Sinéad O’Connor

Released: August 11, 2014

Songwriter: Sinéad O’Connor

Producer: John Reynolds

Why does he open me?
Only to shut me out again
Guess that's just him
I wouldn't take it from another man
Guess he needs time
To trust me right
So I can't let him kiss me goodbye

Cause he has my heart
In the palm of his hands
Can't get it back
Though I tried all I can
He's just so sweet
From his head to his feet
And if he won't love me
I'm indeed

He has me singing
[?] Fair
About a man
Who is so frightened of a love affair
He sets hard tasks
So that his love can pass
And ends up lonely till at last

He's dense water deeper down
He makes me forget everything my mother warned
I think about him every night
I thought I'd sleep
Holding my pillow tight

He has my love
In the palm of his hands
His gentle touch
Made me scream aloud
His wicked kiss
Made me feel the bliss
He's the only love I missed
Oh he's dense water deeper down
He makes me forget everything my mother warned
I think about him every night
I thought I'd sleep
Holding my...

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”.

more tracks from the album

I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss

From the albums

Sinéad O’Connor popular songs

Dense Water, Deeper DownSinéad O’Connor

Sinéad O’Connor

I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss