This is one of my favourite songs, written and sung by Enya. It lulls me. It enters my pores. It takes me …
City lights shine on the harbour
Night has fallen down
Through the darkness
And the shadow
I will still go on
Long, long journey
Through the darkness
Long, long way to go
But what are miles
Across the ocean
To the heart that’s coming home?
Where the road
Runs through the valley
Where the river flows
I will follow every highway
To the place I know
Long, long journey
Through the darkness,
Long, long way to go
But what are miles
Across the ocean
To the heart that’s coming home?
Long, long journey
Out of nowhere
Long, long way to go
But what are sighs
And what is sadness
To the heart that’s coming home?
Long, long journey
Through the darkness
Long, long way to go
But what are miles
Across the ocean
To the heart that’s coming home?
Long, long journey
Out of nowhere
Long, long way to go
But what are sighs
And what is sadness
To the heart that’s coming home?
It has been a long journey and hopefully it will continue for many years. So many chapters when I was here and there, doing this and that, gradually opening my heart to the world.
Probably like you, I’ve had great loves and great sorrows. I’ve triumphed and failed. I’ve had immense power and debilitating weakness. I’ve touched the lives of hundreds of kids. Many of them likely smile when they think of me.
Like the song, I feel my heart coming home. It includes a sense of place in Ghent but it’s also far more. It’s moments of connection with anyone willing to look into my eyes. It’s living within the melodies of cello and voice. It’s caressing the lyrics of precious songs … like this one.
And …
I will still go on
To the place I know
It’s such a mysterious knowing
Listen now to Enya giving us “Long, Long Journey”:
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