Return to Innocence
Various Artists Lyrics

@mbphorseback7709

after years of wondering the title of this song I just found it in 2022

@PeaceInChrist23

Thanks for this.

@youtub9035

Random teenager here. I won't pretend to be one of the people who listened to this song originally. But my dad loved this when he was my age, and it's thanks to him that I'm here. There's this feeling from special kinds of music that you can't find anywhere else. Some day, I want to inspire the same sort of feelings that this did for me and my dad at such different points in time. Love this music.

@snastynate

One of my proudest moments is when my son told me 90% of the music in his Playlist was because of me 😊

@ashleymetheney8151

Proud of you for being here ❤

@kp7372

Shut your trap buddy

Bless your old man. 👍

@erwinmonti5066

I firmly believe that someday our lives will be laid out in front of us for us to see and it will probably be explained to us because all we. Did was go through life? We never knew what was going to happen tomorrow but all the crazy things that did happen all the crazy things we learned. All the crazy things we went through and did we'll. Be laid out? For us? And then we'll understand.
And we will all meet each other and we will know who we are. It won't be necessary to give out names because we already know that when we meet and I hope everyday of my life this will happen.

@haikuhaiku

40 years old and tears streaming down my face at 7:27 pm on a Monday night in 2024 on my back porch watching the stars, listening to my childhood.

@zannyzee

😢😢😢 it feels like yesterday

@RUBBERBANDMALAYALAM

A song for all. 40 year old living beings in this world..🎉🎉🎉🎉

@forevercandace714

Absolutely ❤️

@MultiHemlock

That's a beautiful thing. ❤
Really makes you appreciate the splendor or simplicity and beauty

@veronicaangelo3726

Any day of the week or the month. ..no matter what year .. This generation has no idea ....and will never understand...what music is ever ..never. .....we grew up listing to masterpieces like this. ...

@twinfactor3446

I have searched for this song to no avails. I caught a break today Jan 13th 2024. This song meant a lot to me as a kid. I don’t understand music, I don’t know how to make music but this song left a number on me. I am from Cameroon 🇨🇲 this music right here is truly special.

@Ronbcar86

Just found it also,Was watching "Man of the house" and it was at the end of the movie..Brings back younger memories for sure.Gkad you found it as well.

@DPoner

It's amazing how music can make you feel. Enjoy!

@malconvladimir8182

A nossa .Velhice

@twinfactor3446

@@DPoner thank you.

@reubendreamer

this resonates with me so much. this song deeply impacted me at 13 yrs old, when i first heard it. just came back after several years not hearing it. thanks for sharing your experience with the power and impact of this music.

@bleep77

There are certain 90’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.

@joshrose6456

Right there with ya. There was nothing like 90s music.

@shandylund4473

How I miss the 90’s

@mightymaurya2987

So true, That it actually hurts!

@Blueluise

Klasse B ware mit und ohne fler (trotzdem geiler Song) fuer diese leute zu viel.

@dopem0n

It must be 25 years ago, I stepped into the store where my older cousin worked and this song was playing in the background, I was so star struck it felt like I was walking on clouds and this song has Forever taken me back to that moment: such a sweet memory ❤️

@schong119

I am 78 years old and still love this song

@yulinyu382

Aboriginal voices come from Taiwan

@joeblow26

​@@DivadZi23 It was from Amis people who are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group native to Taiwan.

@steone77

@@DivadZi23 The chant in Enigma's 'Return to Innocence' is not Native American, but from the Amis people (Taiwan) and is called "Elders' Drinking Song",

@user-lr1vy7px2b

Thank guys for informing about Amis people!

@spacekitt.n

How dare you

@Robin_Hood054

Who is listening in 2024 ?? !!

@reneguerra1006

Here... born in 1994😂

@pauladbor8135

🙋‍♀️

@sternw.6152

Here! Born 1985

@lightchannel360

Привет из России!

@LindaniMachi

Here born 1980 🇿🇦

@marlonvandoort5193

My mom loves this song. She's currently dealing with breast cancer and everytime I pick her up at the hospital after the treatment, we play this song because she loves it. These past couple of months have been really tough and I just want to see my mother dancing and jumping again to this song like back in the days. I hope so.

@FrankRizzo7080

Hang in there Marlon- sending a lot of love for your ma❤

@nstilianesisklima

I wish my best

@markus3569

Wish your mom a full and speedy recovery. 🙏🏻

@robertnorbert1068

Trzymaj się Marlon

@gardenofe12

Prayers for a speedy recovery ❤
My mom died of this right during the pandemic and I’m still grieving for her to this day 😢I can’t seem to move on with my life without her 😢😢😢 there is not one day not one heart beat not one breath I take do I not miss my mom 💔💔

@GrandHotel.SeagullMagique

If you are listening to this song right now, your brain is functioning well and you have great taste in music. Congratulations! Kisses from Italy.

@Meryram0303

Why thank you as this is a very beautiful song!

@nickinax

Kisses back to you from the UK mwah xx

@joedirt7716

Love form Texas ❤️

@nickinax

@@joedirt7716 👄👄👋👋 just for you Joe

@paudricmcguirk450

Love from Ireland

@brendawhite1850

Many may not be familiar with his name, but millions across the globe will recognise this Taiwanese traditional singer's voice. A sample of his plaintive Elder's Drinking Song chant was used by Michael Cretu as the backbone for Enigma's Return to Innocence which went on to become one of Enigma's biggest selling singles. However Cretu had not obtained Difang's permission prior to using the chant which prompted a court-case in 1996 that saw the two settle out of court three years later with Difang being compensated. The controversy around the case propelled Difang into the international spotlight, and Dan Lacksman (whose most famous project had been the first Deep Forest album) approached him to produce an album together. Released by Rock Records Japan in 1998 Circle of Life is a mesmerising combination of Lacksman's usual electronic drumloops, ambient synths and sounds carefully constructed so as not to interfere with Difang's heart-felt singing based on traditional Taiwanese songs of love, work and celebration. Slower, more laid-back beats support songs like Visiting Song and the contemplative Fully Laden with Riches with its tinkling piano instrumentation and Difang's characteristic yodelling calls. However the more upbeat tracks like Love Song (with Deep Forest style lead synth-flute) and Working Song (with its dark string theme) are the real highlights of the album. As an obvious reference to the court-case with Enigma, Lacksman made his own, gentler modernisation of Elder's Drinking Song as well as including the original version of the chant unaccompanied on the CD. With the layered and more reverential sound of Circle of Life we see Lacksman mature as a world music producer, in comparison to his previous outings such as Pangea. Difang was a prominent producer and supporter of Taiwanese aboriginal artists. His last work was to be the solo-outing Across the Yellow Earth in 2001, sadly just as Difang was gaining much-deserved international acclaim, he passed away (blood poisoning due to a centipede bite) in March 2002 at the age of 82. His wife who, whose vocals accompanied Difang's chants, passed away a month later.

@Latino_n_proud

Wow Taiwanese? This whole time I thought it was Native American. If you’ve ever been to a Native American powwow you’d see that the chant is absolutely identical. Either way, it’s beautiful and tugs are your heart strings!

@kevincourtney7312

Thanks for the info, very informative. I too had thought that the chant was native American but had heard some time ago that it wasn't, but it does demonstrate the ties between native Americans and their Asian origins.

@davidpittet1989

R.I.P To him and his wife :(

@thepastavatars7939

If you grew up on this kind of music THEN YOUR CHILDHOOD WAS AWESOME ❤

@malcomjohnson1618

You’re fucking right😂

@AdamCook138

Yay 60s, 70s and 80s babies. LOVE❤

@theharshtruthoutthere

@@AdamCook138 Easy way to stay sane, in a world where insanity runs ramped. BIBLE STUDY.
2 Timothy 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Souls, come to CHRIST and:
be healed,
be guided,
be saved,
be protected.
return HOME.

@MeanOldLady

No, it was a welcome break from the boomer abuse & drama.

@curlycindy

I wish I had. ❤

@carebear88

Anyone else crying? I'm a grown woman but this hit so hard when I was a teenager

@DoctorChoko

Я мужик и я плачу. Я вспоминаю своего дедушку, когда я с ним в 6 лет ходил в горы Таджикистана охотиться на кайотов.

@pajero0402

58 year old man and I'm wiping away tears ❤

@nahyacitaa

Literally crying right now

@pajero0402

@@nahyacitaa ❤️

@sethabel4315

I get to feel fifteen every time I listen. :)

@emmamurphy5677

My dad lost his fight with pancreatic cancer in 2021. We needed one song for the closing of his cremation. I sat for 2 hours on my own going through every single song we ever listened to together, and this song came on and I cried 😢 😭 this was dad's song for as long as I could remember.
So this played as the catafault was closing and his body been lowered. Perfect fitting song to the most amazing human to ever grace us with his presence.. HE RETURNED TO INNOCENCE.
I love you dad with all my heart and soul. YOU ARE MY PHOENIX ❤

@toufiqhattarakihal8767

ASSALAMUALAIKUM REHMATULLAHI WA BARKATAHU,
MAY ALLAH GIVE PEACE TO HIS SOUL & BLESS HIM WITH HEAVEN ON BEHALF OF NABI (SAW)..
AAMIN SUMM AAMIN 🤲🤲💐💐

@kabbirgkmutube

That teared me up

@Joohnny_C

May he rest in peace!!!!

@user-xr5rn9pu2m

Слёзы на глазах, царства небесного вашему отцу 🙏🙏🙏

@danecrawford2658

I'm sorry about your father:) I lost both my parents already and many others. There is nothing easy about the ones we love leaving us behind. This has been the hardest thing I have been dealing with as I get older. Now, I just lost my father-in-law two months ago and it starts all over again. Stay strong!

@ElLuis1122

It is incredibly that I’m listening to this master piece and crying like a baby by reading the comments. It is incredible how many of us are connected to so many different good memories without knowing until something as magnificent as this song and its video stitches all together. Blessings to all of you!

@sandromauro3083

The same here everytime 🙌🎁🎧

@Latino_n_proud

The Native American chant at the beginning & during the chorus gets me every time! I was a kid when this timeless song came out & now I have kids of my own. Life is beautiful but sad at the same time. Hope life has been good to you… God bless you my friends!

@pattyeb76

Not native American. Its a taiwanese native song called “elders drinking song” traditional chant from the amis people.

@paulobernardo330

i am searching for this song for 7 years. my father loved this song ...
I found the song today.
i am so happy

@lovelyheaven9723

I am so happy for you ♥️

@ace.mccloud5425

My father also loves this song !

@gaz057

I listen to it every other day , just love it.

@user-gs5jl6zm5p

Congratulations 🎉

@Marianczewski

I have this same case 🙂 i found this song today. Many time i was singin this song to my girl,, to my friends , nobody know tittle 🙂 bat today i found. 🙂🙂🙂 This song sound do great. I love world, i love everyone ♥️♥️♥️

@Givingitashot

Life has become a machine, working, paying bills, not being able to cover all bills, guns and bombs, profit and greed. It wasn't meant to be like this. I believe everybody should return to innocence.
It won't happen but to those who can see it, enjoy it while it lasts.

@practicaldriver

truth

@WelshmanSudios

Your so right, what happened to us all, greed, a person/people define themselves by how much they earn, have you noticed one of the first questions asked is what line of work are you in, you answer, they define you on that one thing, not knowing anything else about you, even if you were doing allot of charity work, in the back of allot of people's minds is the level of money they earn and the higher they earn the more worthwhile it is to hang out with them, it's lunacy.

@RobertLewisHatersHateTour

oh i have. for the last 18 years of my life. ive been living with extrene freedom and relaxation. make what i need and just have fun. you only live once. so im living with no regrets. enjoying my family and just everything around me. barely even mad or bothered. just enjoying life.

@kapilsonik5662

true

@scottl.5952

Absolutely right

@rebeccarg

I really miss when the internet didn’t exist 😭

@keithb372

But then you wouldn't be listening to this beautiful song. Embrace the magic.

@jaycrandell147

I sort of agree. But since I try to limit myself to historical research, and cool tunes of course...probably related ?

@lococomrade3488

The world hasn't gotten worse. Quite the opposite. The world has less crime now than when the song was released.

The news just became a hellscape.

You just got older and more aware of the world. We were carpet bombing the middle east in the 90s, I promise.

There is no return to innocence.

@anthonybanks7288

The grass always seems greener on the other side..Truth is the internet can be a beautiful source of knowledge and many socially awkward people find friends and comfort online not to mention the aid the internet gives us in emergency situations , recipes ,news, communication, entertainment and of course music....if there was no internet yet someone told you about it you would probably long for it...everything can be used for evil,but dont forget the good....and also remember you can always just turn off all your devices and disconnect for as long as you like,my guess is you wont disconnect for too long because the internet is a huge convenance in your life ...i pray you embrace this privlage that many cant afford to enjoy.. ...God bless you!

@joeh5538

​@@anthonybanks7288You spelled every fourth word wrong, and offer no insight to any intelligent person.

@a_legitimate_salvage

I am a 257 year old wood elf and I still love this song

@LexieJ91inWonderland

I don’t know why but this comment made me laugh out loud, thank you

@abdullahthecoolah631

basically every comment in this music video

@missbleach8767

🧚‍♀️

@midzyblinkonce7716

There is just something so peaceful and yet tragic about this song. It really does feel like you are spending your final moments of life, going back and remembering your whole life from the start. Reminding you of your own mortality, and that time is precious. It's beautiful and humbling.

@michaelmarsh618

Everything we do or say stays with us. What we learn and act upon then is set in stone in human form, our spiritual self is on a different adventure and we have to align the material and spiritual to further gain wisdom or to be illuminated. Our fate is inevitable but the energy we carry with us is forever

@Stringer13ell

Do what?

@MariaSantos-xr4ej

quero entender o movimento amigos

@Anonymous-km5pj

song for the ages... the pendulum will swing back. God bless

@AdRian-os4em

The background throat singing was from a tribe in Taiwan that was the last to practice the art and when they passed away they took this art to their grave. That is why the song is partly tragic, you can think of it as the last of the Mohicans

@CDNSnowDay

This song echoes through me transporting me back to a time I've forgotten. Things seem so crazy and complicated as an adult. This gives me a second to breathe and regroup.

@felipe6008

I was a child when listening to this song, looking out the window and dreaming big ……. Here I am in 2021 an adult …..

@mattpaxton8247

Exactly

@mattpaxton8247

@@felipe6008 and life has stripped our innocence

@alimranhkhan2218

Same here

@teganbigone2366

THIS IS NOT AN ENIGMA SONG. I hate to burst your bubble, but they STOLE this recording from an Aboriginal married couple named Difang and Agay who were singing this DRINKING SONG in a bar in Taiwan!!! They were never paid royalties and did not even know their song was the theme of the 1996 Olympic Games and a mega money making hit until a village neighbor asked them about it 20 YEARS LATER!! They sued Enigma and the recording label, and they received a crappy payment. There is NOTHING SPIRITUAL about this song, it is not an Native American song, it is a stolen performance of the Ami Drinking Song. You may Google it for proof if you'd like.

@martinmoylan339

Listening on St Patrick’s Day in Ireland 2024 ☘️💚

@jacklyncarey1480

90s music made you feel! Will forever be grateful growing up in that time getting to experience that feeling! 40 yr old reminiscing in 2024! ❤️☝🏼🥹

@josephp.reilly

57 here. Same!

@RyanRoemer8624

Or being in their 30s

@The_Professor26

I became 13 years old again when I heard this. I'm 42. The 80s and 90s were the best years of my life ❤️

@troublesum7885

No doubt the best years of my life for sure!

@Glynnermang

Same as man I'm 41 now and these take ya back

@DarthDregan

… Same friend. Same.

@Bonygasse

Same

@anibalcesarnishizk2205

You are right.

@pompommerman9830

cool song Craig.

@htibobharley3527

HIIIiiiiIIIIIIiiiiIIIIIOHHIIIiiii fellow grump

@nessiepace

HAAAIOOOHHHAAAIIIAAAAII, OOOHAAIIII grumps!

@chadthundercock8091

Fucking knew it...

@uperscors

+Evert Eriksson what a surpriYEEIIEIAs to see game grumps fans here

@janekholoubek8984

Guys really? All this wailing is starting to get a bit out of HAAAAAAIIIOOOOHAAIAAAAAnnndddd.

@freedom4mealways

Thirty years ago Enigma "Returned To Innocence"! Truly a memorable tune!

@Robin_Hood054

0 % nudity .
0 % thrashtalk .
0 % autotune .
100 % Andreas Harde .

@cgore4

Yes, it's definitely an enigma.

@S40T4

Those were the days... 90's, no worries, no problems, just high school, and pure joy... Anyone else listening in 2020?

@claudiajadeGrioli69

i feel the same way about the 80s lol

@andreh202

Bingo, the right spot. It was peaceful back then.
Now,it's all about greed, fame, power mongering & possession. Disgusting.

@ra197088

Yep! Loved it then & love it now 💖

@mjcombs73

@@claudiajadeGrioli69 but you still have to agree that the 90's were so much better times than in the 2020's

@victrahan5707

Graduated 94. I feel you!

@leechyleech5568

When you desperately try to find the title of this song and you type ooyyayeeya ooyayaiyaa

@brendonthomas150

Hahahahah that's me

@Meowmew-pi9bc

😄🤣

@dn5141

😅😅

@babeyluv2

Omg guilty 😂

@tomemery7890

No wonder you couldn't find it, it's actually ooyaihai ohaiyaiyah

@caseylynn34

I'm 36 and this song still brings me to tears ♡

@dalalzahran7732

I noticed while reading the comments that most of you feel nostalgic for your childhood when hearing Enigma music. We are all different ages, different looks, and different countries, but there is always something that unites us as human beings. We are all connected. Greetings from Palestine, Jerusalem, the Promised Land.

@sandromauro3083

Yeah!!! Music Power 🎧👊

@timetravellingone

Is there anyone left alive in Gaza?

@dalalzahran7732

There is no extinction for a rebel, I am like the resurrection one day will come.

@HulaLulaful

Bless all in Palestine at this time...may there be a ceasefire and an end to the madness. 💕 😢

@satriakurniawandjaenal9676

Still one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.

@LaksitoNuswantara1867

Lantunan
yg abadi.

@satriakurniawandjaenal9676

@@LaksitoNuswantara1867
Anggun ada collab sama Enigma. Nama laguny lupa.

@marliaarts5624

I love this song❤so beautyfull

@nebrajayadi8904

Still give me goosebumps even its more than 20 years old..

@stonehand49

Satria Kurniawan Djaenal ..Amen....Amen

@mollyragdollfan1917

Dedicating this one to my brother-in-law, who loved Enigma. He went to God last night.

@brendabrannen3314

I'm so sorry for you & your family's loss!😥 Just please know he's at peace and watching over you all from heaven!❤

@Jakki123

Know that he is safe he has just went back to his true home. Wrapped in love with god. My condolences and love🌸🌸

@Scotties1966

So sorry for your loss 💕

@paulfairbairn1066

God bless 🌈🌟💜

@user-zv3tm1ly9y

Очень жаль

@macaxeiralive

Dam i miss 80's 90's. Children times. If we know how this moment are important.😢

@ConfedVet

Glad I'm not the only person that still listens to this song today.

@vergil1882

The old man died and his whole life flashed before his eyes in reverse order. He remembered where he had been, where he worked, whom he loved, how he walked under the same pear tree when he was a child. And he even remembered the moment of his baptism. He was apparently a good man who lived an honest decent life. Goosebumps. An ingenious clip!

@SoapinTrucker

Thanks Vladimir! :)

@giorgossinanis6920

@Garden of Eden nbeny

@cecilitaf

Never thought about it that way! You are a genius

@cecilitaf

@yeahSOwhat how is it obvious dumbfuck!! I though the old man was taking a nap and dreaming!!! There is no hint that he died!!

@cecilitaf

@yeahSOwhat specially since is not even the same man,people in the reverse sequence....

@Merilee-kv6dy

If only time could go backwards!!! I'd go back to the nineties! Who's with me?

@chellemartin9163

I'm with ya

@neliaphiri1078

I am 100000000000% with you ..I can’t turn back the hands of time but surely surely can make rewinds each second of my life listening to old classics

@Missprada_

I would definitely go in a heartbeat

@christianmoralesortiz4688

I'm in

@richardmiller6134

90's was my Decade too where i did many things that make me want to go back.

@JeanSantana000

I'm 45 now, and the other day I was driving my kids home from school when this song tuned in. The melody got them all amused, and it turned into a pretty cool moment.

@shinergy1

I was 6 years old with my Walkman and this song. My first favorite song!

@Lars00L

My father told me He played this song for me when i was a baby. He loved the native American traditions.
He passed away last year Oktober with 74. He was a special man and the person who i loved the most in my Life.
RIP Roger Petersen.

@vonheimlerstrudel

God bless you and your Dad.

@oritya1058

He will always love and protect you ❤

@Ridikuluzt

It’s amazing how music can bring back so many memories and nostalgia. Rest In Peace, to your father. Sorry, for your loss.

@spencerhurley5360

Rip roger

@Lars00L

@@vonheimlerstrudel thanks❤️

@dannamichaelson7447

This song makes me cry, Because when I heard it in 1995 I played with my little sister, while my mom to Cupcakes, we were so happy. Now my little sister is not with us anymore :'( ........And that breaks my heart

@The1Onyx

Sorry to hear that :(

@mirandabrahja4806

Hearing this, break my heart.

@flaviobarbosa110

Danna Michaelson

@TyhlerNovac

Danna Michaelson heart breaking my condolences

@RadBunny2269

Danna Michaelson broke my heart. Let this son gen a capsule of your moments together always. Love and light.

@user-gs5td2bu6t

Childhood innocence is needed.

@danielplainview2360

This sounds like Native American Hip Hop

@RyanRoemer8624

Not really hip hoppy at all

@_gita

Originally a certain Taiwanese tribe song.

@dorothyarida4073

This song still fills my soul, 30 years after its release. Some things never leave you. ❤❤❤

@LetRan-qn4jp

❤❤❤❤

@Lazarus_81

Agreed. Heard this song while I was in 6th grade in 1995, still rocking it out.

@user-jx6du9nt7z

I was in high school.. hajaha

@user-jx6du9nt7z

It's always good to go back to the day

@user-jx6du9nt7z

❤

@kronkrian100

This song makes me sad and makes me shed tears every time. Every time, I remember my childhood and how it passed and ended. Truly, you start appreciating something only when it's gone.

@xristos722

Same with me man. I am thinking of my life and what i might hove done differently. I wish i could turn time back.

@ThePurvenator

Be happy it happened. Return to urself

@eriumactire8470

Be a fucking man

@JohnSmith-tj6vz

Kron, you absolutely do 100 percent

@JohnSmith-tj6vz

@@eriumactire8470 lol which part of what he said wasn't being a man

@NamesRissa

Respect to the Difang! That tribal Taiwanese Amis chant is just so nostalgic for me 🥰

@vinkojankov8519

Život je lijep, volim te Isuse Kriste beskrajno...♥️♥️♥️

@moonshineofthemoon8054

This song will always hold a place in my heart. I wish I could go back and be my younger self but knowing as I get older I have to cherish everything I have.

@user-wx7id3yh7i

Great comment. Pretty well sums up me.

@limacharlie372

I couldn't have put that any better myself..... 🙏

@shiestyd1254

We all want to be our younger innocent selves again. I feel moving away from society would help, somewhere remote and self sufficient surviving… the things that really matter come in nature and being around what you love, and the ones you love.

@SherlockDave

Most times it's the memories, events, people and loved ones that makes you long for the past. Sadly, I'm in the same ship, too

@bjoernharder3078

❤ Thank you

@cruisinnewcollection-tw3ln

My dad passed away yesterday and now I'm making a playlist with all the songs he loved and I remember him by. This is one of them. Thank you dad for showing me the greatest artists of all times. Loved, missed and never forgotten 🤘🔥❤

@flakito26

My most deep and sincere condolences to you and your family. May he rest in peace!!

@ramona5429

May he rest in peace

@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095

"My dad passed away yesterday and now I'm making a playlist with all the songs he loved and I remember him by."
I'm so sorry for your loss. That's a good way to remember his life and treasure the memories.

{:o:O:}

@svaz2006

I'm sorry for your loss. Play his music, remember how happy it made him, and revel in the time you shared together.
If this was your dad's music then he & I are probably similar in age, and if so you'll want to add Stepping Out by Joe Jackson to your mix; it's a great tune.

@dereknguyen6730

May your father keep rockin on!!!

@l.a7710

I was innocent back when this was on the radio, early teens, I had dreams of what my life would be. I am now divorced fighting for my child's safety with a narcissist and hearing this song, brought me back to who I used to be and longed to be before I met the devil.

@lisamc157

I’m sorry you are dealing with this

@SabriFerrari50-qt5kq

Avevo 20 anni ora ne ho 64....
Questa e'musica che risveglia i ricordi indistruttibili.

@ajsouth8827

My parents passed in the same year(2020), they were in their 50's, this was my mom's favorite song. I listen when I feel down and need to sing. Beautiful song. Thank you. It's been very hard.

@martw3240

sorry to hear about your parents, try listening to Olive, you're not alone. It has helped me. m

@eddysam731

Be strong friend. May their souls rest in peace.

@geositsadel5318

Same feelings for me ..

@ajsouth8827

@@martw3240 Thank you very beautiful song.❤

@ajsouth8827

@@eddysam731 Thank you very much❤

@27nightjars

this song is so fitting for all the 90's kids who heard it brand new growing up. listening to it is a real return to innocence

@PS-wz9fc

Yes dear it is..

@ronalddewachter4945

Even some that are born in the 90’s remember it

@jdbarr769

It's a return to ignorance, A time when I was oblivious to how evil it all is---how depressingly vile it all is! Knowing can be a frightening thing! Please Armageddon Come!

@joesmo1899

Song still gives me goosebumps! Im closing my eyes and reflecting on the most wonderful years of my life.

@pettyofficer30

Now that were in our 40s we understand the meaning...

@mygotiger

Timeless classic! Manila 2024. Thank you!

@chadliu86

The world is cruel and dirty, we should return to innocence❤

@vanessamartins2437

One of the deepest songs ever made, it touches the soul

@DavidSanchez-sr2li

Every time I listen to this song it makes me cry

@AnitaDil

My soul is leaving my body to this tune when my time comes.

@YasaswiGomes

Yeah. Reverse mechanism. Nothing bad there are others as well. Try Van Helsing ending soundtrack and it touches.

@YasaswiGomes

@@DavidSanchez-sr2li You can try Enya, that might make you cry

@Allish-di3vo

I does

@tomikapipu2428

Love
Devotion
Feeling
Emotion
Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence
The return to innocence
And if you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny
Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't…
That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence
That's return to innocenc

@juultheone

"Don't give up and use the chance to Return To Innocence" ;)

@mimocrocodil210

and when you return to innocence, try to return to innocence again

@henkfokkema9528

Tomika thanks for this text as it adds up much to the song.
A melody you nowhere hear, but still it is good in meditation

@ellaming856

🌺

@rafaelvillarsanchez9602

you forgot something on that lyrics..... haaaoooeeeaaohaaaooeeeiiohaaaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

@marksummerlin3778

I'm working on the tow truck and I walked into a gas station and heard this... It literally shook me because this was a song they played while we played and also laid down to in elementary! I had to use my Google search to listen to it and it picked it up.. now I know exactly why I was supposed to hear this again finally!!!

@jairomartins7427

This song is brilliant - it shows how life can be short but still, it is carved with naive, emotional, and impacting moments. It makes us think about our anxieties, hard work, family, stresses, etc. To sum up, it pushes anyone to rethink life and sort out the real relevant things from the useless ones. By far, this piece of music is made by highly intelligent artists.

@trumanmblack4035

IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG SINCE I WAS FUCKING 10 YEARS OLD. TOOK ME 6 YEARS IM DYING HOLY FUCK

@ha4247

+Trumanmblack We've been waiting for you Truman!

@monaymarie2

lol! I know EXACTLY how you feel!

@zygioks

+Trumanmblack same here m8

@nvyden

exactly how I felt, exact same situation

@sc0rp1onbit3

+Trumanmblack lt's very difficult, to track down a song, of what one may of heard when they were young, when all you have to go on is a hypnotic chant.. l am ecstatic to have happened upon this by mere chance. l got lucky!"_")

@LaloMcKagan

Let's have a moment of silence for all those people that still can't find this song...

@davidpittet1989

Prayers

@edwardrice9170

First heard the song when I was 8 or 9. Fast forward 10 years to Google and youtube. Trying to search the only lyrics I remember "oh i oh i I I i" .. heard the end of it in a Greek restaurant after 14 years, staff dont speak english n cant help. Go to 20 years later... Google algorithms got so good "oh i I I i" actually worked.

@milotorres6894

So much truth in your ❤️ words of the lost one's in life's grip of sorrow and pains .

@melodyeisenberg2789

Moment is past, be strong. You know who you are!

@milotorres6894

Yup ,yup.

@giotok1142

Countless time I’ve watched this….everytime there’s always a memory 😢……..

@uncutalien614

This song always hits right.

@OzzyRus166

1993. I am 11 years old, and I learned to swim, went to the pool. This music was often played there. I remember the sun shining through the glass ceiling. I dive to a depth of 2.5 meters and feel these sounds all over my body. And the sun's rays sparkle and shimmer.

@elza4158

А мне было 17 и я училась в школе, эх как я торопила время тогда..хоть на денек бы вернуться в 1993

@user-ey7zz2rg5o

я завидую тебе

@susanbeaumont9478

This is one of the most beautiful comments on You Tube I've ever read. It's poetry!

@laidback9249

One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. 27th February 2021 listening from north west England UK. 11:55am, Mi. Sun is shining ☀️🇬🇧

@davidsflooringco

i used to people that was my 'deep' contribution

@NightSky018

Humanity needs a Return to Innocence.

@angeladallimore8079

Agree

@willystiles1665

Amen to that 🙏

@angeladallimore8079

Amen 🙏

@palermo017

Towns without internet

@savannahr6455

We’re getting there albeit slowly.. the Great Awakening 🙏🙂💙🌟💜🕊🌈💫

@kumaradatta2757

Wish - We could go back !!!!!!!!!!!!

@user-nd1lq4sy2u

.....Хай радіють люди , хай буяє життя , усі душі і рослин і живих істот безсмертні....

@rikkislick

Who's here simply because you just remember this song and missed listening to it for a long time?

@orionorigins5328

Or game grumps

@digimadhusmita

Meeeee

@gurpreetraj6761

Me..nostalgia😪

@Bellezbelles

Just found it again lol

@nunofontes3895

another one here =)

@13barkers

We all know you searched for this. Who is listening in 2021?! Really brings me back. Beautiful.... Namaste

@underthebluetakemein.

🕉🙏🧘‍♀️♾

@styxie24

✌🏼❤️🌈

@lucialeninha4247

Heart mother 🗽

@michaelhrinda3387

Didn't search this song because they played this song at the end of the movie called Man Of The House

@jeremycoyle2541

This song just randomly popped in my head lol

@raynemalyon8810

It's interesting how the only part of the video that's played forward is at the beginning when the old man picks the fruit.

@MarleneWilliams-pv3sv

Loved it when I was younger, and I still Love it to this day!!!

@ThereIsKnowSpoon

I'm 45 and this made me tear up. Such a strong song. Didn't think I needed this.

@user-jm7wl5bj3w

Мне почти 55, так что радуйтесь, вы ещё молоды. 😊

@stumack9755

😭

@dorothyarida4073

Same here. ❤

@herrot1

0% sex
0% drugs
0% profanity
100% whauwhawhaaaawhuawhuaawhuaaa

@Mnml1980

Love this Comment :-)

@gamer-vy3mm

Jeah👍🏼

@jzeerod

thhat is what the uninitiated hear...i hear wahaahaahooowaaahhaaoooahhhhhahhhahhaaa
:p

@michelveilleux1275

Bro, that's the best part! 🤣

@AdamVenomtomgue

To be fair, that part is about drinking

@4statesnewsandweather149

1 of the best songs of all time!!!!!!


Still listening in 2024!!! Are you????

@shaun601

I was on a nostalgia page on Facebook and they played the timelife commercial....and 2024 here I go😊

@jameslavine4396

Listen I’m 38 and been listening to this song for 20 years, no matter what your going through no matter how hard, have a drink and listen to this. We as people are strong and can get through anything. Just have faith your stronger than you think. I truly wish anyone that’s listening to this song all the best you guys are great x

@TensaiSakuragiHanamichi

'84 babies get it.

@PrOexeSiwy

Thanks, i agree with this words. ❤

@elishh8173

Thank you. Sending you and everyone who reads this love

@MisterKen81

Dude, this comment straight up had me in tears

@citroen143

God bless you. Touched by the wonderful things you wrote. You are definitely right. Giorgio 🙂

@everydayheroes436

28 years ago in 1993 I was 22, bought the cassette, rode home from the store jamming it with my girlfriend at the time. Now I'm 50, and life is passing faster and faster it seems. I would trade anything to be that kid again. Enjoy it and slow down. Maybe we can Return to Innocence ourselves

@Alfonsetti.Salvatore.Roberto

Kann nur zustimmen👍🏻👏🏻🔝!
Ich war damals 19 Jahre alt und verbinde mit diesem Lied fast die selben Erinnerungen♥️😍!

@ElimGarakOnDS9

Wie oft habe ich mir in den letzten Jahrzehnten gewünscht, wieder zurück im Jahr 1993 zu sein....

@philipdooley7341

I'm with you love to go back to those great times and songs miss them happier times back then not like the mess the world is in now

@malpete

Same here and same age 50

@bambihernandez4387

Couldn't agree more, I'm 62 and have been wishing with each passing year that if only time could run backwards. This video proves that you can! If only it were really true....

@user-zd7me6tp8v

Март 2024 года и все таже любовь!!! Обожаю это исполнение!!!❤

@golammukkit7777

Discovered the song in 2024 and can't stop listening to it.

@jona4230

Written by Immigrants that arrived in a Safe place.

@user-pg2zr1eh9w

I'm 44 and I was 15 again. This a song I have sung to myself many times when I'm afraid of what tomorrow brings. Life never goes as planned. But the circle continues...

@aminathsolih4513

😢

@camillabrown188

🫂✨❤️

@Uptownfunkyouup843

Same here

@edyvnonie2061

😢😢😢now 43yrs..

@rodimusprime3621

44 here too. Man, listening to this takes me right back to my awkward 15yr old self

@natalierachellouisesantana

Return to Innocence... who’s listening in 2021? We need this 🙏🏽🤍

@dhul-qarnaynmonir7306

listening

@andyclare8979

Me me me unbelievable love enya

@manuelabumuller-schorer4279

Me

@carrieschwelik5159

Right now

@colinogorman8279

😎

@f.g.9505

It was MTV time)) 92- 93 was very productive for new mega hits . Still remember it

@joeblow26

Being Native American I always liked the indigenous Austronesian soundtrack they used in this song but my truly favorite band was Redbone !

@Wafuller84

Come and get your love

@shailebeth

I finally understand this song. We must return to innocence. The person who is our true selves,, that is love, peace, joy. The outside world made us accustomed to their ways, their beliefs. There is only one path, that is ours,,. Not everyone else’s. We must follow our own path. From birth we’ve been taught how we should act, what we should believe, what we should think. It’s time to find peace from Within, and be at peace with and love ourselves, forget what everyone else says or thinks. What do you think? I hope this helps someone.

@Abroadinthemilkyway

Yeah! Dude😍

@richardmackow6990

yes so true

@mitchellwilliamdottsakabuf2471

We are all in charge of our own destiny aimee

@ichabodcrane7176

On another level, and thrown out there in the video, what it means is that no matter what you do in life, you just reset, so your original ideas are your last ideas.

@donvreeland8844

I'm 57 1/2. I haven't lived. For the past 30 years comparing to my goals, I've stagnated, trapped in my timeline. I've done everything 'right' like they told me. The rest depended on decisions others, and not me. I lost the battles for my existence - all which needed others. I. e. I've an empty life. I'd rather had a full life and dead at 45 than the torment of the absents of simple things in life. No pie in the sky, simple goals - all miles too high. Chasing dreams that run faster than me. I begged my younger friends under 30, don't end up like me.

@doctorslayer2106

Back then without internet the world was a beautiful place to live with.

@btcmewzik9613

Amen fren

@walterwhite1

Fuck I 😢 miss it

@changaaleikum2954

agree

@colinjohnston17

Absolutely

@usulsk

Not really, you just didnt hear about the horiffic things happening somewhere else.

@MrJamie198

I'm so glad I was a kid in the 90s and can go back to the memories

@patrickscanlon544

It was a weird time, musically. Gregorian chants got regular airplay and this song was everywhere.

@jamesclapp3969

I'm 63 years old now. And this is still one of the most beautiful melodies I have ever heard.

@TS-du3kw

I too am 63 and just stumbled back upon this song. Excellent

@johnnieternblom807

I am 28 years old and I love this song

@dilaraabdulaziz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSvN-3uiAPg

@iik9597

I'm 62

@jamesclapp3969

@@iik9597 And actually I'm 64 today. It's my birthday 🥳🎉

@neilolsen342

"Its not the beginning of the end, its the return to innocence." That shit is fucking transcendent man!

@Tbabyimgrown

Just listened like 3 times back to back that is healing

@ChrisYvonne05

💯🎵💯🎵💯🎵💯🎵💯🎵💯✊🏽same

@iloveapples5044

First time I've ever heard this song... I'm soaring ❤

@yulinyu382

Aboriginal voices come from Taiwan

@kaktees

I SPENT TWENTY YEARS OF MY LIFE TRYNA FIND THIS SONG. I EVEN GOOGLED HAAA YO WAII YA EH OH AIYAAAA AND NOTHING CAME OUT UNTIL TODAY WHEN MY SIS CASUALLY DROPPED THIS SONG REFERENCE. MY LIFE IS COMPLETE NOW. thanks for coming to my ted talk. ✌🏽

@gustavonerysantiago4743

Nice . . . .👏👏👏👏

@kingk6398

Wkwkwk sa ae

@machinedhorizons6045

Bahahaha

@ahmadyusron7028

Hahaha bangsad owaiyaiayayaya

@yavorkrustev9127

Last sentence is pure gold

@r1ckrag3_

This song changed my Life. I was 15 around the time it was released getting into trouble pretty much giving up on everything and putting stress on my Mother. I've always loved Rap music apart from today's mainstream so never really cared about Enigma back then. Return to Innocence would pop up on the radio quite often. I woke up one morning and turned the radio on and here's this damn song again lol.. I sat there just listening to this song while my mother was doing dishes looking stressed. I started feeling weird I was getting emotional. I got up and helped her and started to realize the importance of taking care of her, being there for Her. Will always love this song

@silviamdesmarinho8576

Parabéns por reconhecer a tempo ❤

@mrsteveispleased

Do you know what the native American is chanting at the beginning .

@astarr1717

This comment made me cry! Thx you, you're still going to be ok my friend! God Bless you for helping your mom! 🫂☺️❤️💯

@sharonwagner3108

@@mrsteveispleased no

@sharonwagner3108

Einliminlighten me

@XxFURYANxX

1:34 I remember falling asleep on the couch in the 90s and being woken up by this blasting on the TV for the Pure Moods CD commercial😂

@sulutinielu

Lovely chantings

@cosmicmoon2012

RIP to the seniors and other people that have passed away from covid 😢 and much love to their families who are mourning their unexpected passing

@juliachriste9926

😭

@sonoftheabundantuniverse2552

Feel sad for them

@samhain1894

It’s too sad.

@eduardogutierrez432

I am happy for them everlasting life

@BioTurk

Corona-Hoax

@MuzzammilBungshy

I love this song from Mauritius 🇲🇺

@patrickwilding

I love this song from Yugoslavia

@Juttekatoo

If you have any troubled thoughts, just come here and listen this piece.

@kingoftherain

28 years later, this is still my favourite song of all time. I may not listen to it as much as I used to, but every time I do, it hits the right spot.

@seidismiyev5881

Mee too

@seidismiyev5881

😊

@tuukkap601

Couldn't agree more!

@vell7461

28??

@kingoftherain

In a few months, yes.