With a choir of voices calling out above a pulsing beat, “Even in the Shadows” is one of the closest encounters Enya has had with pop music.
Exposing herself in a moment of heartbreak, the lament to a love now lost was written in a way quite different to any previous Enya song. Written to a rhymthm...
[Verse 1]
Even in the shadows
I turn around
To find you walk away
And even when I whisper
The winds will come
To steal the words I say
[Chorus]
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Wonder why this love is over
Wonder why it’s not forevermore
[Verse 2]
Even in the silence
I hear my heart
It’s still a part of you
And even in the morning
When light has come
I don’t know what to do
[Chorus]
So high, so low
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Love has come
Wonder why this love is over
And love has gone
Wonder why it’s not forever
[Chorus]
So high, so low
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Love has come
Wonder why this love is over
And love has gone
Wonder why it’s not forevermore
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
So high, so low
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Love has come
Wonder why this love is over
And love has gone
Wonder why it’s not forever
[Chorus]
So high, so low
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Love has come
Wonder why this love is over
And love has gone
Wonder why it’s not forevermore
Even in the Shadows was written by Enya.
Even in the Shadows was produced by Nicky Ryan.
Enya released Even in the Shadows on Fri Nov 13 2015.
That song is me exposing myself. It’s a heartbreak song. I’ve never done a heartbreak song before.
Enya describing the stand-out factors to The Independent in 2015.
It’s, for me, one of the more emotional-journey songs. It’s about love, and where it hasn’t worked out – the anger and disappointment...