GRAVITY

"Gravity"

Gravity is working against me
And gravity wants to bring me down

Oh I'll never know what makes this man
With all the love that his heart can stand
Dream of ways to throw it all away

Oh Gravity is working against me
And gravity wants to bring me down

Oh twice as much ain't twice as good
And can't sustain like a one half could
It's wanting more
That's gonna send me to my knees
[repeat]

Oh gravity, stay the hell away from me
And gravity has taken better men than me (now how can that be?)

Just keep me where the light is
Just keep me where the light is
Just keep me where the light is
C'mon keep me where the light is
C'mon keep me where the light is
Oh... where the light is! [repeat]

John Mayer is a seemingly popular song write and musician who often sings about love and life and all the troubles that come with the two. Particularly in his song "Gravity" Mayer explains the connection between feeling in love and being settled. He is commenting on how love exists because people strive for more, in the line stating "Its wanting more that's gonna bring me to my knees" he is explaining how wanting more from the relationship will ultimately make him want to settle either begging on his knees, or literally settling with a woman by getting down on one knee to ask for her hand in marriage. Mayer personifies gravity by telling it to "stay the hell away from me" meaning don't pull him down by force, let the love settle by itself, maybe even saying how to truly love someone you must fight nature. In the last lines Mayer repetitively says "keep me in the light" meaning that he doesn't want this love he has to fall into the shadows, he wants to keep it alive long enough until he's ready to finally settle with it. He could also be referring to light as the physical sun which is the ultimate energy source to life on earth. Mayer speaks a lot about different elements of nature in this song and how some can help while some can hurt. Ultimately Mayer is trying to explain how love dies when it is forced to settle (maybe with marriage) and does not want that for himself so he will chose to fight nature to keep his love alive.