Sinéad O’Connor

Released: August 11, 2014

Songwriter: Graham Kearns John Reynolds Sinéad O’Connor

Producer: John Reynolds

You're so gentle and so soft
I like you cause' it looks to me like you are caught
Between two or three worlds, I am too
Is it okay to say I see some of myself in you?

And even though I know I'm not for you
Is it okay to say I really do adore you?
And I would give anything
To be the one who kisses you

Smelled your jacket
When you left it on its lonely post
Wrapped it around me like it was the holiest of ghosts
Oh your smell it came through
Mhm made me wish I had my face buried in you
You're soft, you're soft, you're old but you're younger
Oh how I wish I had my head upon your shoulder
Oh how I wish that I could sell myself to you
And do the things that only lovers do

And even though I know I'm not for you
Is it okay to say I really do adore you?
And I would give anything
To be the one who kisses you

Goodnight
Goodnight

Oh close your eyes
Meet me at that crazy apple tree in heaven
We'll go dancing all night

And even though I know I'm not for you
Is it okay to say I really do adore you?
And I would give anything
To be the one who kisses you

Goodnight
Goodnight

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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