Enigma — Return To Innocence
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That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence
Love - Devotion
Feeling - Emotion
Love - Devotion
Feeling - Emotion
Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence
If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny
Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence
That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence
Don't care what people say
Follow just your own way Follow just your own way
Don't give up, don't give up
To return, to return to innocence.
If you want then laugh
If you must then cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny.
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence
Love - Devotion
Feeling - Emotion
Love - Devotion
Feeling - Emotion
Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence
If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny
Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence
That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence
Don't care what people say
Follow just your own way Follow just your own way
Don't give up, don't give up
To return, to return to innocence.
If you want then laugh
If you must then cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny.
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Haven't heard this in years... thank you RP!
It's a little ironic that the song celebrates a return to innocence, but used material without credit from an aboriginal Taiwanese singer (it's not Native American). The aboriginal song is called "Jubilant Drinking Song". The singer received no money and only learned of their fame when their friends heard the song played on a television ad for the Olympics. The band and their label were sued in 1998.
This song takes me back.... 
This group was the inspiration for an album I had the pleasure to work on in 1997 called Nostradamus " Storm Of Dreams", a release in Europe at the time. I sang on a few tracks for the album, including the single Whisper Of An Angel. Good feels for this unique genre of music.
takes me back to '94 at a friend's house lowering the sound of the stereo on the song with the deep breathing from the same album. Never understood the Indians in the background but quite a nostalgic track for me.
Driving home in the Rocky Mountains listening to Enya 🥰
Yeah
Feels like forever since I last heard this one. Ahhh, great memories coming back.
Nerubo wrote:
No guilt when your'e actually enjoying it!
I keep coming back to the first two albums alllll the time. Yeah they aged, but so did I.
Easy 10 from this lil boy
Just a pleasure, no guilt. Happily, the oversaturation effect has worn off for me.
No guilt when your'e actually enjoying it!
I keep coming back to the first two albums alllll the time. Yeah they aged, but so did I.
Easy 10 from this lil boy
Was that Imogen Heap singing in there? (Guess not, according to AMG)
Just a pleasure, no guilt. Happily, the oversaturation effect has worn off for me.
Guilty pleasure...
Aww come on. After twenty years at least for me the oversaturation has worn off to a large degree. I for one was legitimately happy to hear the song again. And I hated it as much as any of you did back then.
Haven't heard this in years.. brings back memories. It's ok
Smoove_D wrote:
A song from an earlier release suffered the same fate
There was a five-year period in the 90s when this song seemed to be EVERYWHERE. Movie soundtracks, movie trailers, commercials for colleges, commercials for meditation CDs. I'm sorry, but that overexposure ruined it for me. If it ever was a good song, I don't remember when.
A song from an earlier release suffered the same fate
Smoove_D wrote:
Yes.... exactly this. Its just ruined for me too
There was a five-year period in the 90s when this song seemed to be EVERYWHERE. Movie soundtracks, movie trailers, commercials for colleges, commercials for meditation CDs. I'm sorry, but that overexposure ruined it for me. If it ever was a good song, I don't remember when.
Yes.... exactly this. Its just ruined for me too
There was a five-year period in the 90s when this song seemed to be EVERYWHERE. Movie soundtracks, movie trailers, commercials for colleges, commercials for meditation CDs. I'm sorry, but that overexposure ruined it for me. If it ever was a good song, I don't remember when.
Thanks to RP for playing this.
I first heard this on FM in my car......believe it or not but that was definitely pre-Clear Channel-lization of the air waves.
If it wasn't for feeds like RP we'd all be riding in our cars or sitting in front of our PC's having our brains pickled.
So, all your critics please to shut up and just enjoy the RP variety.
I first heard this on FM in my car......believe it or not but that was definitely pre-Clear Channel-lization of the air waves.
If it wasn't for feeds like RP we'd all be riding in our cars or sitting in front of our PC's having our brains pickled.
So, all your critics please to shut up and just enjoy the RP variety.
The Native American signing that chorus was in MST3K...
Tastes best with Twist in my Sobriety.
Serve cold.
Serve cold.
Most Enigma songs are perhaps better enjoyed when in context to the whole cd........
Cruithne3753 wrote:
Great lyrics.
"Aaaaahhh eeeee yyooooooo eeee yaahhh-eeee-yaaahhh eeeee-ooooo eeeee yaaaahhhhh-eeeee-yaaahhhhhh...."
Great lyrics.
you people are so freakin' jaded, this song rocks, stop being so narrow minded! 
I cannot help but agree with some of the negative comments about this song, especially the trite lyrics. I shouldn't like it. A guilty pleasure, perhaps. But I disagree with the "nothing new" and "unoriginal" criticisims. The sort of tribal sounding chorus sounded really fresh and new when I first heard this song, and for me makes it most likeable. And as a musical idea, I don't see it as having been repeated to death (by Enigma, or anyone else), which allows it to retain its uniqueness. Not monumental, but for me, a very likeable tune.
29.Sep, 17.16 hrs: inane ghostly yodeling emanating from desktop speakers, automute failure, invoking manual mute, ahhhhhhhhh. . .
29.Sep, 17.20 hrs: current yodelometer reading zero, mute off. . .
It's been a long time since I've heard this song...
Very nice to hear it again. Thanks RP!
How much Listerine do you have to drink to be able to sing like that?
Don't worry, I am just jealous.
superb song, love the video too
crowhog2000 wrote:
Wasn't this on some movie soundtrack playing during the closing credits? 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_%28musical_project%29#Influence
Seems to be "Man of the house".
Headphones on and studied for my MCSE (geek I know) many years ago listening to this song. I understand why some people do not like it but I just do.
Lyrics a bit naff though.
Eric_Halfa_Bee wrote:
The song was okay, but their second CD just didn't compare with their first.
agreed
Wasn't this on some movie soundtrack playing during the closing credits?
A good song, but far from Enigma's best. There's better stuff off this album.
sig listens to this w/ his goat
bryans song
It was overplayed, but now that it's been awhile. It's a wonderfully refreshing song that I enjoy greatly. Just because a song has been heard many times doesn't make it a bad song.
I'm not an Enigma! I'm a band of color!
This is just a bit too cheesy. 
Decent at times, but awful at others.
Decent at times, but awful at others.Oh God. Again with the lyrics that are painful to listen to and take seriously.
Overproduced, laughable, cliched, silly, overplayed, pretentious.......... 
It\'s a \"surround-sound song.\"
Why all the negativity on this track... I think its excellent. Ok nothing new but sounds great!!! keep the good tunes flowing... Thank you Bill :D
Return to innocence, seems like an old Romantic era idea, nothing new here. Anyway, don\'t like this too much, I dug the first enigma album but this is a lot weaker IMO.
Brings back memories - good memories. It\'s hard to believe this was released eight years ago.
Come on Bill. . . kick it off the playlist now please :roll:
Most of the comments are bad. . . and it almost made me click over to another station!
A bit over-played, but I still like it.
paulv - make sure you move your keyboard - cleaning in between those keys will be tough.
Not as strong as a reaction as you Paulv. I can see how it could be annoying, but I have to say I like it.
makes me wanna puke!! :( 
makes me wanna puke!! :(
makes me wanna puke!! :(
makes me wanna puke!!
Superficial \"world music\".
takes me back to '94 at a friend's house lowering the sound of the stereo on the song with the deep breathing from the same album. Never understood the Indians in the background but quite a nostalgic track for me.
The whole track is based around the "Indian" vocal sample (actually Taiwanese couple Difang and Igay Duana from the Ami community). They were originally uncredited and unpaid but eventually got restitution once the song became a global smash.