Sinéad O’Connor is still in one piece
“She tore up a picture of the pope. Then her life came
apart. These days, she just wants to make music.”
This was true as of 2020, when Geoff Edgers wrote his touching and insightful story about her.
To give you the flavor of the piece, a series of text messages she sent him can be seen below.
I do feel like I was a monster. I feel awful. I do beat the living s- - - out of myself. Am full of grief about it would be a better way of describing it
Was Not my purpose on the planet to have hurt anyone …
But no one ever minded if they hurt me
Is the thing
That’s part of the code also
All artists have one dream that will never come true
If you can figure that out you know them
They teach that in acting school. Key to finding a character is what dream does he or she have that will never come true
Mine is a mom
Rest in peace.