Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be

[5aurastarz]

It's curious to me, how finding the right song, even if the mood is gloomy such as mine is tonight, makes me happy and slightly giddy for having found something that matches my mood. I think most people mistake this composition as a love song but it's more than that, to me anyway. It's less a love song and more a tragic plea that begs mercy and freedom or perhaps an unconvincing stand of independence. It's accurate in its depiction about love, though. Love can make you feel like you are invincible one moment, and like an empty shell the next. I think that's why her use of 'gravity' is so interesting to me. Gravity is what is keeping her on her feet (or her knees, depending on how she's looking at it in whichever particular phrase), and yet she wants to be set free from it. Gravity is what pulls you in when you're adrift in space. Your center. The remarkable part is how being on bent knees is a depiction of humbling realization. In this case, how much of it is being humble to the power of an emotion beyond you versus being dominated by that emotion to the point of being held back? So, I like the flipped meaning. I do appreciate the subtext of it. I like the duality and I think that quality makes the song attractive to me - the complex meanings and the way it looks in one light when you're happy versus another light when you're less so. The vulnerability in the song is what speaks to me the most.
Gravity (Sarah Bareilles)

Something always brings me back to youIt never takes too longNo matter what I say or doI still feel you here 'til the moment I'm gone

You hold me without touchYou keep me without chainsI never wanted anything so muchThan to drown in your love and not feel your rain

Set me free, leave me beI don't wanna fall another moment into your gravityHere I am and I stand so tallI'm just the way I'm supposed to beBut you're on to me and all over me

You loved me 'cause I'm fragileWhen I thought that I was strongBut you touch me for a little whileAnd all my fragile strength is gone

Set me free, leave me beI don't wanna fall another moment into your gravityHere I am and I stand so tallI'm just the way I'm supposed to beBut you're on to me and all over me

I live here on my kneesAs I try to make you seeThat you're everything I think I needHere on the ground

But you're neither friend nor foeThough I can't seem to let you goThe one thing that I still knowIs that you're keeping me downYou're keeping me down

You're on to me, on to me and all overSomething always brings me back to you
It never takes too long