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'
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Enya Lyrics
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I close my eyes and listen
I can hear the lonesome sound
Of the sky as it cries
Listen to the rain
Here it comes again
Hear it in the rain
Feel the touch of tears that fall
They won't fall forever
In the way the day will flow
All things come, all things go
Listen to the rain, the rain
Here it comes again, again
Hear it in the rain, the rain
Late at night I drift away
I can hear you calling
And my name is in the rain
Leaves on trees whispering
Deep blue seas, mysteries
Even when this moment ends
Can't let go this feeling
Everything will come again
In the sound falling down
Of the sky as it cries
Hear my name in the rain
The song "It's in the Rain" by Enya is a poignant reflection of the ebb and flow of life. The lyrics speak to the cyclical nature of life, where everything comes and goes. Enya uses the metaphor of the rain to convey the idea that just as the rain falls and nourishes the earth, so do our experiences create the conditions for growth and learning. The lonesome sound of the sky crying in the rain reminds us that moments of sadness and grief are as much a part of life as joy and love.
Enya encourages us to listen to the rain and to feel the touch of tears that fall. This is a reminder that we must embrace our emotions, even the difficult ones, to truly appreciate the beauty of life. The repetition of the phrase "hear it in the rain" reinforces the idea that the rain represents the complexities of life and that we must be present in those moments to truly hear what life is telling us.
The final stanza is the most poignant, as Enya sings about drifting away at night and hearing someone calling her name in the rain. This is a reminder that even when we are lost or feeling alone, we are never truly alone. The leaves on trees whispering and the mysteries of deep blue seas all serve as reminders that life is full of wonder and that there are always new experiences waiting for us if we are open to them.
Line by Line Meaning
Every time the rain comes down
Whenever it rains, I am reminded of something.
I close my eyes and listen
I shut my eyes and try to focus on the sound of the rain.
I can hear the lonesome sound
I perceive a mournful sound that the rain makes.
Of the sky as it cries
I understand the sound that the sky makes as it weeps.
Listen to the rain
Pay attention to the sound of the rain.
Here it comes again
It's raining once more.
Hear it in the rain
Listen closely to the noise of the rain.
Feel the touch of tears that fall
Sensing the raindrops touching your skin is akin to feeling tears fall.
They won't fall forever
I know that the rain will cease at some point in time.
In the way the day will flow
The rain's behavior is similar to how the day will progress.
All things come, all things go
Everything has a beginning and an ending.
Late at night I drift away
When I'm lying in bed late at night, I sometimes start to lose consciousness.
I can hear you calling
I think I can hear someone calling my name.
And my name is in the rain
I believe that my name is being called by the rain.
Leaves on trees whispering
I can hear the sound of leaves whispering on trees.
Deep blue seas, mysteries
The mysteries of the deep blue sea intrigue me.
Even when this moment ends
Eventually, this moment will pass and give way to another moment.
Can't let go this feeling
I cannot move on from this emotion that I'm experiencing right now.
Everything will come again
In the future, everything will recur.
In the sound falling down
The sound of the rain descending from above.
Of the sky as it cries
The sound that the sky makes as it weeps.
Hear my name in the rain
I believe that I can hear the rain call out my name.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: EITHNE NI BHRAONAIN, NICKY RYAN, ROMA RYAN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@roflc0re
No song explain the Early 2000's as this song does.
Everytime i hear it i think back about being a 11-12 year old kid going with my friends for the first time alone to the big screen to see something that we all loved. Fantasy and especially LOTR. That first scene with Galadriel still gives me goosebumps because i think back to me being in that dark room seeing this masterpiece for the first time. Unbeatable.
We usually Always used to roleplay in the Forest, sticks as staffs and swords. Me Always pretending being a Dwarf since they are My absolutely favorite race in Middle-earth.
I miss those Times so much, i think about it and value it to the end.
I must meet those Friends again... I haven seen them for 14 years now :(
I miss you Andreas, Linus and Erik :(
@okonkwochukwudi4574
I'm leaving this here so that anytime someone likes it, I'll come back and listen to This masterpiece again ❤️
@birhail3135
Lets go)
@kyleduinker9
@birhail get it
@saraalhadi3196
Believe and you will find your way ✨
A promise lives within you now❤️
@abigaildeyoe164
Have you listened to it 89 times since you posted four weeks ago?
@okonkwochukwudi4574
@Abigail Deyoe yes ❤️ 😍 💖
@nhmooytis7058
The Fellowship of the Ring literally saved my life. I was suicidal in November 2001 but decided to wait to see FOTR. I had loved LOTR since I read it in 1965. After seeing FOTR I decided I had to hang in to see Two Towers the next year...by which time I was over the depression!
@punchisclap
nice bro
@nhmooytis7058
carlos coronado also it’s a great film!
@talonapex9775
cool bro