Enya - Book Of Days (video) Apr 2026

The music video uses the 1992 single version of the song, which contains English lyrics written specifically for the film.

The video features shots of Enya performing the song interspersed with sweeping scenes from Far and Away , starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman .

The song and video center on the concept of a "Book of Days"—a personal diary or log of a journey. Lyricist Roma Ryan describes it as the "sadness and exuberance" of lives laid out on a page, filled with personal histories, great loves, and exotic travels. Enya - Book Of Days (video)

For Enya, the song represents the excitement and expectations of entering a new day, where the future is still an unwritten blank page.

This differs from the original 1991 version found on early pressings of the album Shepherd Moons , which was sung entirely in Irish Gaelic . After the film's success, the bilingual version replaced the Gaelic one on most subsequent album pressings. Book Of Days, 1992 Dir. by Michael Geoghegan - Enya Lyrics The music video uses the 1992 single version

The music video for (1992) is a cinematic promotional piece directed by Michael Geoghegan . It serves as a visual bridge between Enya's atmospheric music and the 1992 Ron Howard film, Far and Away . Core Themes and Meaning

The video specifically adapts these themes to the film Far and Away , mirroring the characters' journey from Ireland to America across the ocean. Visual Elements and Production Lyricist Roma Ryan describes it as the "sadness

Because it contains copyrighted footage from the movie, this specific music video was excluded from major Enya DVD compilations like The Video Collection and The Very Best of Enya . These collections typically replace it with a 1992 Top of the Pops performance instead. Musical Versions in the Video