Sinéad O’Connor

Released: September 9, 2003

Songwriter: Rick Nowels Sinéad O’Connor

Producer: Rick Nowels Sinéad O’Connor

I have a love that lives in me
He makes me see in perfect peace
He loves me strong and gently
He doesn't try to change me

No, he'd never, ever treat me bad
Nor he'd never call me names
He erases every memory of pain

You put your arms around me
Oh, since the day you found me
I've been, I've been free

I love the life you've given me
We are each other's family
And I never, ever treat you bad
And I never call you names
I will erase every memory of shame

You wrap yourself around me
Oh, since the day you found me
I've been, I've been me

You put your arms around me
Oh, since the day you found me
I've been, I've been free
You wrapped yourself around me
Oh, since the day you found me
I've been, I've been me

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

She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty

From the album

She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (2003)

Sinéad O’Connor popular songs

You Put Your Arms Around Me (Demo)Sinéad O’Connor

Sinéad O’Connor

She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty