Saat masa perilisannya, lagu ini berhasil menempati posisi pertama pada tangga lagu US Billboard Adult Alternative Songs.
Melalui wawancara bersama Rick Dees pada 2003, John Mayer mengatakan bahwa “Clarity” bercerita tentang cara menghadapi kekhawatiran dalam hidup.
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu “Clarity” dari John Mayer.
[Intro]
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (x2)
[Verse 1]
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
I worry I weigh three times my body
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
I worry I through my fear around
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
But this morning there's a calm I can't explain
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
The rock candy's melted, only diamonds now remain
[Interlude] x2
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Ooooh, Ooooh,
[Verse 2]
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
By the time I recognize this moment
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
This moment will be gone
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
But I will bend the light pretending
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
That it somehow lingered on well all I got's...
[Interlude] x2
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Ooooh, Ooooh,
[Chorus]
G F#m7 Bm7
And I will wait to find
G F#m7 Bm7
If this will last forever
G F#m7 Bm7
And I will wait to find
G F#m7 Bm7
If this will last forever
G F#m7 Bm7
And I will pay no mind
G F#m7 Bm7
When it won't and it won't because
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Can't It just can't It's not supposed to
[Verse 3]
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Was there a second of time I looked around?
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Did I sail through or drop my anchor down?
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Was anything enough to kiss the ground
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
And say I'm here now and she is here now
[Interlude 2] x4
Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Ooooh, Ooooh,
[Break]
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
So much wasted in the afternoon
Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
So much sacred in the month of June
Dbmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7
How bout you Uh
[Chorus 2]
G F#m7 Bm7
And I will wait to find
G F#m7 Bm7
If this will last forever, yeah
G F#m7 Bm7
And I will wait to find
G F#m7 Bm7
That it won't, and it won't, and it won't
G F#m7 Bm7
And I will pay no mind
G F#m7 Bm7
Worried 'bout no rainy weather, yeah
G F#m7 Bm7
And I will waste no time
G F#m7 Bm7
Remaining in our lives together
[Outro]
G F#m7 Bm7
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