A Beautiful Thing

You've kept me down my whole life through
 But you've kept the earth spherical, too
 Well I could just fly to the moon
 If I could just overrule you
 But since you ain't goin' nowhere
 I'll make the best of your grip on me
 And everything
 'Cause wherever I go you'll be waiting for me
 Gravity won't set you free
 But she forms all the planets and stars that we see
 Gravity's a beautiful thing
 That you cannot escape
 And I'd rather keep it that way
 Well you've got a hold of this delicate globe
 And it's quite a sight to behold
 To watch as it circles around
 Our sun as we're glued to the ground
 Well I've heard that you're slowing down time
 Curving space and then bending the light
 That's trying to keep a straight line
 On its journey to light up the sky
 If it weren't for you there wouldn't be stars
 No light in the darkness that travels so far
 Although we could fly so free
 Inside we would weaken and atrophy