Continuing the Enya tradition of opening albums with an instrumental title track, “The Memory of Trees” flows along at a moderate tempo of 95bpm in E flat major.
It features a blend of vocalisations, piano, synthesised strings, bells and percussion, sounding almost like a marching band in ¾, and al...
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
The Memory of Trees was written by Enya.
The Memory of Trees was produced by Nicky Ryan.
Enya released The Memory of Trees on Tue Dec 05 1995.
Despite having no lyrics, Roma Ryan has said about the song:
In ancient Celtic belief trees had spirits within them and were considered sacred. They were the keepers of memory and lore. […]Thus the memory of trees looks into the past. The future we look at may give us another interpretation of the...
There are no lyrics, as confirmed by both Enya and Roma themselves. The vocals you hear in the tracks are simply vocalisations, a quality typical of Enya’s music.