Salvation

Track 2 on To The Faithful Departed (Deluxe Edition)

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The biggest hit off of To The Faithful Departed deals with addiction. Limerick in ‘96 was a cesspool of drugs that The Cranberries had bubbling all around them. The song… Read More

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Salvation Lyrics

[Verse 1]
To all those people doing lines
Don't do it, don't do it
Inject your soul with liberty
It's free, it's free

[Verse 2]
To all the kids with heroin eyes
Don't do it, don't do it
Because it's not, not what it seems
No, no it's not, not what it seems

[Chorus]
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free

[Post-Chorus]
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[Interlude]
Do do do do do do do do
Do do do doooo
Do do do do do do do do
Do do do doooo

[Verse 3]
To all those parents with sleepless nights
Sleepless nights
Tie your kids home to their beds
Clean their heads

[Verse 2]
To all the kids with heroin eyes
Don't do it, don't do it
Because it's not, not what it seems
No, no it's not, not what it seems

[Chorus]
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free

[Chorus]
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free

[Post-Chorus]
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The biggest hit off of To The Faithful Departed deals with addiction. Limerick in ‘96 was a cesspool of drugs that The Cranberries had bubbling all around them.

The song charted at #13 in the UK.

Q&A

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What did The Cranberries say about "Salvation"?

In an interview with MTV, O'Riordian explains:

It’s not so much like an anti-drug song. It’s kind of anti- the idea of becoming totally controlled by anything, any substance at all, because I know what’s it’s like. And it wasn’t a nice experience and it didn’t get me anywhere. It just confused me more.

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