When I went to the planetarium at the Franklin Institute as a boy, the background music that played until the presentation began was The Planets by Gustav Holst. So it brings back fond memories of days spent exploring the museum. One of the more amusing exhibits was an exhibit where you could play tic-tac-toe against a machine. It was based purely on relays and the best part about it was that you could cheat. If you pushed two buttons simultaneously you could get two X's on your first turn and and with that advantage you can win!
This is a fun little song but what really caught me was the many times repeated lyric "I know I'm not the center of the universe, but you keep spinning round me just the same." My first dance teacher would often tell the men/leaders that in many of the moves they should be trying to stay in much the same spot and their partners were the ones who truly moved. "Your partner is a moon orbiting around you." Seeing this repeated in Heavy tickled my fancy. So it's a rare song that I paid for! Songs back in the day had simple overall structures ababa or aabbaa or something, but Heavy is more of a novel with beginning middle and end. Just enough repitition to hold it together.
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