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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = Gravity Will Bring You Down
| Name    = Gravity Will Bring You Down
| Cover    = Rivers Cuomo Alone XI.jpg
| Type    = Demo
| Type    = Demo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Format  =  
| Format  =  
| Length  =  
| Length  =  
| Recorded = 2011
| Recorded = [[2011]]—[[2014]]
| Released = 2020
| Released = [[2020]]
| Writer  = Rivers Cuomo
| Writer  = Rivers Cuomo
| Producer =  
| Producer =  
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| Album = Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
| Album = Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
| Album type      = demo
| Album type      = demo
| Previous track  =
| This track      = "Gravity Will Bring You Down"
| Next track      =
{{Extra track listing
| Album = Ecce Homo
| Type = Demo
| Previous track = "[[The Rules of Life]]"<br>(2)
| This track = "Gravity Will Bring You Down"<br>(3)
| Next track = "[[Sing My Blues Away]]"<br>(4)
}}
}}
"'''Gravity Will Bring You Down'''" (also known as "'''Gravity'''," formerly "'''Supergirl'''" and "'''Gravity's Gon' Bring You Down'''") is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]], demoed in contention for what would eventually become {{PN|Weezer}} ninth album, ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''.
===Appearances===
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020)
*''[[The Best of the Demos]]'' (2020)
==Overview==
"Gravity Will Bring You Down" was, at one point, part of ''[[Ecce Homo]]'', {{PN|Rivers Cuomo}} earlier draft of the album concept that would eventually morph into ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. In an ''[[Ecce Homo]]'' draft document included in the ''Alone XI'' compilation, notes about the song were listed in relation to the album's main character, [[Sebastian]]. "Gravity" is listed as part of the album's first act, with the note: "Talking to himself. Schizochronicity rooted in the death of his father?" The song's lyrics are accompanied by additional descriptive notes:
<pre>(age 20):
a. Talking to himself in his pod.
b. lack of faith in his intellect and talents.
c. Had a famous father who died? Who somehow failed? Came up short?
d. Flight of Icarus.
e. Sebastian’s father, Daedalus</pre>
"Gravity" was described by fans who heard it at fan [[focus groups]] in the years prior to the recording of ''EWBAITE'', but was not heard widely until Cuomo made it available for purchase on [[riverscuomo.com]] as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''. It also appeared, for a time, in the fan-curated compilation ''[[The Best of the Demos]]'', briefly [[riverscuomo.com demos|sold]] on Cuomo's website.
==Known recordings==
{{Known recordings header}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]||poignant piano melody.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||1:19|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Supergirl|Supergirl&nbsp;&nbsp;1.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:27|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Supergirl|Supergirl&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:19|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity Will Bring You Down|Gravity Will Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:06|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity|Gravity 4.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:06|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity's Gon' Bring You Down|Gravity's Gon' Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:07|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity Will Bring You Down|Gravity Will Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:21|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity Will Bring You Down|Gravity Will Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:11|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity Will Bring You Down|Gravity Will Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:12|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity Will Bring You Down|Gravity Will Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:05|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity Will Bring You Down|Gravity Will Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:00|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity Will Bring You Down|Gravity Will Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:00|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|cccccc|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity Will Bring You Down|Gravity Will Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11 1.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:00|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|Duplicate of <samp>Gravity Will Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.mp3</samp>}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity Will Bring You Down|Gravity Will Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:00|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Gravity Will Bring You Down|Gravity Will Bring You Down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||2:55|
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''
*''[[The Best of the Demos]]''|Appears in ''Alone XI'' bundle twice}}
}}
}}
"'''Gravity Will Bring You Down'''" (also known as "'''Gravity'''" and "'''Supergirl'''") is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]], demoed in contention for what would eventually become ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''.
==Background==
"Gravity Will Bring You Down" was included in the demo compilation ''[[Ecce Homo]]''. The song was described by fans who heard it at listening parties prior to the recording of ''EWBAITE'', but was not heard widely until it was released on [[riverscuomo.com]] as part of the compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''.


In the [[Ecce Homo]] document included in the bundle, the following notes were included about the song:
(age 20):
a. Talking to himself in his pod.
b. lack of faith in his intellect and talents.
c. Had a famous father who died? Who somehow failed? Came up short?
d. Flight of Icarus.
e. Sebastian’s father, Daedalus


{{Known recordings footer}}
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Gravity Will Bring You Down (ver. 13)===
===Gravity Will Bring You Down (ver. 4)===
<poem>Chained up in your dungeon
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
Mice munchin' on your tasty bum
<poem>
You're turnin' into a skeleton
Chained up in your dungeon
The conquistadors have clearly won
The conquistadors have clearly won
You're turnin' into a skeleton
I bet you wish you'd never fucked
Mice munchin' on your tasty bum
With the Spanish Inquisition
 
I bet you wish you never fucked
with the Spanish Inquisition
Some battles you can never win
Some battles you can never win
Some laws you never break
Some laws you'll never break


Not every man is a Superman
Not every man is a Superman
Not every girl is a Supergirl
Not every girl is a Supergirl
So cut your coupons while you can
So cut your coupons while you can
Gravity's gon' bring you down
Gravity will bring you down
 
Must've been some Einsteins
Designing the first aeroplanes
They kicked some ass in the Ivy League
Acing LSATs and their GREs


There must've been some Einstein
Designing that first aeroplane
He kicked some ass in the Ivy League
Acing LSATs and the GREs
But the Hindenburg crashed on the ground
But the Hindenburg crashed on the ground
Blew up like an atom bomb
Blew up like an atom bomb
The children cried as they looked on
The children cried as they looked on
Watching their daddies burn
Watching their daddy burn


Not every man is a Superman
Not every man is a Superman
Not every girl is a Supergirl
Not every girl is a Supergirl
So cut your coupons while you can
So cut your coupons while you can
Gravity's gon' bring you down
Gravity will bring you down


Learn not to care
Learn not to care
Learn not to strive
Learn not to starve
Learn not to hurt at all
Learn not to hurt at all
Learn not to reap
Learn not to try
Learn not to try
Learn not to cry
When you eventually fall
When you eventually fall


Not every man is a Superman
Not every man is a Superman
Not every girl is a Supergirl
Not every girl is a Supergirl
So cut your coupons while you can
Gravity's gon' bring you down
</poem></div></div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Gravity Will Bring You Down (unreleased version lyrics - partial) ===
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<poem>Mice munchin' on your tasty bum
Eatin' what's left of your skeleton
On dirty floors you sit and wait
A chain and a ball decide your fate</poem></div></div>
<div class="mw-collapsible">
===Gravity Will Bring You Down (Ecce Homo document)===
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<poem>Chained up in your dungeon
Mice munching on your tasty bum
You’re turning into a skeleton
The Conquistadors have clearly won
And now you wish you never fucked
With the Spanish Inquisition
Some battles you will never win
Some laws you just can’t break
Not every man is a superman
Not every girl is a supergirl
So cut your coupons while you can
So cut your coupons while you can
Gravity will bring you down
Gravity will bring you down
 
</poem>
There must have been some Einsteins
Designing that first aeroplane
They kicked some ass in the Ivy League
Acing LSATs and the GREs
But the Hindenburg crashed on the ground
Blew up like an atom bomb
The children cried as they looked on
Watching their daddies burn
 
Learn not to care
Learn not to strive
Learn not to hurt at all
Learn not to try
Learn not to weep
When you eventually fall
</poem></div></div>
 
==See also==
==See also==
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''