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James Wood — Weightless
Album: The Last Journey
Avg rating:
6.6

Your rating:
Total ratings: 545









Released: 2020
Length: 3:53
Plays (last 30 days): 0
High above the surface
Buried in the ground
Swallowed by the silence
The fury and the sound
Freefalling, no direction
But the world keeps spinning round
And I am weightless
I am weightless

Suspended animation
Tied to the floor
Terrifying absence
An absence to be borne
I am losing all direction
And the world spins even more

I am weightless
Against the mass of time
I am breathless
In the wreckage of her life
But I am striving
I am striving
To rebuild
I will not bow down

Relatively moving
Relatively still
Opposite emotions
Gravity, freewill
A small change in my direction
And the world is spinning still
And I am weightless
Comments (23)add comment
Incredible well-balanced tune. And what a voice... 
Sounds like Seth Lakeman ... which is good!
 TLynneHenry wrote:

I'm with you. Starting with a cautious 6, because it is pretty good, at least to my ears. Looking forward to hearing other songs from this album.

** 1 week later - bumped to a 7. Fits my mood this morning. **

My rating has also risen to a 7 for this tune.
+1 to 8 for the strings on this one, adds a poignancy to this tune and fits perfectly.  Long Live RP!!
How is this not the Finn brothers? Fooled me! 😊
 khardog145 wrote:


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Lot of skeptical people here, but I can see why! The song doesn't do anything outrageous, and is a little forgettable... that said, the rhythm is quite catchy and I give this song an 8 just because it has me dancing while I make dinner!
A beautiful song from a lovely album....I did some digging and it's a really sad story, the album is all about the tragic death of his young daughter, pictured on the cover, and his journey in coming to terms with it. It's very poignant but not at all depressing, a fine line wonderfully trod.
Something about the "I am weightless - free falling" speaks to me.   Downloaded it.
Could someone walk me through how to do it through RP so they can benefit?
I really enjoy the americana combined with the  larger string section, 7 from me!

BTW, I went on spotify to save this track, and couldn't figure out why all other releases of this artist were classical albums from 20 or more years ago.
Turns out there's another musician called James Wood, a conductor specifically, and spotify just threw this album with the conductor.
The James Wood of this particular album is apparently brand new and hasn't actually fixed his spotify page... weird

Good stuff anyway!
I think there is an error in the album info, this was released in 2016 not in 2020
 TLynneHenry wrote:

I'm with you. Starting with a cautious 6, because it is pretty good, at least to my ears. Looking forward to hearing other songs from this album.

** 1 week later - bumped to a 7. Fits my mood this morning. **
 

Ditto
Bumped my rating to a 7 as well.
 the_jake wrote:

I also am bumping "Weightless" up to 7.
 

Thinking to start this of at a Decent-5 from South BillyBurg. Not bad but I've kinda heard it before.
 the_jake wrote:
2nd time hearing this new addition to RP's playlist -
Going to start off at 6
 
I also am bumping "Weightless" up to 7.
 TLynneHenry wrote:

I'm with you. Starting with a cautious 6, because it is pretty good, at least to my ears. Looking forward to hearing other songs from this album.

** 1 week later - bumped to a 7. Fits my mood this morning. **
 

Same here, +1 to 7 today. Pretty solid effort to be honest, those strings helped sell me and maybe another uprate next time.

LLRP!
now!! if he was singing about being 'witless' ...
Man, do I hear Phil Keaggy in his voice.  Not in the guitar though.  
Started off hearing Petty and then on to something different. Can't say I am ready to rate it yet.
~*.*~  perfect for a Friday night
 the_jake wrote:
2nd time hearing this new addition to RP's playlist -
Going to start off at 6
 
I'm with you. Starting with a cautious 6, because it is pretty good, at least to my ears. Looking forward to hearing other songs from this album.

** 1 week later - bumped to a 7. Fits my mood this morning. **
Not a keeper.
2nd time hearing this new addition to RP's playlist -
Going to start off at 6
I am wait-less to hit skip button.