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| Recorded = 2011 | | Recorded = 2011 | ||
| Released = 2020 | |||
| Writer = Rivers Cuomo | | Writer = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Producer = | | Producer = | ||
| Status = Unreleased | | Status = Unreleased | ||
| Album = | | Album = Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years | ||
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"'''Gravity Will Bring You Down'''" is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]], demoed in contention for what would eventually become ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. | |||
==Background== | ==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 IV: The EWBAITE Years]]''. | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
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Some laws you never break | Some laws you never break | ||
Not every man is a | Not every man is a Superman | ||
Not every girl is a | Not every girl is a Supergirl | ||
So cut your coupons while you | So cut your coupons while you can | ||
Gravity's gon' bring you down | |||
Must've been some Einsteins | Must've been some Einsteins | ||
Designing the first aeroplanes | Designing the first aeroplanes | ||
They kicked some ass in the Ivy League | They kicked some ass in the Ivy League | ||
Acing | Acing LSATs and their GREs | ||
But the Hindenburg crashed on the ground | But the Hindenburg crashed on the ground | ||
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Watching their daddies burn | Watching their daddies burn | ||
Not every man is a | Not every man is a Superman | ||
Not every girl is a | Not every girl is a Supergirl | ||
So cut your coupons while you | So cut your coupons while you can | ||
Gravity's gon' bring you down | |||
Learn not to care | Learn not to care | ||
Learn not to | Learn not to strive | ||
Learn not to hurt at all | Learn not to hurt at all | ||
Learn not to try | Learn not to try | ||
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When you eventually fall | When you eventually fall | ||
Not every man is a | Not every man is a Superman | ||
Not every girl is a | Not every girl is a Supergirl | ||
So cut your coupons while you | So cut your coupons while you can | ||
Gravity's gon' bring you down | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]]'' | |||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
*[[Ecce Homo]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
*''[[Ecce Homo]]'' | |||
[[Category: Weezer songs]] | [[Category: Weezer songs]] | ||
[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
[[Category:Songs on Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]] | |||