Evening Falls
Enya Lyrics

Enya's "Evening Falls" is a song that deals with the themes of memory, longing, and the blurry lines between reality and fantasy. The song starts with the singer, presumably me, feeling a sense of confusion and uncertainty as the daylight fades away. The line "Could it be I am sleeping?" suggests that the singer is in a dreamlike state, where reality and imagination blur, and one's emotions can take over. The sense of being lost, which is a recurring theme in the song, is further emphasized by the line "Close to home, feeling so far away," where the singer is trying to search for something familiar and comforting, but they can't seem to reach it.

In the second verse, the singer notices a shadow from "another world" that nobody else can follow, which indicates that their journey towards finding their desired destination is a solitary one. The singer yearns for a place where they can be themselves and cross over to the other side but doesn't know where that is. The lines "Forever searching, never right, I am lost in oceans of night" add to the sense of displacement and the singer's inability to find their way back home.

The final verse offers a hint of resolution as the singer finds a sense of homecoming. The line "I am home, feeling so far away" suggests that the singer has reached their destination but still feels disconnected from it. However, by the end of the song, the singer accepts that they have found their way home and that they may never understand the reason for their wandering. The song's overall message seems to be that even though we may feel lost and disconnected from our surroundings, we can still find a sense of homecoming if we keep searching for it.