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Enya: The memories of trees

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s

Artist: Enya
Title: The memories of trees 
Released: 1995
Label: Reprise Records
Time: 43:24
Producer(s): Nicky Ryan
Appears with:
Category: Pop/Rock
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2000
Price in €: 1,99
Web address: www.enya.com

 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] The Memory Of Trees (Enya/Ryan) - 4:18
[2] Anywhere Is (Enya/Ryan) - 3:58
[3] Pax Deorum (Enya/Ryan) - 4:58
[4] Athair Ar Neamh (Enya/Ryan) - 3:39
[5] From Where I Am (Enya/Ryan) - 2:20
[6] China Roses (Enya/Ryan) - 4:47
[7] Hope Has A Place (Enya/Ryan) - 4:44
[8] Tea-House Moon (Enya/Ryan) - 2:41
[9] Once You Had Gold (Enya/Ryan) - 3:16
[10] La Soñadora (Enya/Ryan) - 3:35
[11] On My Way Home (Enya/Ryan) - 5:08

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Enya - Vocals, Multi Instruments

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


No surprises here, of course -- Enya didn't achieve new age superstardom by challenging anyone's expectations. This album is every bit as hushed, lovely and soulless as everything else she's ever done; like a perfect angel food cake, it's sweet, soft and utterly lacking in nutritive substance. There's nothing the matter with angel food cake, of course, and there's also nothing really the matter with The Memory of Trees, though its Druidic theme does smell awfully trendy (nothing was quite so hip as neopaganism in 1995), and it steers so strictly the same melodic and textural course she's been following throughout her solo career that you're tempted to wonder why anyone would want to spend the money on what amounts to a complete rehash of her earlier work. While other cultural influences play a greater part in this album, the beautiful and brooding Celtic melodies she brought with her from her earlier work with Clannad are still the primary raw materials, and her skillful use of them is still the main thing that sets her apart from the new age pack. She also has a truly lovely voice, and there's no point trying to resist the gentle charm of "China Roses" and the incantatory power of "Anywhere Is." But so little of the album lives up to the promise of these and one or two other tracks that it's hard to recommend it very enthusiastically.

Rick Anderson, All-Music Guide
 

 L y r i c s


THE MEMORY OF TREES

(Instrumental)


ANYWHERE IS

I walk the maze of moments
but everywhere I turn to
begins a new beginning
but never finds a finish
I walk on the horizon
and there I find another
it all seems so surprising
and then I find that I know

You go there you're gone forever
I go there I'll lose my way
if we stay here we're not together
Anywhere is

The moon upon the ocean
is swept around in motion
but without ever knowing
the reason for its flowing
in motion on the ocean
the moon still keeps on moving
the waves still keep on waving
and i still keep on going

You go there you're gone forever
I go there I'll lose my way
if we stay here we're not together
Anywhere is

I wonder if the stars sign
the life that is to be mine
and would they let their light shine
enough for me to follow
I look up to the heavens
but night has clouded over
no spark of constellation
no Vela no Orion

The shells upon the warm sands
have taken from their own lands
the echo of their story
but all I hear are low sounds
as pillow words are weaving
and willow waves are leaving
but should I be believing
that I am only dreaming

You go there you're gone forever
I go there I'll lose my way
if we stay here we're not together
Anywhere is

To leave the thread of all time
and let it make a dark line
in hopes that I can still find
the way back to the moment
I took the turn and turned to
begin a new beginning
still looking for the answer
I cannot find the finish
it's either this or that way
it's one way or the other
it should be one direction
it could be on reflection
the turn I have just taken
the turn that I was making
I might be just beginning
I might be near the end.


PAX DEORUM

..domineoveniteosacramentum(discesm)eodeo
domineoveniteosacramentum(discesm)eodeo
domineoveniteosacramentum(discesm)eodeo..
athairarneamhdialinn..athairarneamhdialiom

Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
Omnem crede diem tibi di'uxisse supremum.


ATHAIR AR NEAMH

Athair ar Neamh. Dia linn
Athair ar Neamh. Dia liom
m'anam, mo chroí, mo ghlóir,
moladh duit, a Dhia.

Fada an lá, go sámh
Fada an oích', gan ghruaim,
aoibhneas, áthas, grá,
moladh duit, a Dhia

Móraim thú ó lá go lá.
Móraim thú ó oích' go hoích'

Athair ar Neamh, Dia linn,
Athair ar Neamh, Dia liom
an ghealach, an ghrian, an ghaoth,
moladh duit, a Dhia.


FROM WHERE I AM

(Instrumental)


CHINA ROSES

Who can tell me if we have heaven,
who can say the way it should be;
Moonlight holly, the Sappho Comet,
Angel's tears below a tree.

You talk of the break of morning
as you view the new aurora,
Cloud in crimson, the key of heaven,
one love carved in acajou.

One told me of China Roses,
One a thousand nights and one night,
Earth's last picture, the end of evening;
hue of indigo and blue.

A new moon leads me to
woods of dreams and I follow.
A new world waits for me;
my dream, my way.

I know that if I have heaven
there is nothing to desire.
Rain and river, a world of wonder
may be paradise to me.

I see the sun..
I see the stars..


HOPE HAS A PLACE

One look at love
and you may see
it weaves a web
over mystery,
all ravelled threads
can rend apart
for hope has a place in the lover's heart,
Hope has a place in a lover's heart.

Whispering world,
A sigh of sighs,
The ebb and the flow
of the ocean tides,
One breath, one word
may end or may start
a hope in a place in the lover's heart.
Hope has a place in a lover's heart.

Look to love
you may dream,
and if it should leave
then give it wings.
But if such a love
is meant to be;
Hope is home, and the heart is free.

Under the heavens
we journey far,
on roads of life
we're the wanderers,
So let love rise,
So let love depart,
Let hope have a place in the lover's heart.
Hope has a place in the lover's heart.

Look to love
and you may dream,
and if it should leave
then give it wings.
But if such a love
is meant to be;
Hope is home, and the heart is free.

Hope is home, and the heart is free.


TEA HOUSE MOON

(Instrumental)


ONCE YOU HAD GOLD

Once you had gold,
Once you had silver,
Then came the rains
out of the blue.
Ever and always.
Always and ever.
Time gave both darkness and dreams to you.

Now you can see
Spring becomes autumn,
leaves become gold
falling from view.
Ever and always.
Always and ever.
No-one can promise a dream come true,
Time gave both darkness and dreams to you.

What is the dark;
shadows around you,
why not take heart
in the new day?
Ever and always.
Always and ever.
No-one can promise a dream for you,
Time gave both darkess and dreams to you.


LA SOÑADORA

Yo; el otoño
Yo; el vespero
He sido un eco

Seré una ola
Seré la luna
He sido todo, soy yo

Yo; el verano
Yo; el ebano
Soy la soñadora


ON MY WAY HOME

I have been given
one moment from heaven
as I am walking
surrounded by night,
Stars high above me
make a wish under moonlight.

On my way home
I remember
only good days.
On my way home
I remember all the best days.
I'm on my way home
I can remember
every new day.

I move in silence
with each step taken,
snow falling round me
like angels in flight,
Far in the distance
is my wish under the moonlight.

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