Theme: “Somehow Glued to It by Gravity”

📖 Excerpts Library

Is There a Problem with the Earth’s Gravitational Pull?

Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth’s gravitational pull?

Their Misplaced Faith in Gravity

Here they are hurling through space on a molten rock at 67,000 miles an hour and the only thing that keeps them from flying out of their shoes is their misplaced faith in gravity.

Source: 3rd Rock from the Sun

The Earth Must Be Stationary

First, the Greeks expected that if the Earth moved then we would feel a constant wind blowing against us, and we would be swept off our feet as the ground raced from under us. However, we feel no such constant...

Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh

Somehow Glued to It by Gravity

While almost everyone is taught that the Earth is a sphere with all of us somehow glued to it by gravity, the reality of our circumstance did not really begin to sink in until the famous frame-filling Apollo photograph of...

Source: Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan

🎼 Song Excerpts

Come Down Now, but We’ll Stay

Come down now, but we'll stay

Source: Such Great Heights by The Postal Service

It’s Like I’m Anchored to the Floor

It's like I'm anchored to the floor, and I need more, I need stars to light the colony

Source: Stuck In Gravity by Of Monsters and Men

Forces Pulling from the Center of the Earth Again

I can feel it, coming back again – Like a rolling, thunder chasing the wind – Forces pulling from the center of the earth again – I can feel it

Source: Lightning Crashes by Live

I Gotta Get My Feet Back on the Ground

World turning - I gotta get my feet back on the ground - World turning - Everybody's got me down

Source: World Turning by Fleetwood Mac

Okay, Don’t Worry, We’ll All Float On

Okay, don't worry, we'll all float on, Even if things get heavy, we'll all float on

Source: Float On by Modest Mouse

Feathers Hit the Ground Before the Weight Can Leave the Air

There's a problem, feathers, iron - Bargain buildings, weights and pulleys - Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air

Source: Fall On Me by R.E.M.

But at Least I Don’t See You Float Away

But at least I don't see you float away

Source: Gravity Rides Everything by Modest Mouse

Just an Earth-Bound Misfit, I

Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I

Source: Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd) by Pink Floyd

Your World Just Spins Whilst Mine Stands Still

Your world just spins whilst mine stands still - Nothing's changed in your gravity grave

Source: Gravity Grave by The Verve

Rain Keeps Falling, Down, Down, Down, Down

Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling, down, down, down, down

Source: Don’t You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds

Can’t Feel My Feet Touching the Ground

Can't feel my feet touching the ground

Source: Flood (Jars of Clay) by Jars of Clay

Your Feet Are Going To Be on the Ground

If you are confused, check with the sun - Carry a compass to help you along Your feet are going to be on the ground - Your head is there to move you around

Source: Stand by R.E.M.

The Earth Laughs Beneath My Heavy Feet

The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet, at the blasphemy in my old jangly walk

Source: Thirty-Three by The Smashing Pumpkins

I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet

I feel the earth move under my feet

Source: I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King

Everything Will Fall Right Into Place

As fruit drops, flesh it sags - Everything will fall right into place

Source: Gravity Rides Everything by Modest Mouse

Snap Back to Reality, Oh, There Goes Gravity

Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity

Source: Lose Yourself by Eminem

You’re Falling out of Reach, Defying Gravity

You're falling out of reach - Defying gravity - I know you're out there, somewhere out there

Source: Somewhere Out There by Our Lady Peace

It’s Just the Way That Gravity Works Round Here

Don't be concerned, It's just the way that gravity works - Round here

Source: Always Ascending by Franz Ferdinand

Gravity Is Pulling Me Around

Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around - Shift the swaying river's shift Oceans fall and mountains drift

Source: Feeling Gravity’s Pull by R.E.M.

Did You Feel You Were Tricked

Did you think that your feet had been bound by what gravity brings to the ground? Did you feel you were tricked by the future you picked? Well, come on down.

Source: Down to the Earth by Peter Gabriel

Now My Feet Won’t Touch the Ground

Gravity release me, and don't ever hold me down. Now my feet won’t touch the ground

Source: Life in Technicolor II by Coldplay

🧵 Narrative Threads containing “Somehow Glued to It by Gravity”

Cause It’s the World I Know

We accept the reality of the world with which we’re presented. It’s as simple as that.

Get It Together and Flow

See a pearl form, a diamond in the rough. See a bird soaring high above the flood. It’s in your blood, it’s in your blood.

I Was Just Guessing at Numbers and Figures

Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be so hard. I’m going back to the start.

We Just Want To Dance Here, Someone Stole the Stage

We’re seeing things in a different way and God knows it ain’t his.

Open Your Eyes, Your Life Is a Lie

I’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you that I almost believe that they’re real.