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The Forest Is the Path

By: Gary Lightbody
Narrated by: Gary Lightbody
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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.

Gary Lightbody's phenomenal companion to Snow Patrol's No.1 Album of the same name is a remarkable work of narrative writing.

The Forest is the Path explores some of the main themes of the album; time, home, love, death and life, and serves as a prequel to the record, telling the story of his dad Jack's death. It tracks the journey he went on – a journey whose end seemed to unlock a part of Gary that had been dormant until he started to write songs again.

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A genius listen. What a beautiful story from the heart. I could listen to Gary’s voice forever, from his music now to his narration. Thank you for sharing such a personal story with us. The humour sprinkled throughout sat nicely atop the icing on the cake.

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