The Singer

Enya Patricia Brennan (Irish: Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin /ˈɛnjə/; born 17 May 1961) is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician. Born into a musical family and raised in the Irish-speaking area of Gweedore, County Donegal, Enya began her music career when she joined her family's Celtic folk band Clannad in 1980 on keyboards and backing vocals. She left the group in 1982 with their manager and producer Nicky Ryan to pursue a solo career, with Ryan's wife Roma Ryan as her lyricist. Enya developed her sound over the following four years with multitracked vocals and keyboards with elements of new age, Celtic, classical, church, and folk music. She has sung in ten languages.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

City lights shine on the harbour

Night has fallen down

Through the darkness and the shadow

I will still go on

[Chorus 1]

Long, long journey

Through the darkness

Long, long way to go

But what are miles

Across the ocean

To the heart that's coming home?

[Verse 2]

Where the road runs through the valley

Where the river flows

I will follow every highway

To the place I know

[Chorus 1]

Long, long journey

Through the darkness

Long, long way to go

But what are miles

Across the ocean

To the heart that's coming home?

[Chorus 2]

Long, long journey

Out of nowhere

Long, long way to go

But what are sighs

And what is sadness

To the heart that's coming home?

[Interlude]

[Chorus 1]

Long, long journey

Through the darkness

Long, long way to go

But what are miles

Across the ocean

To the heart that's coming home?

[Chorus 2]

Long, long journey

Out of nowhere

Long, long way to go

But what are sighs

And what is sadness

To the heart that's coming home?