Editing Immortal Memory (section)

==Overview==

Gerrard first met Cassidy in 2000 in Los Angeles (where he lives), when she came to work on the [[Gladiator (2000 soundtrack)|''Gladiator'' soundtrack]], and they planned to work together one day.<ref>[http://www.4ad.com/lisagerrard/news/~immortalmemory/ 4AD press release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930012952/http://www.4ad.com/lisagerrard/news/~immortalmemory/ |date=2007-09-30 }}.</ref> When they eventually found a shared two-month break, they joined at Gerrard's Australian studio for this record.<ref>''Prefix Magazine'' review, op. cit.</ref>

The [[W. B. Yeats]] poem "[[Sailing to Byzantium]]" inspired the track of the same name.

The lyrics utilise three ancient languages:

* Gaelic (ancient [[Irish language|Irish]]) in "The Song of [[Amergin Glúingel|Amergin]]" (based on the first song supposedly sung by a mortal on [[Ireland|Irish]] soil).
* [[Aramaic]] in "Maranatha" (meaning "come lord, come teacher"), and "Abwoon" (meaning "our father", a rendition of the "[[Lord's Prayer]]" in the language of [[Jesus]]).
* [[Latin]] in "Psallit in Aure Dei" (meaning "singing in the ear of God", a dirge for Patrick Cassidy's late father).