Thank You for Hearing Me: The Definitive Sinéad O'Connor Discography

“Everything Comes From You”

Composed by Joji Hirota/Sinéad O'Connor

2 versions

0:34

Xplora 1: Peter Gabriel's Secret World multimedia CD-ROM

4:42

Big Blue Ball album

Lyrics

(Source: The Alternative Hymnal)

One
Two
Three
Four
Five Blue
Six Indigo
Seven Violet
eight Red
Nine Orange
Ten Yellow
Eleven Green
Twelve Blue
I’m your daughter
Your mother is my mother
And my voice is raised
Giving you thanks and praise
I appeal to you Lord
To stop war
Stop terror
Stop war
Everything comes from you
Everything goes to you too
Everything comes from you
Everything goes to you too
Everything comes from you
Everything goes to you too
Everything comes from you
Everything goes to you too
The introduction, chorus and verse then loop and overlap through the rest of the song, completing with the lines:
Giving you thanks and praise
Giving you thanks and praise
Giving you thanks and praise

Notes

Liner notes

Joji Hirota (Japanese percussionist and composer, formerly Musical Director of Lindsay Kemp's theatre company) co-wrote this with Sinead O'Connor. Flautist Guo Yue was sat in a circle of Chinese pina players with Sinead to one side. "It's a real mixture between Joji, who came up with a piano melody, and Sinead, who added her thing to it," says Peter. "It's a nice mix of moods and cultures." Includes the last recording session for the album with Sevara Nazarkhan's vocals added in 2007.

Peter Gabriel (Source: Big Blue Ball)

Musicians

(Source: Big Blue Ball)

Sinéad O'Connor vocals
Sevara Nazarkhan backing vocals
Guo Yue flutes
Joji Hirota drums , percussion , Chinese drum
Ged Lynch drums
Rupert Hine keyboards
Angie Pollock piano
Richard Evans guitar , mandolin , recorder

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