Weightless
Prefab Sprout Lyrics
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He was the first man in funky bass, space
Somewhere among the stars tonight my heart
Floats like a Russian satellite
Weightless, love is a pure sensation
Weightless, I feel like Yuri Gagarin
Somewhere among the stars tonight
Weightless, love is a pure sensation
Weightless, I feel like Yuri Gagarin
Weightless among the stars tonight
Weightless among the stars
Love put me in space way above the trees
Listen NASA can you get my heart back please?
Weightless among the stars tonight
Weightless among the stars
Love has given me a new slant on it all
The Galaxy's a nightclub, Earth's a mirror ball!
Weightless
Somewhere among the stars tonight I spin
And only you can reel me in
Weightless, love is a pure sensation
Weightless, I feel like Yuri, I feel like Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin, Gagarin, Gagarin
In "Weightless," Prefab Sprout compares the feeling of being in love to that of Yuri Gagarin orbiting the Earth. Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet Air Force pilot who became the first human to journey into space on April 12, 1961. The song subverts the notion of weightlessness being a negative experience for Gagarin, who endured intense physical stress and potentially life-threatening danger, by using it as a metaphor for the dizzying feeling of being in love.
The lyrics suggest that the singer's heart is floating among the stars and they are calling out to a passing fireball. This imagery once again reflects the idea of being lost in the vastness of space as a representation of being lost in love. The lines, "Love put me in space way above the trees / Listen NASA can you get my heart back please?" continue this metaphor, implying that the singer is so consumed by love that they feel like they're lost in orbit and can't come back down to Earth.
The song also speaks to the transformative power of love, with the lines, "Love has given me a new slant on it all / The Galaxy's a nightclub, Earth's a mirror ball!" suggesting that love has opened up a new perspective for the singer. The repetition of the word "weightless" throughout the song emphasizes the idea that love frees us from the constraints of earthly concerns and allows us to float freely among the stars.
Line by Line Meaning
Who was Yuri Gagarin ?
The singer begins by asking about Yuri Gagarin, the first man to have traveled to space.
He was the first man in funky bass, space
The singer answers his own question by stating that Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space, and he adds the adjective 'funky' for emphasis.
Somewhere among the stars tonight my heart
The singer expresses his feeling of being lost or away from his loved one.
Floats like a Russian satellite
The singer compares his heart to a Russian satellite that orbits the earth.
Weightless, love is a pure sensation
The singer describes the feeling of love as pure and weightless.
Weightless, I feel like Yuri Gagarin
The singer compares his feeling of weightlessness to that of Yuri Gagarin, who was in a state of weightlessness when he traveled to space.
Somewhere among the stars tonight
The singer repeats his feeling of being away from his loved one, using the metaphorical image of being among the stars.
I call out to a passing fireball
The singer speaks of reaching out to the passing objects in space, as if to get his message across to his loved one.
Love put me in space way above the trees
The singer continues to speak about his state of being away from his loved one, this time saying that it was love that caused him to be in this distance.
Listen NASA can you get my heart back please?
The singer addresses NASA, the space agency, asking them to retrieve his heart and bring him back to his loved one.
Love has given me a new slant on it all
The singer says that being in love has allowed him to see things from a new perspective.
The Galaxy's a nightclub, Earth's a mirror ball!
The singer uses a metaphor to describe the cosmos as a place of celebration and joy, with the planet Earth being the center of attention, like a mirror ball in a dance party.
Somewhere among the stars tonight I spin
The singer speaks of the feeling of disorientation or confusion caused by being away from his loved one, using the metaphor of spinning among the stars.
And only you can reel me in
The singer acknowledges that only his loved one can bring him back to normalcy and out of his confusing state.
Gagarin, Gagarin, Gagarin
The singer repeats the name of Yuri Gagarin, perhaps as a way to emphasize his connection to the feeling of weightlessness and distance in space.
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Written by: PADDY MCALOON
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