Stronger Than You

About

Stronger Than You is a song written by Rebecca Sugar and sung by the character Garnet (Estelle) from the animated television show Steven Universe. As the climax of the season finale, the song has inspired fans to create remixes, instrumentals, covers, and fan art based on it. The lyrics of the song are well-known enough to be used in humorous text posts. It is also known for its Undertale parodies.

Origin

The song can be heard in the 49th episode of Steven Universe titled Jail Break, the final episode of the first season released on March 12, 2015^[1].

This is Garnet
Back together
And I’m never going down at the hands of the likes of you
Because I’m so much better
And every part of me is saying “Go get ‘er.”
The two 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 two.

Go ahead and try to hit me if you’re able.
Can’t you see that my relationship is stable?
I can see you hate the way we intermingle.
But I think you’re just mad ‘cause you’re single.

You’re not gonna stop what we’ve made together.
We are gonna stay like this forever.
If you break us apart we’ll just come back newer.
And we’ll always be twice the gem that you are.
I am made of love.
Love.

Mm mm mm mm mm.

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,
I won’t let you hurt my friends.

Go ahead and try to hit me if you’re able.
Can’t you see that my relationship is stable.
I know you think I’m not somethin’ 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.

I am made of love.
And it's stronger than you.
Love.
And it's stronger than you.
Love.
And it's stronger than you.
Love^[2].

Spread

The song was uploaded to SoundCloud by user aivi & surasshu on March 14, 2015 -- just two days after the release of the episode Jail Break -- and was able to amass over a million views and 15,000 likes in a span of 21 days^[4]. Various visual and audio deviations of the song can be found in tumblr under the tag 'stronger than you'^[3]. The search results on DeviantArt yields a surprisingly large 45,745 results with the majority referencing to Garnet, Ruby, and Sapphire.^[5]

Undertale Versions

Various Examples

Fan Art

Search Interest

Note: The trend of the phrase 'Stronger Than You' before 2015 may refer to other songs, albums, and quotes. Nevertheless, The spike in the graph on the debut of Estelle's song -- March 2015 -- is clearly evident.

External References