In the opening of this song we hear a few bars of ‘Marble Halls’ (song 270) which is considered to be ‘bad luck’ when the melody is whistled by actors in the
theatre, followed by the sound of a rain storm and then the beautiful sound of a brass
band.
There is something about the sound of a brass band playing (it always
reminds me of The Salvation Army playing and at the same time – The Salvation
Army Brass band playing at Christmas) which is intrinsically warming and
comforting.
Of all the songs on Enya’s ‘Shepherd Moons’ album this is the one I
always come back to and listen to again and again. Dangerously sentimental and
dramatic, it is typical Enya and yet at the same time an uplifting song of
separation, longing and eventual reunion.
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