I've always loved this song, but the meaning recently fell into place a little more for me when I read the poem "No Second Troy" by WB Yeats. Here it is:
Why should I blame her that she filled my days
With misery, or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways,
Or hurled the little streets upon the great.
Had they but courage equal to desire?
What could have made her peaceful with a mind
That nobleness made simple as a fire,
With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind
That is not natural in an age like this,
Being high and solitary and most stern?
Why, what could she have done, being what she is?
Was there another Troy for her to burn?
Um, no, Brute1960. It's definitely written by Sinead O'Connor. You're thinking of "Nothing Compares 2 U," famously written by Prince. And he only called himself a symbol from 1993-2000, ceasing LONG before you left your this comment.
Um, no, Brute1960. It's definitely written by Sinead O'Connor. You're thinking of "Nothing Compares 2 U," famously written by Prince. And he only called himself a symbol from 1993-2000, ceasing LONG before you left your this comment.
I've always loved this song, but the meaning recently fell into place a little more for me when I read the poem "No Second Troy" by WB Yeats. Here it is:
Why should I blame her that she filled my days With misery, or that she would of late Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, Or hurled the little streets upon the great. Had they but courage equal to desire? What could have made her peaceful with a mind That nobleness made simple as a fire, With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind That is not natural in an age like this, Being high and solitary and most stern? Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there another Troy for her to burn?
The song is not written by Sinead Ö'Connor, its original wroten by "Prince"(or the Symbol as he calls himself now)
The song is not written by Sinead Ö'Connor, its original wroten by "Prince"(or the Symbol as he calls himself now)
Um, no, Brute1960. It's definitely written by Sinead O'Connor. You're thinking of "Nothing Compares 2 U," famously written by Prince. And he only called himself a symbol from 1993-2000, ceasing LONG before you left your this comment.
Um, no, Brute1960. It's definitely written by Sinead O'Connor. You're thinking of "Nothing Compares 2 U," famously written by Prince. And he only called himself a symbol from 1993-2000, ceasing LONG before you left your this comment.