On “I Don’t Wanna Know”, Mario Winans is cast into the unenviable position of having basically discovered or at least being convinced that his significant other is cheating. When faced with such a reality, let’s...
The term “creepin” is a well-established colloquialism within the hip-hop community, one that generally points to the notion of someone cheating on their lover. In the case of this song, that someone would be the...
It is obvious that what the lyrics of “The Humming” are speaking to, most simply put, is existence. As Enya has described this piece in her own words, it is based on “the change that happens within the universe” or the cycle of...
Enya is an abstract artist who sometimes uses elaborate metaphors to point to basic ideas. So for instance in this iconic song of hers, she regularly references the “sky above” as being “Caribbean blue”. This...
In Enya’s “Only Time”, the “time” is characterized as somewhat of an omniscient entity. In other words, we as people do not know what tomorrow brings. But as the old adage goes, ‘time reveals all truths’. And...
The lyrics of Enya’s “Orinoco Flow” paint a picture where the singer is fantasizing about sailing around the world with the addressee. Most of the locations mentioned are real-life places that can be accessed via...
