Sinéad O’Connor

Released: September 22, 1992

Songwriter: Sinéad O’Connor

Producer: Sinéad O’Connor

I am not a liar, and I'm not full of hatred
But I hate lies and so the liars hate me
The same who can't stand the sight of a starving baby?
Can you really say you're not in pain like me?
Are any of us not living painfully?
Pain is what their lies have kept us in
But the war has started now, and truth will win
Many of us are gonna lose our lives and that's okay
Because to live we have to die
The enemies of God will say it's chaos
Just remember what Jesus did in the temple
And be patient
Exactly why do you think he was assassinated?

Who was it that did the dirty deed?
Who didn't like the answers they'd received?
Look at the one wearing the collar
Then or now, there's only ever been one liar
And it's the Holy Roman Empire
And this is exactly what they did
They told us lies to take us away from God
So yeah, I am angry
But I'm not full of hate
I am full of love
God said "I bring not peace, I bring a sword"

Sinéad O'Connor (who goes by Shuhada' Sadaqat in her private life) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 80s with her album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares to You” in 1990.

O'Connor was discovered in 1985 when Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records saw her band Ton Ton Macoute perform. Although he was not fond of the band’s music, he was impressed by O'Connor’s ‘amazing voice’. Grainge had O'Connor record four songs with Karl Wallinger (World Party) and signed her to his label. O'Connor’s first single was the song “Heroine” which she co-wrote with U2’s guitarist The Edge for the film Captive.

Her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was a sensation when it was released in 1987, reaching gold record status and earning a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination. O'Connor’s debut single “Troy” charted in The Netherlands and Belgium, and “Mandinka”, released in late 1987, cracked the top 20 in the UK and top 30 in three other European countries, helping her album chart well in Europe. Spin Magazine described the album as a “remarkable, still-spine-tingling first record”.

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