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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Gravity | | Name = Gravity Will Bring You Down | ||
| Type = Demo | | Type = Demo | ||
| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
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| Album type = demo | | Album type = demo | ||
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| This track = "Gravity" | | This track = "Gravity Will Bring You Down" | ||
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{{Extra track listing | {{Extra track listing | ||
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"'''Gravity'''" (also known as "'''Gravity | "'''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== | ==Background== | ||
"Gravity" 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]]''. | "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 | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
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===Gravity Will Bring You Down (ver. 4)=== | |||
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<poem> | <poem> | ||
Chained up in your dungeon | Chained up in your dungeon | ||
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So cut your coupons while you can | So cut your coupons while you can | ||
Gravity's gon' bring you down | Gravity's gon' bring you down | ||
</poem> | </poem></div></div> | ||
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=== | ===Gravity Will Bring You Down (unreleased version lyrics - partial) === | ||
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<poem>Mice munchin' on your tasty bum | <poem>Mice munchin' on your tasty bum | ||
Eatin' what's left of your skeleton | Eatin' what's left of your skeleton | ||
On dirty floors you sit and wait | On dirty floors you sit and wait | ||
A chain and a ball decide your fate</poem> | A chain and a ball decide your fate</poem></div></div> | ||
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===Ecce Homo | ===Gravity Will Bring You Down (Ecce Homo document)=== | ||
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<poem>Chained up in your dungeon | <poem>Chained up in your dungeon | ||
Mice munching on your tasty bum | Mice munching on your tasty bum | ||
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There must have been some Einsteins | There must have been some Einsteins | ||
Designing that first aeroplane | Designing that first aeroplane | ||
They kicked some ass in the Ivy | They kicked some ass in the Ivy League | ||
Acing LSATs and the GREs | Acing LSATs and the GREs | ||
But the Hindenburg crashed on the ground | But the Hindenburg crashed on the ground | ||
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Learn not to hurt at all | Learn not to hurt at all | ||
Learn not to try | Learn not to try | ||
Learn not to | Learn not to weep | ||
weep | |||
When you eventually fall | When you eventually fall | ||
</poem> | </poem></div></div> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||