Only Time lyrics
EnyaWho can say where the road goes
Where the day flows, only time
And who can say if your love grows
As your heart chose, only time...
Who can say why your heart sighs
As your love flies, only time
And who can say why your heart cries
When your love lies, only time...
Who can say when the roads meet
That love might be in your heart
And who can say when the day sleeps
If the night keeps all your heart
Night keeps all your heart...
Who can say if your love grows
As your heart chose, only time
And who can say where the road goes
Where the day flows, only time
Who knows only time
Who knows only time...
Song Details
Composer: Enya
Lyricist: Roma Ryan
Brief: A song about the unpredictability of the future and the passage of time. The lyrics explore the idea that only time can reveal what will happen in life, love, and relationships—no one can truly predict the outcomes.
Chart Success: The song reached number one in Canada, Germany, Poland and Switzerland, number two in Austria, and became Enya’s only top-10 single as a solo artist in the United States, peaking at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
Tribute: The song took on new meaning in 2001 as a 9/11 tribute song—Enya performed it on Larry King Live on November 8, 2001.
TV & Film: NBC used the song to promote the TV series Friends in 2001. In the same year the song was used on the soundtrack for the movie Sweet November, starring Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron.
Genre: New Age
Cover Versions: Keedie from the album I Believe My Heart, Twelve Girls Band (Eastern Energy), Jackie Evancho, Brian McFadden (The Irish Connection), Róisín & Celtic Spirit (The Magic of Enya), and Pyramid Scheme.
Featured Artist: Enya
Maxi Single CD:
Released: 3 November 2000
Country: Europe. UK
Label: WEA
Tracks:
Only Time
The First of Autumn
The Promise
Album: A Day Without Rain
Recorded: 1998–2000
Released: 20 November 2000
Country: Europe, US
Format: CD, Album
Label: WEA (Europe), Reprise (US)
