LYRICS
The levity of gravity
Is weighing on me
Holding me down
Specifically, Miss gravity
Is attracted to me
Holding me down
At what cost to be free?
A force to be reckoned with
But, without…?
Hurled out of this world
Smeared into the atmosphere
I fear
Utter widespread… destruction
Introduction
To the space race
The levity of gravity
Is weighing on me
Holding me down
Specifically, Miss gravity
Is attracted to me
Holding me down
At what cost to be free?
Oh, the gravity of gravity
I’m attracted to you, too
Impacted with you
In all we do
Hold true
- The-Levity-of-Gravity-Part-I.mp3 (unplugged to save energy)
- The-Levity-of-Gravity-Part-II.mp3
- The-Levity-of-Gravity-Part-II-Instrumental.mp3
- The-Levity-of-Gravity-LH-Casio-WK-3500.MID (Left Hand / also controlled Korg PS60)
- The-Levity-of-Gravity-RH-Yamaha-PSR-740.MID (Right Hand / also controlled microKorg and miniNOVA vocorder)
Chords: FM7 C / C E Am / Am FM7 / D Am E Am / C D Am; Part II @ 81 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals (TC-Helicon VOICELIVE and MiniNova Vocorder), Ibanez Acoustic Guitar (AW54CE), Ibanez Electric RG-270 (Boss Digital Delay), Fender Jazz Bass (Boss Digital Delay), Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-3500, Yamaha PSR-740, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
ABOUT THE SONG
How is gravity holding me down?
Gravity is a fundamental force in nature that attracts objects with mass toward each other. It’s responsible for holding you and everything else on Earth down. The force of gravity is determined by the masses of the objects involved and the distance between them. In the case of Earth and you, the Earth’s mass is much larger than yours, so you are attracted towards the center of the Earth.
Sir Isaac Newton described gravity in his law of universal gravitation, which states that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers. Mathematically, this is expressed as:
F=G⋅m1⋅m2r2
where:
- F is the gravitational force between the two objects,
- G is the gravitational constant,
- m1 and m2 are the masses of the two objects,
- r is the distance between the centers of the two masses.
In the case of Earth and an object near its surface, like yourself, the formula simplifies to:
F=G⋅M⋅mr2
where:
- M is the mass of the Earth,
- m is your mass,
- r is the distance from the center of the Earth to your center.
This force pulls you towards the center of the Earth, creating the sensation of weight and keeping you “down” on the surface.
PART II
What would happen to me if gravity wasn’t holding me down?
If gravity were not holding you down, you would experience a state of free fall. In the absence of gravity, you would float or drift in the direction determined by any other forces acting on you.
If you were in outer space, far away from any massive objects like planets or stars, and there were no other forces acting on you, you would continue in your current state of motion (according to Newton’s first law of motion) unless acted upon by an external force. Essentially, you would be weightless and experience a sensation of floating.
However, if you were on Earth and gravity suddenly disappeared, the immediate consequences would be catastrophic. The atmosphere and everything not physically anchored to the Earth would also be affected. Objects, including people, would be thrown into the atmosphere at high speeds, leading to widespread destruction. The lack of gravity would have severe and likely lethal consequences for life on Earth.