With some presentations they managed to do very well in iTunes USA: Best Song Ever (One Direction), Say My Name (Destiny's Child) and Little Talks (Of Monsters and Men) made it to the Top 30 in iTunes USA and the presentations of Say Something (A Great Big World) and Gravity (Sara Bareilles) guaranteed the couple the coveted #1 on iTunes USA.
Shortly after winning the X Factor, Alex & Sierra signed to Columbia Records and in January 2014 started writing songs for their first album. In May, the couple's first single "Scarecrow" came out.
In October 2014 they released the first album "It's About Us", which has the success "Little Do You Know". In August 2016 they released the EP "As Seen on TV", with 8 tracks, containing covers of songs they sang on The X Factor, and some new ones.
In 2017 the couple announced that they had ended the relationship more than a year ago and would not continue making music together, starting their solo career.
Gravity
Alex & Sierra Lyrics
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It never takes too long
No matter what I say or do I'll still feel you here
'Till the moment I'm gone
You hold me without touch
You keep me without chains
I never wanted anything so much
Set me free, leave me be
I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity
Here I am and I stand so tall
Just the way I'm supposed to be
But you're on to me and all over me
I live here on my knees as I try to make you see
That you're everything I think I need here on the ground
But you're neither friend nor foe though
I can't seem to let you go
The one thing that I still know is
That you're keeping me down
Set me free, leave me be
I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity
Here I am as I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be
But you're on to me and all over me
Something always brings me back to you
It never takes too long
The lyrics of Alex & Sierra's song Gravity speak of a love that is difficult to escape from. The opening lines, "Something always brings me back to you / It never takes too long," suggest that no matter how hard the singer tries to move on, they are always drawn back to their love interest. The next few lines paradoxically describe the hold that the person has over the singer- they "hold me without touch" and "keep me without chains." It's a love that's both compelling and suffocating.
The chorus stands in contrast to the rest of the song, with the singer pleading to be released from the pull of their love interest's gravity. They don't want to fall into their orbit again and be dragged down. The lines "Here I am and I stand so tall / Just the way I'm supposed to be / But you're on to me and all over me" express the singer's desire to break free and be their own person, but they still feel the influence of the person's gravity. The final lines bring the song full circle, with the singer acknowledging that something always brings them back to their love interest, even when they try their hardest to move on.
Overall, Gravity paints a picture of a love that's both irresistible and impossible to escape. It's a tug of war between the desire to be free and the irresistible pull of a powerful attraction.
Line by Line Meaning
Something always brings me back to you
No matter what I do, I can't escape my feelings for you.
It never takes too long
I can't stay away from you for very long.
No matter what I say or do I'll still feel you here
Even when I try to convince myself otherwise, I still feel your presence with me.
'Till the moment I'm gone
My feelings for you will remain until the end of time.
You hold me without touch
Your love has a hold on me without physical contact.
You keep me without chains
I am bound to you by my own emotions, not by any physical force.
I never wanted anything so much
My desire for you is beyond anything I've ever felt before.
Than to drown in your love and not feel your rain
I want to be completely immersed in your love without experiencing any negative effects from it.
Set me free, leave me be
I am asking you to let me go and stop holding on to me.
I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity
I don't want to be pulled back into our relationship and feel trapped again.
Here I am and I stand so tall
I am strong and confident in who I am without you.
Just the way I'm supposed to be
I am living my life as I should, without your influence.
But you're on to me and all over me
You are still present in my life and I can't seem to shake you off completely.
I live here on my knees as I try to make you see
I am begging you to understand my need for freedom from our relationship.
That you're everything I think I need here on the ground
I used to believe that I needed you to be happy and complete, but now I know that's not true.
But you're neither friend nor foe though
You are not someone I can fully trust or someone I can completely hate either.
I can't seem to let you go
As much as I try, I can't seem to move on and forget about you.
The one thing that I still know is
Despite everything that has happened, I still have feelings for you.
That you're keeping me down
You are preventing me from moving forward and living my life without you.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Sara Bareilles
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James Adam
2023, and I still think this is the best performance ever. 🎉🎉🎉
Maguelonne Fh
i must say i agree 100% 🎉
Big Ant
Yes its top 5
Cynthia Mahoney
Absolutely!
It's painful to think that fame may have done them in...
jubert
i must say, this is the best cover of gravity i've heard.
DROITAuBut
agreed
Jacaranda
Every now and then I come here to listen to them. Absolutely love them!
nyperi13
me too!
Desree Knight
❤❤ At 0:55 Sierra’s voice is beautiful and angelic this song is perfect for her voice PERFECTION!!!! ❤❤
George Wallace
I heard the song “Say something “ recently, and remembered this couple performing it, so searched the tube and brought me back this song.
Thank you! The chemistry of this performance man, was taken for granted at the time, but well appreciated now 🙏