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Artist: The Cranberries
Track: Animal Instinct

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Suddenly something has happened to me
As I was having my cup of tea
Suddenly I was feeling depressed
I was utterly and totally stressed
Do you know you made me cry? Whoa oh oh
Do you know you made me die?

And the thing that gets to me
Is you'll never really see
And the thing that freaks me out
Is I'll always be in doubt

It is a lovely thing that we have
It is a lovely thing that we
It is a lovely thing, the animal
The animal instinct

Woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo hoo ooh

So take my hands and come with me
We will change reality
So take my hands and we will pray
They won't take you away
They will never make me cry, no oh whoa
They will never make me die

And the thing that gets to me
Is you'll never really see
And the thing that freaks me out
Is I'll always be in doubt

The animal, the animal, the animal instinct in me
It's the animal, the animal, the animal instinct in me
It's the animal, it's the animal
It's the animal instinct in me

It's the animal, it's the animal, it's the animal instinct in me
The animal, the animal
The animal instinct in me

It's the animal, it's the animal, it's the animal instinct in me
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Genius Lyrics
The Cranberries – Animal Instinct
Dolores shares her happiness of being a mother in “Animal Instinct.” Two years prior to the release of song Dolores had a child. In an interview, she explained that she was never
The Cranberries – Animal Instinct (Acoustic Version)
[Verse 1] / Suddenly something has happened to me / As I was having my cup of tea / Suddenly I was feeling depressed / I was utterly and totally stressed / Do you know you made me
The Cranberries – Analyse
Close your eyes, close your eyes / Breathe the air, out there / We are free, we can be wide open / For you opened my eyes to the beauty I see / We will pray, we will stay wide open
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The Cranberries – Promises
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Genius Q&A
Q:When did The Cranberries release “Animal Instinct”?
The Cranberries released “Animal Instinct” on July 5, 1999.
Q:When did The Cranberries release “Animal Instinct (Acoustic Version)”?
The Cranberries released “Animal Instinct (Acoustic Version)” on April 28, 2017.
Q:What is the most popular song on Bury the Hatchet (The Complete Sessions 1998-1999) by The Cranberries?
The most popular song on Bury the Hatchet (The Complete Sessions 1998-1999) by The Cranberries is “Animal Instinct” with a total of 37.7K page views.
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