: "A vision exists, I know it / Simmering in the womb of my imagination / A bright flame without substance, like the wind / Pleading for an appropriate shape." Background and Musicality
Watch the actual recording of "The Pilgrim's Song" at Real World Studios, capturing the haunting live performance featured on the album: The Gloaming - The Pilgrim's Song (Real World Studios) Real World Records YouTube• Feb 3, 2016 The Gloaming (aka 2) - Brassland The Gloaming: "The Pilgrim's Song"
The Irish contemporary folk supergroup released "The Pilgrim's Song" as the opening track of their second album, 2 (2016). The song's lyrics are a composite of two poems by the celebrated 20th-century Irish-language poet Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916–1977): "Oilithreacht Fám Anam" ( A Pilgrimage of My Soul ) and "A Sheanfhilí, Múinídh Dom Glao" ( Old Poets, Teach me the Call ). Lyrics (Gaeilge) : "A vision exists, I know it /
D'aiséirigh 'na taisléineLe solas ar a leacain'S do thionlaic mé go gléineachAr oilithreacht fám anam : "A vision exists