The Emperor's New Clothes Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sewanee06 

Cover art for The Emperor's New Clothes lyrics by Sinead O'Connor

I agree with you T. I can't remember if this song was released before or after the Pope picture ripping incident on Saturday Night Live but I think she definitely has problems with the Catholic church. All the talk about them being exposed and hypocritical sure seems like a reference to the that. Pretty prophetic when you see what's going on with the church right now...

The Pope picture was after this song was released. This is on her 2nd album, so this song would have been written in regards to things that happened after her first release "The Lion and the Cobra". Her SNL appearance was after this album was out and her huge hit, "Nothing Compares 2 U".

@sewanee06 It was released before the incident. She was on SNL when this album was taking off.

And why are the lyrics not right? These are the lyrics for Patty Smith's Wish You Were Here. WTH?