Her powerful new protest against the Vatican and it's hypocritical stands regarding sexual abuse. Sinead described this song as how she imagined "The Holy Spirit would address the Vatican". The new album "Home" is to be released in May.
I needed a little 'fire in the belly' music tonight and this fills the bill. Hope to find the lyrics soon.
And so it goes.
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I'm still partial to her early days.
ReplyDeleteLove it. And it fired up my belly as well ;-)
ReplyDeleteShe is a bold one, to do this, after the backlash she received from SNL.
ReplyDeleteI posted the youtube vid, here are the lyrics:
ReplyDeleteI plead the blood of Jesus over you
I plead the blood of Jesus over you
And over every fucking thing you do
Seven times I plead the blood of Jesus over you
Take off your shoes - you're on hallowed ground (x2)
Even you can't lie when I'm around
Take off your shoes - you're on hallowed ground
Behold on the last lamp light at the very end of your street
I'm whispering something
Come closer to me
Come closer to me
I say you're running out of battery, you're running out of battery
And I don't see no bunnies around here
If you believed at all in your breviary, if you believed even in just the ghost of me, you wouldn't now be so surprised to see me
In vanity you took the name of me
You brought me into infamy
And now you're so surprised to see me, and now you're so surprised to see me
(then repeats earlier lyrics)
As I put in the video info, Sinead described this song as how she'd imagine the Holy Spirit would address the Vatican.
At a live performance of this song in Australia, she dedicated it to the "Vaticunt"
Kevin, Thank you for the video and for bothering to visit here to post the lyrics. Both efforts are deeply appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI see that your profile is private and I can respect that privacy.
Again, thank you for your work.
Thanks to Kevin and to the keeper of this blog. I just got the new album and went insane over Take Off Your Shoes! The effort put into posting of the video, along with the CORRECT lyrics, and the insight into the meaning/intention of the song is MOST appreciated!
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