"Satellite Call" as written by and Sara Bareilles....
This one's for the lonely child
Broken hearted
Running wild
This was written for the one to blame
For the one who believes they are the cause of chaos in everything
You may find yourself in the dead of night
Lost somewhere out there in the great big beautiful sky
We're all just perfect little satellites
Spinning round and round this broken earthly life
This is so you know the sound
Of someone who loves you from the ground
Tonight you're not alone at all
This is me sending out my satellite call
This is so you'll know the sound
Of someone who loves you
From the ground
Tonight you're not alone at all
This is me sending out my
Satellite call
Broken hearted
Running wild
This was written for the one to blame
For the one who believes they are the cause of chaos in everything
You may find yourself in the dead of night
Lost somewhere out there in the great big beautiful sky
We're all just perfect little satellites
Spinning round and round this broken earthly life
This is so you know the sound
Of someone who loves you from the ground
Tonight you're not alone at all
This is me sending out my satellite call
This is so you'll know the sound
Of someone who loves you
From the ground
Tonight you're not alone at all
This is me sending out my
Satellite call
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"Satellite Call" as written by Sara Bareilles
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The effects and the otherworldly tone stretch open the bounds one has of the song, forcing recall of the vast reaches of space. Inside that mindset, one pictures “perfect little satellites” gathered round a misshapen globe called Earth. Inside that mindset, there runs a crooning “satellite call.” What else?
Here’s where it gets interesting. It has struck me in the past that sometimes, Sara’s songs seem directed at herself, like the songs are reenactments of thoughts that pass through her mind. Besides a message sent out to fans who would like to hear that she loves them, what else can it mean that she wants “you [to] know the sound / Of someone who loves you from the ground?” I propose that she is attempting a metaphysical reshaping of the space between singer and song, where a song possesses a life of its own as a ‘someone.’ The song is the act of her calling out; it is her love. She is interacting with the entity that is her own love, giving herself comfort “in the dead of night.” The idea of creating life through thought is, through the motions made inside space, brought closer to reality, be it surreal or ethereal.