Lead by a rather hypnotic melody, “The Humming” deals with the concept of how change affects everything.
The title refers to the sound of the early universe, an extremely low pitch vibration around 47 octaves below the lowest note on the piano keyboard. A likeness to the sound was found when Enya h...
[Verse 1]
And all the light will be, will be
And all the future prophecy
And all the waves; the sea, the sea
And on the road are you and me
[Verse 2]
And all the winds are like a kiss
And all the years are nemesis
And all the moments fall in mist
And all is dust, remember this
[Refrain]
And all the light will be, will be
And all the waves, the sea
And all the waves; the sea, the sea
And all the light will be
[Verse 3]
And all the dust will drift away
And all the nights, and all the days
And all the heavens go their way
And only change is here to stay
[Refrain]
And all the light will be, will be
And all the waves, the sea
And all the waves; the sea, the sea
And all the light will be
[Verse 4]
And all the stars without a name
And all the skies that look the same
And all the clouds that fade and then
Then all of this begins again…
The Humming was written by Enya.
The Humming was produced by Nicky Ryan.
Enya released The Humming on Fri Nov 13 2015.
The lyric moves on from this beginning and muses on how, from the smallness of the sub-atomic domain to the gigantic regions of the heavens, there is a certain irony that one constant in the flow of existence is change. One thing can become another. Man is only one part of the whole cycle. What a wo...
It’s a song that talks about the change that happens within the universe: the clouds become rain; the water evaporates, it becomes a cloud; winds will come and go; trees will fall; the fungi will recycle the trees. So it’s a song about this ever-going recycling that is within the universe.
But what...
It began when, after writing the melody line, Enya started humming a small part of the melody. It’s rather appropriate as the title refers to the sound of the early universe which is at around 47 octaves below the lowest note on the piano keyboard. Scientists have compressed this extremely low frequ...