The Gloaming: "the Pilgrim's Song" -

: The track was recorded at Real World Studios in December 2015. It is characterized by Thomas Bartlett’s sparse piano and Iarla Ó Lionáird’s haunting vocals, eventually transitioning into a traditional reel called "Touch Me If You Dare".

: "I saw life like a tale from the Fianna / Long, long ago in the morning / Shaped by the magic wand / That a child holds in their hand." 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) : The track was recorded at Real World

: "The country spoke like a temple / The river's gait was pompous / The valleys bowed to the knee / The sign of the cross was on the branches." The song's lyrics are a composite of two

: "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