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Sinéad O'Connor – Lullaby for Cain (1999) | Track profile | Dork

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Sinéad O'Connor
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Music from the Motion Picture)
Lullaby for Cain

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Sinéad O'Connor

Lullaby for Cain

Release date: 19th October 1999

From The Talented Mr. Ripley (Music from the Motion Picture)

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"Lullaby for Cain" is a track by Sinéad O'Connor, from the album The Talented Mr. Ripley (Music from the Motion Picture), released 19th October 1999. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Sinéad O'Connor.

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Lyrics

Lullaby for Cain

From the silence, from the night

Comes a distant lullaby

Cry--remember that first cry

Your brother standing by

And lot of loved-- beloved sons of mine

Sing a lullaby; mother is close by

Innocent eyes-- such innocent eyes!--

Envy stole your brother's life

Came home murdered piece of mind

Left you nightmares on the pillow

Sleep now...

Soul-- surrendering your soul

The heart of you not whole

For love, but love walked on

Cast into the dark

Branded with the mark--

Of shame; of Cain

From a garden of God's light

To a wilderness of night

Sleep now; sleep now...

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Track details

From The Talented Mr. Ripley (Music from the Motion Picture)

1999

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Kate Nash has paid tribute to Sinéad O'Connor with a reworked version of 'Famine'

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Writer: Anthony Minghella, Gabriel Yared
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