Enya was born into a musical family. Her father, Leo Brennan, was the leader of the Slieve Foy Band, a popular Irish show band; her mother was an amateur musician. Most important to Enya's career were her siblings, who formed Clannad in 1976 with several of their uncles. Enya joined the band as a keyboardist in 1979, and contributed to several of the group's popular television soundtracks. In 1982, she left Clannad, claiming that she was uninterested in following the pop direction the group had begun to pursue. Within a few years she was commissioned, along with producer/arranger Nicky Ryan and lyricist Roma Ryan, to provide the score for a BBC-TV series called The Celts. The soundtrack was released in 1986 as her eponymous solo album.
Enya didn't receive much notice, but Enya and the Ryans' second effort, Watermark, became a surprise hit upon its release in 1988. "Orinoco Flow," the first single, became a number one hit in Britain, helping the album eventually sell eight million copies worldwide. Enya spent the years following the success of Watermark rather quietly; her most notable appearance was a cameo on Sinéad O'Connor's I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. She finally released Shepherd Moons, her follow-up to Watermark, in 1991. Shepherd Moons was even more successful than its predecessor, eventually selling over ten million copies worldwide; it entered the U.S. charts at number 17 and remained in the Top 200 for almost four years.
Again, Enya was slow to follow up on the success of Shepherd Moons, spending nearly four years working on her fourth album. The record, entitled Memory of Trees, was released in December of 1995. Memory of Trees entered the U.S. charts at number nine and sold over two million copies within its first year of release. In 1997 came the release of a greatest-hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, which featured two new songs. Enya's first album of new material in five years, A Day Without Rain, was released in late 2000. In 2001, she contributed material to the first film in Peter Jackson's award-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, scoring a hit with the single "May It Be." Amarantine, her first full-length recording since Day Without Rain, followed in November of 2005, and has so far sold nearly five million copies.
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After the September 11, 2001 attacks, her song "Only Time" (from A Day Without Rain) was used as a backdrop in many radio and TV reports about the attacks. She initially frowned upon this use, especially when many bootlegged versions of Only Time mixed with sound effects from the attack began to appear.
Enya eventually agreed to release a special edition of the song with funds going to the families of victims. Many Enya fans, however, are resentful that her music has been linked with the attacks; an example of this occurred on a 2002 appearance on CNN's Larry King Live when images of battle in Afghanistan were shown on screen as she performed "May It Be", a song with little war connection. This sparked some complaints within Enya's fan community.
Enya is admittedly a slow worker when it comes to composing music. As a result, fans have had to wait as long as five years between albums. In September 2004, a new song, set to words from a Japanese poem Roma Ryan had written and called "Sumiregusa" ("Wild Violet") was unveiled in Japan as part of an advertising campaign for Panasonic. In announcing the new recording, Warner Music Japan stated that Enya's next album was scheduled for release (in Japan at least) in mid-November. Enya issued a press release on her official Web site on 19 September stating that this was a mistake and no new album was immediately forthcoming.
Enya was awarded the World's Best-Selling Irish Act award at the World Music Awards in London on 19 November 2006. On February 11, 2007 Amarantine won Enya her fourth Grammy when it was awarded the Best New Age Album award.
Recent Releases
In November of 2005, a new album, entitled Amarantine, was released. It won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for 2007.
In 2006, Enya released several Christmas-themed CDs with newly recorded material. On October 10, 2006, Sounds of the Season was released containing six songs: the previously released "Oíche Chiúin" (a.k.a. "Silent Night") and "Amid the Falling Snow", new recordings of the standards "Adeste Fideles" (a.k.a. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful") and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" as well as two original songs, "Christmas Secrets" and "The Magic of the Night". This CD was released only in the United States in an exclusive partnership with the NBC television network and the Target department store chain.
In later November two new editions of Amarantine were released. In North America, it was reissued as Amarantine - Special Christmas Edition with a second disc containing the four new Christmas songs previously issued on Sounds of the Season (the original album already had "Amid the Falling Snow" while "Oíche Chiúin" is a recording dating back to 1988 which had already been featured on numerous collections). The UK received a deluxe version of this release (Amarantine - The UK Special Edition) which also included three postcards and a copy of Roma Ryan's book Water Shows the Hidden Heart which is referenced on the original album. Canadian fans could choose from the Special Christmas Edition of Amarantine, or an EP entitled Christmas Secrets which only contained the four new songs.
Coinciding with these releases was the relaunch of Enya's official website on Nov. 2, 2006. On November 16, 2006 Enya mentioned on ITV1's that she is working on a new album. A month later, in a Japanese interview Enya said that the album will be a complete Christmas album and it will be released in the winter of 2007. There is no schedule for the release date itself.
Enya's album, "And Winter Came", was released in November 2008. It contains twelve tracks - ten brand new songs plus a newly recorded choral rendering of Oiche Chiuin (Silent Night) and a stunning version of the traditional Christmas hymn 'O come, o come Emmanuel'
Even in the Shadows
Enya Lyrics
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I turn around
To find you walk away
And even when I whisper
The winds will come
To steal the words I say
I could fall and keep on falling
Wonder why this love is over
Wonder why it's not forever
Even in the silence
I hear my heart
It's still a part of you
And even in the morning
When light has come
I don't know what to do
(So high, so low) I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Wonder why this love is over
Wonder why it's not forever
(So high, so low) I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Wonder why this love is over
Wonder why it's not forever
(So high, so low) I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Wonder why this love is over
Wonder why it's not forever
(So high, so low) I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Wonder why this love is over
Wonder why it's not forever
The song "Even in the Shadows" by Enya captures the pain of lost love and the struggle to let go. The shadowy imagery used in the lyrics portrays a sense of uncertainty and confusion about the future of the relationship. The singer is haunted by the memory of her lover, even in the shadows, and cannot escape the pain of their parting.
In the first verse, Enya sings about turning around to find her lover walking away. The use of the phrase "even in the shadows" suggests that the end of the relationship came unexpectedly and without warning. The second line of the verse, "And even when I whisper, the winds will come to steal the words I say," gives the impression that the singer's voice is being carried away on the wind, further emphasizing the sense of loss and helplessness.
The chorus repeats the lines "I could fall and keep on falling, I could call and keep on calling, wonder why this love is over, wonder why it's not forever." The repetition emphasizes the singer's difficulty in moving on and accepting the end of the relationship. The use of the phrase "so high, so low" emphasizes the extreme emotions that come with heartbreak, from the depths of sadness to the heights of hope that the relationship can be salvaged.
Overall, "Even in the Shadows" is a poignant and emotional song that captures the pain and confusion of lost love.
Line by Line Meaning
Even in the shadows
Despite being in darkness, I still seek you out.
I turn around
I try to find you, but you are not there.
To find you walk away
You have left me behind, and I struggle to accept it.
And even when I whisper
When I try to communicate my feelings and thoughts softly,
The winds will come
My words are carried away by natural forces out of my control.
To steal the words I say
I am left with unexpressed thoughts and feelings.
I could fall and keep on falling
My love for you is so strong that I would keep falling even if it means getting hurt.
I could call and keep on calling
I would keep trying to reach out to you, even if it seems futile.
Wonder why this love is over
I question what went wrong, why our love could not survive.
Wonder why it's not forever
I lament that our love was not meant to last a lifetime.
Even in the silence
Even when there is no noise around me,
I hear my heart
I still feel the love beating inside of me.
It's still a part of you
I cannot separate my love for you from myself.
And even in the morning
When a new day starts,
When light has come
When the world is illuminated anew,
I don't know what to do
I am lost, unable to find a way forward without you.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: EITHNE NI BHRAONAIN, NICKY RYAN, ROMA RYAN
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Even in the shadows
I turn around
To find you walk away
And even when I whisper
The winds will come
To steal the words I say
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Wonder why this love is over
Wonder why it's not forever more
Even in the silence
I hear my heart
It's still a part of you
And even in the morning
When light has come
I don't know what to do
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
(Love may come...)
Wonder why this love is over
(...and love may go)
Wonder why it's not forever
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
(Love may come...)
Wonder why this love is over
(...and love may go)
Wonder why it's not forever more
Carlos Sebastian necrotic goth
Incluso en las sombras
Yo me volteo para encontrar que te fuiste
E incluso cuando murmuro
Los vientos van a venir
Para robar las palabras que digo
Puedo caer y seguir cayendo
Puedo caer y seguir cayendo
Me pregunto porque este amor terminó
Me pregunto porque no es para siempre más
Incluso en el silencio
Escucho mi corazón
Sigue separado de ti
E incluso en la mañana
Cuando la luz ha llegado
No sé que hacer (tan alto) (tan bajo)
Puedo llamar y seguir llamando
Puedo caer y seguir cayendo (amor)
Me pregunto porque este amor terminó
Me pregunto porque no es para siempre más
(Tan alto) (Tan bajo)
Puedo llamar y seguir llamando (tan alto)
Me pregunto porque este amor terminó
Me pregunto porque no es para siempre más...
Boris Hurme
Her songs are beautiful, healing and powerful at the same time. This woman is just a genius.
LINA SIMANCZIK
Hermosas realmente nos llevan hacia mundos encantadores 4:14
Wonderland Swift
Enya's songs are like travelling into dimensions after dimensions and looking at the world and the sun setting and peace.
ola hymor
Another world
ShrOniCek
These words are simply real. Angel is hiding wings.
Breath And life
That’s the closest way anyone can explain it
Mama Bear
You are beautiful
All Good
Her music is ethereal... out of this world! 🌎🙂
Tom
Enya for me is one of those very few artists where I'll put her albums on and not have to skip any tracks because they're all divine and beautiful written and composed!
Cheryl Ewers
Her track listing also seems integrated into a tonal story, too, which is a another good reason I never skip.