@ALBUM: Shepherd Moons



@SONG: HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING

by Enya



My life goes on in endless song

above earth's lamentations,

I hear the real, though far-off hymn

that hails a new creation.



Through all the tumult and the strife

I hear it's music ringing,

It sounds an echo in my soul.

How can I keep from singing?

       

While though the tempest loudly roars,

I hear the truth, it liveth.

And though the darkness 'round me close,

songs in the night it giveth.



No storm can shake my inmost calm,

while to that rock I'm clinging.

Since love is lord of heaven and earth

how can I keep from singing?



When tyrants tremble in their fear

and hear their death knell ringing,

when friends rejoice both far and near

how can I keep from singing?



In prison cell and dungeon vile

our thoughts to them are winging,

when friends by shame are undefiled

how can I keep from singing?

       

@SONG: CARIBEAN BLUE

by Enya



... Eurus ...

... Afer Ventus ...



... so the world goes round and round

with all you ever knew -

They say the sky high above

is Caribean blue ...



... if every man says all he can,

if every man is true,

do I believe the sky above

is Caribean blue ...



... Boreas ...

... Zephryus ...



... if all you told was turned to gold,

if all you dreamed were new,

imagine sky high above

in Caribean blue ...



... Eurus ...

    Afer Ventus ...

... Boreas

    Zephryus ...

... Africus ...





@SONG: ANGELES

by Enya, Clarinet by Roy Jewitt



Angels, answer me,

are you near if rain should fall?

Am I to believe

you will rise to calm the storm?

For so great a treasure words will never do.

Surely, if this is, promises are mine to give you.

                                   mine to give...



Here, all too soon the day!

Wish the moon to fall and alter tomorrow.

I should know

heaven has her way

- each one given memories to own.



Angeles, all could be

should you move both earth and sea

Angeles, I could feel

all those dark clouds disappearing...



Even, as I breathe

comes an angel to their keep.

Surely, if this is

promises are mine to give you.

                        mine to give...






@SONG: Marble Halls

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by Enya



I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls

with vassels and serfs at my side,

and of all who assembled within those walls

that I was the hope and the pride.

I had riches all too great to count

and a high ancestral name.

But I also dreamt which pleased me most

that you loved me still the same,

that you loved me

you loved me still the same,

that you loved me

you loved me still the same.



I dreamt that suitors sought my hand,

that knights upon bended knee

and with vows no maidens heart could withstand,

they plesged their faith to me.

And I dreamt that one of that noble host

came forth my hand to claim.

But I also dreamt which charmed me most

that you loved me still the same

that you loved me

you loved me still the same,

that you loved me

you loved me still the same.