1991년 발매된 'Hymns to the Silence'는 UK Albums Chart 에서 5위에 오르며 비평가들로부터 긍정적인 평가를 받았습니다. Morrison의 다양한 음악 스타일 사용은 호평을 받았으며 다른 영적인 앨범의 더 세속적인 주제의 노래도 마찬가지였습니다.
Van Morrison는 영국, 아일랜드 출신의 싱어송라이터로 대표곡으로는 'Astral Weeks', 'Moondance', 'Someone Like You', "Brown Eyed Girl' 등이 있으며 아일랜드 포크와 록 음악을 결합한 신비로운 음악으로 평단의 지지를 받았다. 후배 아일랜드 뮤지션들에게는 존경과 선망의 대상으로 불렸다.
Oh my dear, oh my dear sweet love
Oh my dear, oh my dear sweet love
When I'm away from you,
when I'm away from you
Well I feel, yeah,
well I feel so sad and blue
Well I feel, well I feel so sad and blue
Oh my dear, oh my dear,
oh my dear sweet love
When I'm away from you,
I just have to sing, my hymns
Hymns to the silence,
hymns to the silence
Hymns to the silence,
hymns to the silence
Oh my dear, oh my dear sweet love
it's a long, long journey
Long, long journey, journey back home
Back home to you, feel you by my side
Long journey, journey, journey
Yeah in the midnight, in the midnight,
I burn the candle
Burn the candle at both ends,
burn the candle at both ends
Burn the candle at both ends,
burn the candle at both ends
And I keep on,
`cause I can't sleep at night
Until the daylight comes through
And I just, and I just, have to sing
Sing my hymns to the silence
Hymns to the silence,
hymns to the silence
My hymns to the silence
I wanna go out in the countryside
Oh sit by the clear, cool, crystal water
Get my spirit, way back to the feeling
Deep in my soul, I wanna feel
Oh so close to the One, close to the One
Close to the One, close to the One
And that's why, I keep on singing baby
My hymns to the silence,
hymns to the silence
Oh my hymns to the silence,
hymns to the silence
Oh hymns to the silence,
oh hymns to the silence
Oh hymns to the silence,
hymns to the silence
Oh my dear, my dear sweet love
Can you feel the silence?
can you feel the silence?
Can you feel the silence?
can you feel the silence?
Hymns to the silence,
hymns to the silence
Hymns to the silence,
hymns to the silence
Hymns to the silence,
hymns to the silence
Hymns to the silence,
hymns to the silence
Hymns to the silence,
hymns to the silence.