{"id":53561,"date":"2026-05-23T13:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53561"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:18:30","slug":"gravity-the-exception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/23\/gravity-the-exception\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravity (The Exception)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Deep Orchestral Drone, Slow Pulsing Bass, Echoed Piano Notes, Expansive Atmospheric Synths]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nFalling inward<br \/>\nWorlds align<br \/>\nCurving space<br \/>\nAcross all time<\/p>\n<p>No resistance<br \/>\nNo divide<br \/>\nSilent motion<br \/>\nTides collide<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nPlanets turning through the dark<br \/>\nDrawn together from the start<br \/>\nNo reverse and no repel<br \/>\nOnly wells inside the swell<\/p>\n<p>Mountains bend beneath the strain<br \/>\nStars collapse and rise again<br \/>\nMass responds to mass alone<br \/>\nThrough the fabric softly sewn<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nNothing asks<br \/>\nNothing waits<br \/>\nMotion bends<br \/>\nTo hidden weight<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nGravity<br \/>\n(The exception)<br \/>\nOh so heavy<br \/>\n(On reflection)<\/p>\n<p>Universal pull<br \/>\n(No rejection)<br \/>\nCurving space<br \/>\n(In all directions)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nGravity<br \/>\n(The exception)<\/p>\n<p>Heavy<br \/>\n(On reflection)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Low Brass Swells, Reverbed Guitar, Slow Cinematic Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nGalaxies in spiral drift<br \/>\nMoons and oceans slowly shift<br \/>\nLight itself begins to bend<br \/>\nToward the depth that has no end<\/p>\n<p>No opposite to balance scale<br \/>\nOnly mass within the veil<br \/>\nFrom black holes to grains of sand<br \/>\nAll are linked by an unseen hand<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nTime slows down where matter grows<br \/>\nDeep inside the pressure flow<br \/>\nDistance folds and pathways curve<br \/>\nFollowing the cosmic nerve<\/p>\n<p>Without gravity\u2019s embrace<br \/>\nNothing forms in empty space<br \/>\nNo suns ignite, no worlds remain<br \/>\nNo life emerges from the chain<\/p>\n<p>[Build Section: Choir Pads Rising, Percussion Intensifies, Bass Expands]<\/p>\n<p>Falling through<br \/>\n(Curved spacetime)<br \/>\nOrbit lines<br \/>\n(Intertwine)<\/p>\n<p>Silent force<br \/>\n(Holds the frame)<br \/>\nPulling all<br \/>\n(Without a name)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nGravity<br \/>\n(The exception)<br \/>\nReality<br \/>\n(On reflection)<\/p>\n<p>Universal pull<br \/>\n(Endless connection)<br \/>\nBinding stars<br \/>\n(Beyond perception)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nGravity<br \/>\n(The exception)<\/p>\n<p>Heavy<br \/>\n(On reflection)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro: Slow Piano Decay, Deep Ambient Drone, Fading Cosmic Noise]<br \/>\nNo opposite<br \/>\nNo divide<br \/>\nOnly motion<br \/>\nSide by side<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Opposite\/\">Opposite<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Deep Orchestral Drone, Slow Pulsing Bass, Echoed Piano Notes, Expansive Atmospheric Synths] [Intro] Falling inward Worlds align Curving space Across all time No resistance No divide Silent motion Tides collide [Verse 1] Planets turning through the dark Drawn together from the start No reverse and no repel Only wells inside the swell Mountains 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