Aka. "Destination Anywhere", "The Boy and Girl from County Bavaria"... After a very intense year in Würzburg (Germany), I'm back in Salamanca. I probably won't have that many experiences to write, but there's always an excuse to post a new entry!

He's English, eccentric and one of the best-known composers in the history of symphonic rock. She's Scottish, red-haired and really into folk music. What could these two people possibly have in common? The answer is very simple. Many years ago, Mike Oldfield hired a session singer named Maggie Reilly for one of his albums, and she ended up becoming some kind of muse for him. As a result, in 1983 an unique song was born... and its name was Moonlight Shadow.

This song will always be special for me. In fact, I consider it to be my favourite song above all the ones I've ever heard. I discovered it when I was only fourteen years old, and since that very first time, I was really amazed. Not only by how a man and his guitar (well, ok, later I found out that there were two guitars instead of one) could create such an atmosphere, but also because of the sweet female voice that told the story. At first I had no idea what the lyrics said, but I always felt that there was something esoteric in that song. And I wasn't wrong -Mike Oldfield himself explained that a film about the attempts to communicate with Houdini after he died was his source of inspiration. Later, when I finally read the lyrics, even though I found them strange and hard to understand, a story began to develop on my mind. Funnily enough, when I saw the video I was really surprised by how similar it was to the images in my head.

The last that ever she saw him, Carried away by a moonlight shadow. He passed on worried and warning, Carried away by a moonlight shadow. Lost in a river that Saturday night, Far away on the other side. He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight And she couldn't find how to push through. The trees that whisper in the evening, Carried away by a moonlight shadow. Sing a song of sorrow and grieving, Carried away by a moonlight shadow. All she saw was a silhouette of a gun, Far away on the other side. He was shot six times by a man on the run And she couldn't find how to push through. [ Chorus ] I stay, I pray See you in heaven far away. I stay, I pray See you in heaven one day. Four a.m. in the morning, Carried away by a moonlight shadow. I watched your vision forming, Carried away by a moonlight shadow. Stars move slowly in a silvery night, Far away on the other side. Will you come to talk to me this night, But she couldn't find how to push through. [ Repeat Chorus ] Far away on the other side. Caught in the middle of a hundred and five. The night was heavy and the air was alive, But she couldn't find how to push through. Carried away by a moonlight shadow. Carried away by a moonlight shadow. Far away on the other side. But she couldn't find how to push through.

I don't know when exactly this song was created, but... I just thought the composer's birthday would be the perfect day to pay my little tribute to this work of art... :)