Sinéad O'Connor - I Am Stretched on Your Grave (Official Audio)

[@carolynsanderson-zz1pb]

This is for you and your precious son. May you find eternal peace together. RIP beautiful Sinead

[@BryhenBea]

"This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you." RIP ❤

[@raymondwalsh7520]

Don Mclean

[@celtic_siren]

So true!

[@LisaDonaldson-m8h]

But how the World so NEEDED HER. She has touched so many people. ❤

[@cadence8598]

She had an otherworldly talent. Rest in peace dear Sinead ❤

[@kickinghorse2405]

❤

[@erichall4222]

Thanks be to Jesus she has one last chance. Before you judge that, listen to this song, again. She was an incredible artist. RIP

[@mmsapollo]

She definitely came to us as a messenger from beyond RIP Sinéad. You live on in our hearts and souls.

[@asmarrahbedford4290]

You will be dearly missed, Sinead. Rest in peace.

[@safabee]

Rest in power, beautiful sister. Thank you so for many years of passion and inspiration, you have been a bright light.

[@SteveFleckCAN]

This is permanently in my all-time Top-10! The mixing and meshing if her haunting voice and the Stumblefield-Brown "Funky Drummer", drum-break sample, is absolute and pure genius! RIP Sinead!

[@sharondowell8287]

Soundtrack of my teenage years..you absolute Godess and angel of humanitare and social justice x

[@elliebrown9100]

She could easily have done a whole album along these lines, an Irish poetry/hip hop crossover....mesmerising...

[@davidrichards211]

She was always mesmerizing - Rest in power

[@elaineborthwick989]

Heartbreaking loss to this world.

[@ianwalsh8247]

In the early 90's i lived on Bainbridge Avenue in the Bronx. I would regularly play this on the jukebox in the Innisfree Bar. It just seemed perfect for that time and place, and looking back, it was. RIP Sinead.

[@traegermethod3802]

One of my all time faves from this genius.

[@pinzieoatmeal578]

Heaven should be so blessed to have you. You are so loved. You will be so truly missed. Thank you for everything.

[@bgfd1]

Still amazing today and will be way way into the future. What a beautiful talent and a beautiful brave, humble person.

[@celtic_siren]

I remember vividly dancing around to this fab number, when i was 18 and living in Holland. It gave me strength! Love you doty pet. X

[@hakima_T]

She was ahead of her time (sie war ihrer Zeit voraus). A pioneer. God bless her❤

[@christophera.murphy240]

My favorite Irish artist hands down. Slainte Sinead O’Conner

[@ValeriePoynter]

We have lost a great woman on this planet. We have gained strength through her pain. We identify with her because she was so human and had several gifts we embelish. Sinead O'Conner we are better because of you. Thank you!

[@rmr2471]

Well said Valerie 💔

[@giantjuggernaut]

Rest in peace, Sinead. You will be missed. You were adored.

[@T5-635]

The beautiful voice sending atmosphere throughout the world.

[@unlikeavirgin]

This album got me through some really tough times. Her voice has to be one of the greatest of all time. She stood up against sexual abuse in the church way before anyone else and sacrificed her sudden rise to superstardom. Singers today would never risk that. She is one of few artists that have a special place in my heart. I will miss her so much. My weekend will be filled with her amazing catalogue of work.

[@flpnovr2]

My most listened to album. Not afraid to say I've listened to it hundreds of times in full. Just cannot get enough of it.

[@darrenmountford9267]

Deep music to fill deep voids. These songs soothe my mind in the darkest of nights.

[@saraparker184]

she did not experience sexual abuse in church. she experienced it at the hands of her mother and then other adults in her life. check out the hg tudor series on her.

[@sethanikeem]

Hope you get to see your precious boy again, brave, fierce soul

[@AntonioC-dv6vb]

I can't stop crying...so many moments in my life listing to her voice has made me okay...God has taken an angel home...love

[@pinzieoatmeal578]

Me too

[@unlikeavirgin]

@@pinzieoatmeal578me three! 🥲

[@markspence3750]

me also.

[@iandsmith]

Yep

[@creationsoffarzid1154]

She made Islam her resting place and we Muslims now pray for our sister's peace.

[@rfbarrington]

Ignore all the snarky comments from the hack comedians and talk show hosts. Sinéad was a true original, a beacon of the alt-rock scene and easily one of the greatest artists of her time. Rest easy, Sinéad.

[@squibblesquabblereactions5431]

FACTS on FACTS on FACTS ❤

[@UrsaMajorPrime]

Wait wut? Those types were trashing on her after she died? I don't watch most mass media so wouldn't know.

[@brocklanders9259]

Only blacks that were bought and paid for by the white man would diss her

[@henbane2247]

And she had an amazing voice

[@Freq412]

Bob Lefsetz sent me searching for this song. And I'm so glad to have discovered Sinéad all over again.

[@asimpleanimal]

"I grieve for the girl that I loved as a child." That's me right now. Sinead was a huge influence on me; her bald head and bold voice challenged the "empowered slut" image of late 80s singers. I pray she found peace.

[@squibblesquabblereactions5431]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@markspence3750]

When I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan in 1990, I would play this song on my jambox, and the African-American Marines would come to my bunk, and ask, "Who is that?" Then we went to the Persian Gulf War. May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back.

[@amystabile7789]

Thank you for your service. Sinead was a musical goddess ❤

[@cordeliamaintenance6418]

I hope you told them "Clyde Stubblefield"

[@vincentholly39]

It's that back beat that pulled them in. It's been used on some hip hop tracks as well. I used to mix this with Def Jeff, Black to the Future and X-Clan, Grand Verbalizer.

[@cordeliamaintenance6418]

@@vincentholly39 "some" 😆

[@vincentholly39]

Hahaha "some" indeed​@cordeliamaintenance6418

[@davidbest1734]

RIP We played this song at my daughter's funeral last year ...at that moment the line "All the flowers you planted mother in the back yard all died and withered away ..took on a new meaning. Thanks to Prince for writing this song and thank you for recording it May you both RIP

[@schlommolommo]

This is a traditional irish poem. Prince wrote "Nothing compares 2 U" for her but not this one (as far as I know)

[@surrealiahexem]

Wrong song but the sentiment still applies. Sorry for your loss, and our shared loss of Sinead as well. Peace.

[@Mama_Bear524]

I’m so sorry for your loss. Big hugs.

[@vincentross7469]

❤ Rest in Paradise Sinead O'Connor

[@danlbug]

The fiddle at the end of this song/album is so good.

[@yasemin-yasi2000]

Hauntingly beautiful and raw as so much of her work. ❤ Among my favorites. Thanks for giving me the soundtrack to some very powerful emotions over the years. Rest in beauty.

[@selfempower3960]

Beautiful soul, brilliant woman. Missing you already XXX

[@foxbasealpha]

Sinéad, you will live forever.

[@kickinghorse2405]

I've saved this here vid to my "Mentors, Leaders, Heros" list. May she be met by the right ancestors. May the right gates be opened unto her. May she be led upon the right path. May she arrive at the right place. For the highest good, truth, and beauty of all our relations. In this generation, and throughout all generations of time. Slán Abhaile Sinéad. Beannacht ar an taobh eile leat.

[@maureenmannion6748]

A beautiful blessing for Sinead, particularly, calling on the "right Ancestors" to bless and guide her. Unusual to find such words but perhaps quite apt for such a courageous soul that was Sinead O' Connor. May she have found the peace that seemed to have eluded her in this incarnation.

[@mikepaul1216]

I HOPE SINEAD IS FINALLY AT PEACE NOW. BLESS YOU FOR ALL THE JOY YOU BROUGHT TO SO MANY PEOPLE. 💔

[@j.c.b6473]

We will miss your beautiful voice and sweet smile. I hope you found peace. 💖

[@esmintexas]

Haunting, chilling, breathtakingly amazingly good.

[@LosAngelesVideoArt]

A Thriller.... what a song... and there we have Sinead. LIONESS!

[@karindetsch5463]

Take care, Sinead. Hope, you find peace now. Your talent and voice was unique. R.I.P beautiful soul 😢

[@jakee618]

Thanks for the music and tearing up that picture on SNL!!!

[@tarotaskbackwards]

This should have been huge in the U.S

[@johnblanchett9691]

Angelic .... she allowed me to finally cry

[@Snoopy401]

Rest eternally beautiful

[@mcess]

R.I.P. to a real one

[@bigdaddypiggy]

I hear tha funky drummer drumming….🕺🏼🎉🍾🖤I really hope you’ve found some peace girl 🥺I really do

[@TripleA44]

Goodbye lovely girl with the voice for the ages. Your suffering is at an end. Hope you are with your kid.

[@mtr801]

Great trip hop track. Thanks Sinéad!

[@iamearthbornami]

Be at Peace now dear Sinéad

[@markithharris2291]

Worked 11 hrs just found out we lost her on a video kick nothing but Sinead O'Connor and my broken heart 😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💋💋💋💋🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🌈🌈🌈

[@keironhiggspoet]

The foetal aspect of trip hop. the ending of this track is so amazing. she left us one year today...

[@DarrylSolemen138t]

The lyrics come from an Irish poem of unknown provenance dating back to the 1600s. It's about death, telling the story of a person who will not leave the gravesite of their dead lover. O'Connor connected the song to her mother, who died in 1985. Another track on the album, "Feel So Different," is also about her mom. The track is built on a drum loop sampled from James Brown's 1969 track "Funky Drummer," played by Clyde Stubblefield. That sample shows up in hundreds of hip-hop tracks, but hearing it in a Sinéad O'Connor song is unexpected.

[@TopCatandMrDibble]

Journey well beautiful soul. This world was never your home and did not deserve you.

[@1573elleinad]

RIP sweet song bird😢

[@dwoehrma]

Devastated

[@msobich]

❤ RIP Sinéad 😪

[@katrostorm3075]

OMG this is so funky 😮

[@marstonfobbsentertainment]

Can't lose with James Brown. #FunkyDrummer

[@steveclark3879]

💚 RIP 💚

[@jeynjohnston8085]

She was a loaner from heaven. ❤

[@DaleGilbertJarvis]

Rest well, Sinéad.

[@iandsmith]

Peak Sinead. And I also love her Nirvana cover All Apologies, John I Love You and Tiny Grief Song. But this is Trip Hop/Folk crossover with James Brown with her actual soulful identity on show.

[@rosequartz7841]

Queen 😢❤❤❤❤

[@renee5600]

Rest in peace. You will be missed

[@plasticelectrics]

...the original hardcore ... true artist...

[@scottmead7943]

I die I cry everyday. I love this woman I miss this woman everyday. I am stretched on her grave. I don't know how she could deal with the death of her son. If I lost my daughter my heart would quit it would fall out of me I don't know what I would do. Sinead O'Connor my little sister I wish I could reach my hand up and catch you I wish I could make you better I hope that you are with your son goodbye sister

[@topazrochelle9]

Fascinating! 😃 From the same album, I really like Sinéad's song Feel So Different. 💭 Another version of this song I just heard was admittedly more breathtaking (quite literally) by Eithne Ni Uallacháin. Both thoughful ladies, sadly in their graves, too early-but the music lives on forever. 💭🌠🎶

[@JamesSnowden-b6n]

SEAMUS FEIN: Summer 87 I found Sinead when I needed her most, then and there and forevermore. Her voice is part of my song now. I don't sing a line without her near. Hold the door for me I'm soon to follow, and sure I'm with my own.

[@davidenglish1321]

She was a one off❤

[@marilynjimenez4473]

Descansa en paz 💐

[@vondacook]

Nothing LITERALLY compares to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marstonfobbsentertainment]

#RockTheBells #SaluteTheSample

[@billmcintosh220]

All time yep.

[@juliememoriesguest7958]

L L ann we thought that we were the only ones who had her first to albums you left 6 years ago and I always play her all the time and I know that you are still here one of life great people miss you ❤❤❤❤❤❤😅😂😂

[@kevinhowes]

R.I.P.

[@shadowmane20]

I didn't know this was a Sinead O'Connor song. The first time I ever heard this song was from Abney Park.

[@elainemariamoreiraramosram7472]

Você foi incrível e extraordinária neste plano e está fazendo falta para nós. Mas sua morte foi natural e está em paz com seu menino. Nunca será esquecida através das tuas músicas que ficou pra marcar. Uma cantora altruísta que ajudava os outros sem receber nada em troca. Adeus minha Rainha da Irlanda Sinéad O'Connor é a única e melhor voz de todos os tempos. Adeus.

[@Timolucas]

she was not bossy, she was the boss

[@chrisedwards3214]

James brown funky drummer sample I wondef have jb ir clyde heard this before they passed

[@valenciawhitehead9589]

So very sad that she suffered so much before she passed. What a brilliant song. Who else would think to blend a dirge with samples of James Brown’s “Funky Drummer??

[@keepingitreal.5539]

I miss sinead 😢

[@jcolorful9815]

My apple tree my promise. Miss ya Sinead, its only been one year

[@kl9272]

💚

[@bashess4913]

YM HOME..................

[@ferouspole]

What a loss!

[@paulbarrett5783]

The coda just penetrates your soul

[@bilalrana873]

Came back to this brilliant song because I saw a video of a Palestinian boy found lying at his mother's grave after she was killed by Israelis.

[@robyroberta9098]

I am stretched on your grave And will lie there forever If your hands were in mine I'd be sure we'd not sever My apple tree, my brightness It's time we were together For I smell of the earth And am worn by the weather When my family thinks That I'm safe in my bed From night until morning I am stretched at your head Calling out to the air With tears hot and wild My grief for the girl That I loved as a child Do you remember The night we were lost In the shade of the blackthorn And the chill of the frost? Thanks be to Jesus We did what was right And your maiden head still Is your pillar of light The priests and the friars Approach me in dread Because I still love you My love, and you're dead I still would be your shelter Through rain and through storm And with you in your cold grave I cannot sleep warm So I'm stretched on your grave And will lie there forever If you hands were in mine I'd be sure we'd not sever My apple tree, my brightness It's time we were together For I smell of the earth And am worn by the weather

[@andrewdouglass1427]

O lovely Sinead...

[@abrokenwing]

🙏🏼💝💯

[@AnnieHogan-b4k]

😭😭😭

[@crimsonlyrics]

It sounds like "Johnny Panic and The Bible of Dreams" is sampled here... I like this song quite much.

[@permafrost0979]

"Funky Drummer" by James Brown. "Johnny Panic..." also samples "Funky Drummer", in fact it's been sampled at least 1781 times, so that best is very recognizable!

[@michavandam]

@@permafrost0979 Great best!

[@alejoh3179]

Idole

[@kimworcester8481]

Rest in power Sinead 💜💚 Scorn those who thought you were a blackheart, for they were afraid of what you stood for, the end of the generational trauma of the Irish people 🍀and the black evil side of the church we were taught to love. Forgive them father for they now not what they do.

[@m90lsblkp..dfvsljns..]

RIP

[@ratuadilFF]

Ya ,, aku menghilang total,, dajjal, Itupun aku masih mengarahkan posisiku, Dajjal, saat ini aku belum sungguh2 menghilang, masih banyak cara yg ku bisa lakukan untuk berjuang dengan caraku, Aku masih belum mau bekerja sungguh2 untuk menyerangmu,, Kau tau kenapa ? Karena kau baru saja berdoa pada Allah, Maka aku pun bersikap tenang tanpa amarah, namun Allah tetap akan memerintahkan aku suatu saat nanti untuk membunuhmu,, atau mungkin langsung oleh ayahku tercinta NABI Isa ,,, Kau pilih yg mana ?? Aku membunuhmu atau Nabi Isa ,, speerti yg pernah aku sampaikan ,, aku akan menabur mawar merah yg wangi diatas kuburanmu ,,, Kau tau mengapa,,,karena kau guru yg hebat dan praktisi yg sangat jenius aku mengagumi ke jeniusanmu wahai makhluk Allah yg terkutuk 😊

[@zequielchristopherdroz8815]

👍😎💖

[@marottadave]

Pure love! R.I.P ❤❤

[@denismcauliffe4234]

❤x

[@theereguv9031]

😢

[@bashess4913]

YN STYLE - 34 * C

[@bashess4913]

HELLO JETORIsr HERE..........IN DE TUIN VAN HET SCHEPENERZIEKENHUIS YN EMMEN............SPOOKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michavandam]

Another song with such a beat, from one year earlier: kzbin.infonjMIY4Jdwjc

[@ghengisfly7237]

,.Shez Sill'