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Gravity will always do its best to keep us firmly in our place; its function is to stop reaching out beyond our sphere and arguably play with our hopes, our aspirations, gravity keeps us grounded; however gravity can also be fooled, it can be given dignity by those who find a way to harness its energy and who can teach it to sing with bright sedateness and not insignificant magnitude.
To combine poetry and music is a realm many dream of, yes the lyrical genius of many a song-writer is steeped in the stuff of Zeus’ sentiment to humanity, the gentle coaxing of the heart stopping shock and adoration laid down by Jove in the guise of the Balladeer to their latest muse. However, it takes great wit and fortitude to delve between the two states of deliberation, the twin flirtations with an audience and not be seen as anything than heroic whilst upon the stage.