Led by singer-songwriter Scott Terry, Red Wanting Blue is proudly based in … Read Full Bio ↴Led by singer-songwriter Scott Terry, Red Wanting Blue is proudly based in Columbus, Ohio, but might as well be America’s local band. For years, the group had been hiding in plain sight as Terry went about logging thousands of miles on the road throughout the nation’s heartland, making fans the hard way – one at a time. With only the aid of word of mouth, hard work and perseverance, Red Wanting Blue has established an exceedingly loyal following in and around the Midwest where the band regularly fills clubs normally reserved for bigger names.

Terry’s passionate and poetic songs, anchored by his powerful baritone, are the kind of tunes that could only have been written by a man who has lived this kind of life on the road. It’s these songs and Terry’s moving delivery of them that knocks ‘em dead, but leaves ‘em talking. Most importantly, it keeps ‘em coming back for more. Traveling with Terry are band mates Mark McCullough (Bass Guitar, Vocals), Greg Rahm (Keys, Guitars, Organ, Vocals), Eric Hall Jr. (Guitars, Lap Steel, Mandolin, Banjo, Vocals) and Dean Anshutz (Drums, Percussion, Glockenspiel), who together build the unshakable rock powerhouse that has helped bring Red Wanting Blue to nationwide attention after all of this time.

Red Wanting Blue’s latest studio recording From The Vanishing Point is a coming-of-age album for the band and its first to be recorded for a label after several self-released records. Picking up where its autobiographical previous release These Magnificent Miles left off, From The Vanishing Point is the answer to those whose heads have been turning to ask, “Who is this band?” The album sheds some of Red Wanting Blue’s small-town sensibilities as it evolves into the world-class rock n’ roll outfit that audiences have believed in for years and marks an official move to the national stage for a band that will always remember where it's from.

“…solid, powerhouse musicianship…” – Relix

“…enduringly bright, promising and wonderful.” – Blurt

“...delivered with such conviction that you don’t doubt it for a second.” – Performing Songwriter

“...sums up everything anyone is trying to say in pop music today...” – The Aquarian

Gravity
Red Wanting Blue Lyrics

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Explore your unknown
Into the dark we roll
Float upon your landscape
A million miles from home

Rocket ready to crash and burn for you
Rocket ready to crash and burn for you

I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman for you

You eclipse me with your face
I give up the ground to match your grace
And I would vandalize outer space
Remake constellations to spell our names
Like when we used to carve our names in the bark
Or write upon the windshield fog in the car
Sign autographs with sparklers in the dark
We'll make graffiti out of stars

Rocket ready to crash and burn for you
Rocket ready to crash and burn for you

I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman for you

If it wasn't for gravity, we'd be gone
If it wasn't for gravity, we'd be gone
If it wasn't for gravity, we'd be gone for good

I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman for you
Oh, I would be a spaceman

I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman for you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Red Wanting Blue's song "Gravity" are a tribute to love and the lengths we're willing to go and the person we're willing to become for the one we love. The opening line, "Explore your unknown," speaks to the desire to delve deeper into the person we love and to discover every facet of them, even the parts they keep hidden in the dark. The next line, "Into the dark we roll," suggests a willingness to embark on this journey with them, no matter how difficult or uncertain.

The second stanza expands on this theme, with the lines "I give up the ground to match your grace / And I would vandalize outer space / Remake constellations to spell our names." This delves into the idea of sacrifice for love and the lengths we'll go to express it. Giving up the ground to match someone else's grace speaks to the desire to elevate oneself to be on par with the person we love. The next line, "And I would vandalize outer space / Remake constellations to spell our names," expresses the willingness to break the boundaries of the world we know and create an entirely new world with the person we love.

The chorus, "If it wasn't for gravity, we'd be gone for good / I would be a spaceman for you," reinforces this desire to escape the constraints of the world and be free to explore the universe with the one we love. The repeated lines "I would be a spaceman for you" emphasize the lengths one is willing to go to for the person they love.

GravityRed Wanting Blue Lyrics

Gravity
Red Wanting Blue Lyrics