“Clarity” was released as the second single from Mayer’s second studio album, Heavier Things. In concert, Mayer has introduced the song as one “written about the first few seconds after waking up in the morning when you don’t remember all of the problems and worries in your life.”
The song features...
[Verse 1]
I worry
I weigh three times my body
I worry
I throw my fear around
But this morning
There's a calm I can't explain
The rock candy's melted, only diamonds now remain
Ooo-ooo
Ooo-ooo
[Verse 2]
By the time I recognize this moment
This moment will be gone
But I will bend the light pretending that it somehow lingered on
When all I got's
Ooo-ooo, ooo-ooo
Ooo-ooo, ooo-ooo
[Chorus]
And I will wait to find
If this will last forever
And I will wait to find
If this will last forever
And I will pay no mind
When it won't and it won't because it can't
It just can't
It's not supposed to
[Verse 3]
Was there a second of time that I looked around?
Did I sail through or drop my anchor down?
Was anything enough to kiss the ground
And say I'm here now?
And she is here now
Ooo-ooo, ooo-ooo
Ooo-ooo, ooo-ooo
[Bridge]
So much wasted in the afternoon
So much sacred in the month of June
How 'bout you, oh?
[Chorus]
And I will wait to find
If this will last forever, yeah
And I will wait to find
That it won't and it won't
And it won't
And I will pay no mind
Worried 'bout no rainy weather
And I will waste no time
Remaining in our lives together
Clarity was written by John Mayer.
Clarity was produced by Jack Joseph Puig.
John Mayer released Clarity on Mon Apr 12 2004.
It really sums up who I am as a guy, you know? If you really want to know what it would be like to be alone in a room with me after I’m done ‘being on,’ that’s kind of what that song feels like to me. You know, I deal with a lot of worry in my life, a lot of unnecessary worry. I think everybody does...