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
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

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
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 [Repeat x2]



Lyrics submitted by spitfirek7

Track duration: 03:31

"Animal Instinct" as written by Dolores Mary O'riordan, Noel Hogan

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    General Comment:its so stupid dat dis is ma fav song still ''i'll alwys be in doubt'' about its meaning....though i feel this song is about love and insecurities[which is infact its byproduct] . the video is completely different from wat i thought of
    Flag iusheon August 12, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this reminds me of my recent ex.
    he basically dated me for his selfish reasons..
    he was getting over his ex.. who seemed ideal.. perfect..
    :| he saw some of her in me......
    and i cant believe i cant get over him.
    Flag Cleohon January 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this song is about going with the deep feeling you have and following your instincts.
    Flag MusicMusicMusic94on June 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song doesn't necessarily need to be about a mother protecting her baby or a relationship between a male and a female. This song can imply quite a lot. It's basically about the animal instinct that we all that. That we all live by.
    To me, this song is about going by my animal instincts even though I might doubt them. And currently, all I need is to abide by them.
    Flag mydogluckyon June 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:"So take my hands and come with me
    We will change reality"

    Nice :)
    Flag Little floweron March 09, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think that annimal instinct can be atributed to all the emotions that you aren't conciously in control of, including love, that spontanious part of you that just does whatever it wants, without inhibitions. The part of you that is very unconcious, and free, and doesn't care about right or wrong. You just do whatever you want, go with what you feel like, without setting restrictions, or limmits on yourself.
    I don't know if that is what she's refering too, but it's my interpretion.
    Flag starfaeryon October 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I don't really know who Dolores dedicated it to (you say it's her baby?), but this song can refer to a lover, too.
    It's when you just KNOW some things that go on in your lives. It's when you know what he/she thinks, when you know what's going to happen, you are so connected to this person, you can feel whatever he feels..

    It can also describe mother/child relationship.
    Flag silverplateon August 22, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:The music video shows a mother trying to reclaim her 2 sons from a foster home i think, I havent seen it in awhile.
    And so they are on the run and she is praying they wont catch her and take them away.
    so yes i think its about a mother protecting her young as some of you said.
    Flag Nova_Crashon August 27, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:for me this song is like.. i mena have you people seen the video clip? it's about a family that is being separated by the law or something. i don't think this song's about love, women and men relationships or whatever..
    Flag carrotkinson July 27, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:hey jlchris,
    thx alot for the comment. i think i get it now. i think i no wat ur talking about wen u say - "it's just that love between a mother and a child is so intense that she's terrified every moment that somehow she'll lose her baby. it's irrational in many ways. " -. i can relate it to my mom..omG..lsnn to this song after reading ur comment really makes a huge difference in the way i feel it...
    All the best raising up ur baby and njoy ur animal instinc ;)
    Flag bisoon May 31, 2006   Link

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