You hold me without touch
You keep me without chains
I never wanted anything so much
Than to drown in your love, and not feel your reign

Set me free, leave me be
I don’t want to another moment into your gravity
Here I am, and I stand so tall
Just the way I’m supposed to be
But you’re onto me, and all over me

Oh, you loved me ’cause I’m fragile
But I thought that I was strong
But you touch me for a little while
And all my fragile strength is gone

Set me free, leave me be
I don’t want to another moment into your gravity
Here I am, and I stand so tall
Just the way I’m supposed to be
But you’re onto me, and all over me

I live here on my knees as I try to make you see that you’re everything I think I need here on the ground
But you’re neither friend nor foe, though I can’t seem to let you go
The one thing that I still know is that you’re keeping me down
You’re keeping me down

You’re onto me, onto me and all over
Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.