so usually when i post music up on this here bloggidy-blog, it's usually a fun long mix of several songs to get you through your day. today, i'm going to do it up a lil different. upon the advice of a someone whom i regard as a pretty smart person, i am going to focus on just one song.

last week was the season finale of SYTYCD, and I caught a performance that I must have missed previously in the season. It was danced by Kayla and Kupono, and the performance was about addiction. Kayla was fighting against addiction, which was being portrayed by Kupono, although it was never mentioned what the addiction was, and in all honesty, it was irrelevant. The piece was choreographed by Mia Michaels, who I believe is quite possibly the best choreographer on the show, if not in the industry, and the song she chose was "Gravity" by Sara Bareilles. Most people know Sara Bareilles for her hit song "Love Song", and I actually saw her open for Mika a few years ago.

Now I've been watching the show for many years, and there have been some truly wonderful pieces, but I have never been so moved as I was by this performance, and more so by the song. The lyrics and the music are beautiful together, and Sara Bareilles' voice is so raw and tender. I do not know what Sara is singing about in "Gravity", but it seems deeply personal, and you can feel that in the power of her voice.

Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do I'll still feel you here 'til the moment I'm gone.

You hold me without touch.
You keep me without chains.
I never wanted anything so much than to drown
in your love and not feel your rain.

[CHORUS]
Set me free, leave me be. I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.

You loved me 'cause I'm fragile.
When I thought that I was strong.
But you touch me for a little while and all my fragile strength is gone.

[CHORUS]

I live here on my knees as I try to make you see that you're everything
I think I need here on the ground.
But you're neither friend nor foe though I can't seem to let you go.
The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me down

Something about the combination of the lyrics with the beautiful and haunting choreography just touched me really deeply. Have a listen to the song, and watch the performance. It's beautiful, it's bold, and it will move you.

Download the Sara Bareilles - "Gravity" HERE


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