Set me free, leave me be/
I don’t want to fall another moment into your gravity.

Originally, Sara Bareilles released “Gravity” on her first album. It had the makings of a great song, but the production was off. On her second album she re-recorded “Gravity” and it became the amazing song it was meant to be.

I love songs with a good concept-and “Gravity” is a great concept for a song. The fact that no one had used the idea of gravity to describe another person’s impact on them is surprising.  Bodies attract bodies to create gravity.

Sara explains, regardless of whether I want to escape the laws of gravity, I cannot. Even though there doesn’t appear to be physical chains that bind us together—there is a stronger force—gravity. That is a good way to describe the way you are drawn to certain people; you can’t escape their orbit. It is a perfect metaphor.

Sara

The piano part on Bareilles’ “Gravity” is not complex, but it is right for this song. The added strings for the later verses and chorus are formulaic, but it works. The light instrumentation is perfect because what we really want to hear is her voice. What makes this song great is her voice, combined with the concept and the melody. I always wondered why this song wasn’t a bigger hit. It seems perfect for an easy listening station.

Bareilles’ career is interesting in that she is known and defined by a couple of her pop songs, but the rest of her catalog contains tons of great songs that blow those away.

Gravity Lyrics

Something always brings me back to you,
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do,
I’ll still feel you here ’till 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 fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am, and I stand, so tall,
Just the way I’m supposed to be,
But you’re on to me and all over me.

Oh, you loved me ’cause I’m fragile,
When 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 fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am, and I stand, so tall,
Just the way I’m supposed to be,
But you’re on to 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, yea.
You’re on to me, on to me, and all over.

Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.

Written By: Sara Bareilles