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Sinéad O'Connor — Song to the Siren
Album: Music of Ireland: Welcome Home
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On the floating shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving to your isle

And you sang
"Sail to me
Sail to me, let me enfold you
Here I am
Here I am
Waiting to hold you"

Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was full sail?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken love-lost on your rocks

For you sang
"Touch me not
Touch me not, come back tomorrow
Oh my heart
Oh my heart, shies from the sorrow"

Well I am puzzled as the newborn child
I am riddled as the tide
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or should I lie with death my bride?

Hear me sing
"Swim to me
Swim to me, let me enfold you
Here I am, here I am
Waiting to hold you"
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 sfoster66 wrote:

Was completely unaware that she had recorded this track.  A welcome addition to her legacy.  Her voice will be remembered for far longer than her troubles...



And again...thanks RP for the discovery!
Posted 4 months ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 nannimae wrote:

Per Wikipedia, "The song's reference to the sirens tempting sailors at sea stems from Greek mythology."

This is a beautiful song, but I'm partial to This Mortal Coil's version.


Elizabeth Fraser...
Posted 6 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
10 on principal hearing this after her sad passing.   Teared up last night hearing her do the chorus with Jaw Wobble.  RIP
Posted 6 months ago by petvan    [ Reply ]
 thrivetreatmen2 wrote:
....

Stop.  Have some respect.
Posted 7 months ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 rspauldi wrote:

OK RP listeners.  I have long wondered what this song means, i.e. what's it all about.  Would someone please enlighten me?  TIA.


Per Wikipedia, "The song's reference to the sirens tempting sailors at sea stems from Greek mythology."

This is a beautiful song, but I'm partial to This Mortal Coil's version.
Posted 7 months ago by nannimae    [ Reply ]
OK RP listeners.  I have long wondered what this song means, i.e. what's it all about.  Would someone please enlighten me?  TIA.
Posted 8 months ago by rspauldi    [ Reply ]
just had to give this a 10.
Posted 8 months ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
So poignant those words.

If only we'd all been able to hold her - a little more gently. A little more kindly.
Posted 8 months ago by radioparadise38    [ Reply ]
An excellent artist but this cover was not what we were waiting for.
Posted 8 months ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
She gave us everything she could, for as long as she could.  I am very grateful for that.

I'm glad she got to attend the screening of Nothing Compares at Cannes in January 2022 (just before things went really bad for her) and was able to appreciate the crowd's applause -- a welcome contrast to the way much of the world treated her for so many years.
Posted 8 months ago by QuantumShaman    [ Reply ]
Bizarre that this is the first track I've seen on Radio Paradise that doesn't give the year.
 
For the record, it's 2010.
Posted 8 months ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
i love this version. really moving. 

**edit - 2 wks later - even better this time.
Posted 8 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Was completely unaware that she had recorded this track.  A welcome addition to her legacy.  Her voice will be remembered for far longer than her troubles...
Posted 8 months ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
Troubled and brilliant singer-songwriter. I hope you're home now and found the piece you sought. Farewell.
Posted 8 months ago by geonuine    [ Reply ]
I've not heard this before.  It's lovely....
Posted 8 months ago by waterwench21    [ Reply ]
 Jolouis wrote:

I could cry 😢. RIP Sinead.



Her voice will always haunt our hearts. Goodbye Sinead. 
Posted 8 months ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
I could cry 😢. RIP Sinead.
Posted 8 months ago by Jolouis    [ Reply ]