To mark the third anniversary of Sinéad O'Connor's death this past weekend, producer David Holmes shared some personal texts from the Irish singer/songwriter and activist showing how excited she was for the album they'd been working on together.

O'Connor had announced the record, titled No Veteran Dies Alone, in 2021, saying she hoped to release it the following year, and Holmes later confirmed to The Guardian, in the days following her death, that it had been "largely completed" by January 2022.

In O'Connor's newly shared messages, we learn that she wanted the album to start with an a cappella recording shared with Holmes in December 2022, followed by "milestones 1st. Then Veteran, then I lay down .. then Horse, then be free then Magdalen's Song," adding that the sequencing was very important to her, "in terms of I'm old school and albums tell a story in the sequencing."

In an earlier message about the song "No Veteran Dies Alone," O'Connor writes that she was "having a shit freak myself cus it sounds so good," adding "I'm so proud of us!!" and "Let's make records together until one of us croaks."

Writing on Instagram, Holmes shared her enthusiasm, describing the album as "a stone cold classic" and "a love letter to her children and the world," adding.

"Her songs are as real and pure as you can only imagine. I remember she once said to me re; the song No Veteran Dies Alone 'there’s a techniquely better version to be had here but I’ll never be able to give you a better performance.' As a music producer or Artist that’s exactly what you should always be looking for. The Truth."

"God knows if it will ever see the light of day," he added, prompting a flood of artists and fans expressing how much the world needs to hear it.

The only song to emerge so far from Holmes and O'Connor's time together is their stark, piano-led cover of Mahalia Jackson's "Trouble of the World," released in October 2020, with all profits being donated to the Black Lives Matter movement.

While doing press for the single, O'Connor told Rolling Stone:

“I’m writing more about personal matters, being a mother. The record is like letters to my children. The songs are very subconscious. I don’t know what the tone of the whole record will be, but that’s what it is so far.”

Her most recent album, I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss, was released in August 2014.