… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least two bands named Secret Garden or Secret Gardens.
(1) Secret Garden is an Irish-Norwegian duo playing New Instrumental Music, also understood by some as Neo-classical music.
It features the Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and the Norwegian composer/pianist Rolf Løvland. Secret Garden has sold over 3 million albums and won the Eurovision Song Contest for Norway in 1995, with the composition Nocturne. It was the first and only time to date that a predominantly instrumental piece has won the Eurovision Song Contest, although a few Norwegian language lyrics were included to ensure that the entry adhered to the contest's rules. In addition Rolf Løvland also co-wrote the song La det swinge (Let it swing) that secured Norway its first Eurovision Song Contest victory in 1985.
Their success at Eurovision spearheaded the success of their first album Songs from a Secret Garden. It sold a million copies around the world going platinum in Norway and Korea, gold in Ireland, Hong Kong and New Zealand and spending two years in the Billboard New Age charts in 1996 and 1997. Barbara Streisand adapted Heartstrings from this album as the song I've Dreamed Of You on her A Love Like Ours album. She also used Heartstrings in her wedding to James Brolin.
The album White Stones followed in 1997 also making the top ten on Billboard New Age charts. Dawn of a New Century in 1999, Dreamcatcher in 2001 and Once In a Red Moon also enjoyed success around the world including reaching top ten on the Billboard.
Their most famous song You Raise Me Up, performed by Brian Kennedy has been recorded by more than a hundred other artists including Josh Groban and Westlife.
Secret Garden has released a Dreamcatcher: Best Of for its tour through Australia and New Zealand in 2004. It reached the top of the Australian New Age charts and the ARIA top 50 album charts.
Rolf Løvland won the price of years line-price in Spellemann 2007. In that same year, the album Inside I'm Singing was released.
Their official site can be found at www.secretgarden.no
Secret Garden's albums (in chronological order):
Songs from a Secret Garden (1996)
White stones (1997)
Dawn of a New Century (1999)
Dreamcatcher (2001)
Once in a Red Moon (2002)
Dreamcatcher: Best Of (2004, Australia)
Earthsongs (2005)
Inside I'm Singing (2007)
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(2) Secret Gardens is a post-rock band based out of New York and led by Greg Almeida. They have released two full-length albums, Tundra (2021) and their most recent release, everbloom (2022). Their debut EP, Verão, was released in 2019.
Verão (2019)
Tundra (2021)
everbloom (2022)
Greg Almeida has described these albums as part of an ongoing series of four planned records sonically representing the seasons. The latest, everbloom, is the spring installment in this series and features guest vocals from Andrew Wells (Eidola).
Hymn to Hope
Secret Garden Lyrics
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Secret Garden
You will find the answer
In my secret garden
You can find the answer
Of energy and mystery
In my secret garden
You can find the answer
Of energy and mystery
For your own heart
You will see what you like to see
In the land of mystery
Don´t think about terrible days
Only you and me in this crazy place
Be happy and enjoy yourself
Come on relax to this experimental sex
Feel my body smell my tears
Let`s have fun in the sun of our love
Looking back on the wasted years
Endless crying helpless tears
Memories, shadows on the wall
It´s the game of rise and fall
Who´s the one by my side
When emotions come out at night
Feel my body smell my tears
Let`s have fun in the sun of our love
You will find the answer
The lyrics to Secret Garden’s song “Hymn to Hope” speak about finding answers and happiness in the secret garden. It is a place of energy and mystery, a place where one can find answers for their own heart. It is a land of mystery where one can see whatever they want to see and not think about the terrible days. The singer invites the listener to come and relax in this experimental love while they have fun under the sun.
However, the song also acknowledges the struggles of life. The memories and shadows on the wall represent the struggles and pain of the past which can be painful to look back on. But, in the end, it is important to have someone by your side during those emotional nights. The singer invites the listener to feel their body and smell their tears as they have fun in the sun of their love.
Overall, the song speaks about the importance of finding a place of peace and happiness despite the struggles of life. It tells the listener to keep looking until they find it because the answer is out there in their own secret garden.
Line by Line Meaning
In my secret garden
In a personal, private space that is hidden from the outside world
You can find the answer
You have the ability to discover and understand something important
Of energy and mystery
Related to forces and phenomena that cannot easily be explained
For your own heart
That is meaningful and important to you personally
You will see what you like to see
Your perception of reality is subjective and influenced by your desires
In the land of mystery
An unknown or unexplored territory that creates a sense of wonder and curiosity
Don´t think about terrible days
Avoid dwelling on past traumas or negative experiences
Only you and me in this crazy place
The only thing that matters is our shared experience in this unconventional and unpredictable environment
Be happy and enjoy yourself
Take pleasure in the present moment and don't worry about the future
Come on relax to this experimental sex
Let's explore and embrace new or unconventional ways of physical intimacy
Memories, shadows on the wall
Recollecting past events that still cast a shadow on the present
It´s the game of rise and fall
Life is unpredictable and characterized by changes in fortune
Who´s the one by my side
Who will support and stand by me during tough times
When emotions come out at night
When our feelings are most intense and poignant
Feel my body smell my tears
Experience my physical and emotional presence in an intimate way
Let`s have fun in the sun of our love
Let's enjoy the beautiful and happy moments we share in our relationship
Writer(s): Rolf U. Lovland
Contributed by Ethan F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Cassie Quaid
When shadows pale the light of your dreams
and the grip of loss burdens your soul
Your trembling heart it seems
is about to loose control
Then a Masters hand resonates the musical score
That melts the grip with a soothing sound
To rise your dreams from the floor
And lift your heart off the ground.
Light and and sound, eternally bound
Like a child to its Mother
You can't have one without the other.
farmmur
I am an old retired mucisian who comes to these sites to listen to the beautiful music and read what other people have to say. Thanks to the translator we can read what people write from all over the world. It seems to me that we are all very much alike and most of us loves good music. The music of Secret Garden is about as good as it gets. I wish everyone well. Good Night
Matheus Fath
É meu amigo uma boa harmonia musical como essa nos leva a lugares que nunca conseguiríamos ir na vida real, é sublime e cuidadosamente ela nos envolve , sem agressão , mas com a genuidade e pureza de cada nota nos envolve facilmente.
sharon bartley
Thanks also for your contribution to the world through your musical talents as well. It ain't over till it's over ❤
Tiffany Lopez
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Nadine Hope
Thank you. Those are my sentiments exactly. I don’t know where you live, but its no secret why we are basically all alike, we all want to be happy, and this music stirs our hearts. We come from the same source.
ramindermehtab
This is a captivating and extraordinarily beautiful piece of music, performed with delicate feeling. Tugs at my heart, and soothes my mind.
Robert Phillips
A while back, my wife was in ICU, critically ill. Hymn to Hope helped me get through that time with hope. She completely recovered, but this music, along with other special songs, gave me the hope I needed while she was in a coma.
Michael Ward
God is good!!!
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Dirge Wordsmithe
I am so sorry you both had to endure that!! It must have seemed like an eternity for you, I can only imagine! Glad you both came through it! Thank you so much for sharing your story with us!