Stronger Than You (Steven Universe)

**Stronger Than You"** is a song featured in "Jail Break". It was written by Rebecca Sugar and sung by Estelle. Garnet sings it while she fights against Jasper on the Gem Warship after Steven helps her reform.

The song is available to stream on Spotify and the demo is available on Jeff Liu's SoundCloud stream.

## Lyrics

**VERSE 1**

This is Garnet,

Back together,

And I'm never going down in the hands In the likes of you

Because I'm so much better

And ever part of me saying go get her

The 2 of us ain't gonna follow your rules

Come at me without any of your fancy tools

Let's go just me and you,

Let's go just one on 2

**VERSE 2**

Go ahead and try and hit me if your able,

Can't you see that my relationship is stable

I can see you hate the way we intermingle

But I think your just mad cause you're single

And your not gonna stop what we made together

We are here to stay like this forever

If you break of apart we'll just come back newer

And we'll always be twice the gem that you are

**CHORUS**

I am made
O-o-o-o-of
Lo-o-o-o-ove.
O-o-o-o-of
Lo-o-o-o-ove.
Lo-o-o-o-ove.
Lo-o-o-o-ove.

**VERSE 2**
This is who we are.
This is who I am.
And if you think you can stop me,
Then you need to think again.
'Cause I am a feeling,
And I will never end,
And I won't let you hurt my planet,
And I won't let you hurt my friends.

**VERSE 3**
Go ahead and try and hit me if you're able.
Can't you see that my relationship is stable?
I know you think I'm not something you're afraid of,
'Cause you think that you've seen what I'm made of.
But I am even more than the two of them.
Everything they care about is what I am.
I am their fury. I am their patience.
I am a conversation.

**CHORUS**
I am made O-o-o-o-of
Lo-o-o-o-ove.
O-o-o-o-of
And it's stronger than you.
L-o-o-o-ove.
O-o-o-o-of
L-o-o-o-ove.
And it's stronger than you.
Lo-o-o-o-ove.
O-o-o-o-of
Lo-o-o-o-ove.
And it's stronger than you.
O-o-o-o-of
Lo-o-o-o-ove.
Lo-o-o-o-ove.

## Sapphire's Song

**"Sapphire's Song"** is a vocal, lyric-less song sung by Sapphire in the beginning of "Jail Break" while in her cell on the Gem Warship. It follows the same melody from "Stronger Than You"'s chorus.

## Trivia

* The song's romantic theme refers to Sapphire and Ruby's relationship.
* When Garnet says, *"I am their fury, I am their patience"*, she is referring to Ruby and Sapphire respectively with Ruby being the "fury" and Sapphire being the "patience".
* The tune of the chorus is the same melody that Sapphire sang while she was in her prison cell.
	+ Its motif is also heard during "Reconciliation" and "Reunion", another two songs dedicated to Ruby and Sapphire.
	+ The tune was also hummed during "Something Entirely New" in "The Answer", by Ruby and Sapphire. In the same episode, the soundtrack "The Answer" also contains the melody.
	+ An acoustic version was played by Greg in the episode "Reunited" as Ruby came to the altar. In the same episode, a synthesized version of the same theme plays as Garnet approaches Blue Diamond.
	+ The motif can be heard twice in *Steven Universe: The Movie*: during Garnet's verse of "Happily Ever After" and while Garnet is singing in "True Kinda Love".
* Most of the sounds of conflict (landing hits, hitting the ground/wall) are in sync with the song's tempo.
	+ In the area Jasper crashes herself and Garnet into/during the "second part" of the song, the shape in the green orb in the background appears to "dance" to the rhythm, though the movements seem to be at consistent intervals.
* Throughout the song, Garnet's visor changes in dominant color depending on whose (Ruby/Sapphire) behavior she is representing.
* The chord progression of the intro of this song is the same as the Grover Washington Jr. song, "Just the Two of Us".
* Estelle found the meaning of this song to be similar to "Gold" by Spandau Ballet and the theme from *Fame*.
* The way Garnet summons her weapon is reminiscent of a type of warm-up exercise called "Bollywood Style", where the dancer drags their hands from their knees and passes through their hair.
* This song also has similar themes of strength to "Strong in the Real Way".
* In the Danish version, some parts of the song are sung by Ruby and Sapphire together.
* At the Comic-Con 2016, when Estelle sings "Stronger Than You" live, she forgets various lyrics (having not sung the song in over a year) and sings "A-a-a-aaaa", instead of "Lo-o-o-ove"