The Forest Is the Path
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Gary Lightbody
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Gary Lightbody
About this listen
You’re falling through time so all I can do is fall with you.
The numbness had set in long before I sat at your bedside. But even with senses impaired as the flight touches down at Belfast City I can somehow still feel the screeching of wheels on tarmac scorching something deep into me.
So begins Gary Lightbody's phenomenal companion book to Snow Patrol’s number one album of the same name. While you don’t have to read it to understand the album, you may want to give the album a wee listen for some parts of the book to make sense. There are references to the record with song lyrics dotted around within it.
The book explores some of the main themes of the album: time, home, love, death, life. It is also a prequel to the record which tells the story of his dad, Jack’s death and the numb journey it sent him on, the end of which seemed to unlock a part of him that had been dormant until he started to write songs again.
Not to give away the ending or anything, but just so you know this book is not one of wallowing.
There is a purpose to it.
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- Stephen Kinsella
- 21-03-25
Superb story of grief.
I liked his honesty, his self reflection and his ability to make a very personal story a universal one. Also, it’s quite funny. Which is not something you expect of a book about mourning. But there you go.
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- Ms. J. Walker
- 19-03-25
Raw Honesty
I have seen Snow Patrol a few times and had the pleasure of attending his book launch in London last week.
I lost my father in 2023 and found parts of this a tough listen.
My overwhelming feeling is this is a love story to his father.
I wish I had your gift of words
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- Paul Pilling
- 30-03-25
awesome heartfelt reflection
sometimes something comes along just at the right time for you. After my own father passed away while wallowing in my grief I listened to the song Soon by Snow Patrol and the tears ran down my face, it helped immensely I could've wrote that myself for my Dad if I had any talent. Now as I plummeted into head long disaster emotionally this book came out, I read it and then I bought so I could hear from Gary himself. the book is beautiful, sad, happy, reflective and above all honest.
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- Squgiggle
- 22-03-25
Exquisite
Exquisitely written and read; sublimely and passionate, real, raw, human experiences of life, relationships and their pain, joy and messy emotions. At the centre, so much nature, creativity and love. Gary's atoms and soul connect on a cellular level here, what an absolute beauty of a book! Thank you🔥❤️🔥
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- BarbaraB
- 16-03-25
Raw and deeply personal journey through loss and grief
This book is a deeply personal and unfiltered exploration of loss and the weight of grief. It’s written with such raw honesty and poetic beauty that every page feels like a glimpse into Gary’s heart. The words carry both great sadness and warmth, capturing the complex emotions of mourning, memory, and finding a way forward.
What makes it even more powerful is how it resonates on a deeply human level—whether you’ve experienced loss yourself or not, you’ll feel every emotion as if it were your own. It’s the kind of book that stays with you long after you’ve turned the last page. It breaks your heart in the most beautiful way and, somehow, put it back together again.
“The world is only heavy if you try to lift it.”
Extraordinary book!
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