The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of m… - Enya

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The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me... The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.

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Enya (born May 17 1961), birth name Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (sometimes presented in the media as the Anglicized Enya Brennan), is Ireland's best-selling solo musician. As a musical group, Enya is really three people: Enya herself, who composes and performs the music; Nicky Ryan, who produces the albums; and Roma Ryan, who writes the lyrics in various languages. Enya is a phonetic approximation of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish.

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Alternative Names: Eithne Ní Bhraonáin • Enya Brennan • Eithne Ni Bhraonain • Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin • Eithne Padraigin Ni Bhraonain • Enya Patricia Brennan

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We call out into the distance... Less than a pearl in a sea of stars, we are a lost island in the shadows.

Late at night I drift away - I can hear you calling, and my name is in the rain, leaves on trees whispering, deep blue sea's mysteries.

Our words go beyond the moon. Our words go into the shadows. The river sings the endlessness. We write of our journey through night. We write in our aloneness. We want to know the shape of eternity. Who knows the way it is? Who knows what time will not tell us?

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