Flying

The song "Antigravity" by Starset in their album Transmission evokes a powerful message of how people can break from their earthly attachments and, consequently, find happiness and freedom. The title itself- Antigravity- conveys a feeling of flight and lightness. This idea of floating can connect to the song of how some may feel stressed and pressured by the work that they have to face on a daily basis, however, once they’re free from it, they can be happy and less stressed.

The following lyrics describe the weight and pressure of the world around us:

The more I fight, the more I work
The more I dig into the dirt
To be fed up, to be let down
To somehow turn it all around

The diction of this section conveys a heavy and, possibly, dark feeling. It makes the listener want change to happen. The metaphor of the dirt makes us feel constrained by the work of the earth.

This next set of lyrics describes the feeling liberation:

And far below, the carnivores,
Are looking up to where I soar
Above the clouds, above the storm
Above the earth I am transformed
The energy has set me free
And pulled me through the galaxy
I've risen up beyond the sky
I am awake, I am alive

This section accentuates freedom and living fully. It makes us feel liberated and broken from all of our baggage. The “carnivores” refer to all the bad forces in our life that pulls us down.

This final set assures us of our future, knowing that once we reach “antigravity” we will not want to part from it:

I won’t come down
If you wanna break free
You know where to find me

This last section is assertive. The “I won’t come down” tells us that the antigravity is such a euphoric feeling that we don’t want to replace it with anything. The last two lines are helpful and considerate: for those of us who aren’t in that good place yet, the people who are will gladly lend a hand.

Overall, "Antigravity" uses diction and syntax to change from a heavy feeling to a light and free one. The song lets us know that after you work hard, you will eventually find relief and the weight will be lifted off of your shoulders if you let it.