No Need to Argue

The Cranberries

1994 Released

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Ode to My Family

04 : 30

I Can’t Be With You

03 : 07

Twenty One

03 : 07

Zombie

05 : 06

Empty

03 : 26

Everything I Said

03 : 52

The Icicle Melts

02 : 54

Disappointment

04 : 14

Ridiculous Thoughts

04 : 31

Dreaming My Dreams

03 : 37

Yeat’s Grave

02 : 59

Daffodil Lament

06 : 14

No Need to Argue

02 : 54

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Track Lyrics

Ode to My Family Lyrics

[Intro]

Du-dudu-du-du-dudu-du

Du-dudu-du

[Verse 1]

Understand the things I say

Don't turn away from me

'Cause I've spent half my life out there

You wouldn't disagree

[Pre-Chorus]

Do you see me, do you see?

Do you like me?

Do you like me standing there?

Do you notice, do you know?

Do you see me, do you see me?

Does anyone care?

[Chorus]

Unhappiness where's when I was young

And we didn't give a damn

'Cause we were raised

To see life as fodder and take it if we can

[Post-Chorus]

My mother, my mother

She'd hold me

She'd hold me when I was out there

My father, my father

He liked me, well he liked me

Does anyone care?

[Verse 2]

Understand what I've become

It wasn't my design

And people everywhere think

Something better than I am

[Pre-Chorus]

And I miss you, I miss

'Cause I liked it

When I was out there

Do you know this, do you know?

You did not find me

You did not find

Does anyone care?

[Chorus]

Unhappiness where's when I was young

And we didn't give a damn

'Cause we were raised

To see life as fodder and take it if we can

[Post-Chorus]

My mother, my mother

She'd hold me

She'd hold me when I was out there

My father, my father

He liked me, well he liked me

Does anyone care?

[Refrain]

Does anyone care?

[Outro]

Du-dudu-du-du-dudu-du

Du-dudu-du

I Can’t Be With You Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Lying in my bed again

And I cry 'cause you're not here

Crying in my head again

And I know that it's not clear

Put your hands, put your hands

Inside my face and see that it's just you

But it's bad and it's mad

And it's making me sad

Because I can't be with you

[Chorus]

Be with you, be with you

Baby, I can't be with you

[Verse 2]

Thinking back on how things were

And on how we loved so well

I wanted to be the mother of your child

And now it's just farewell

Put your hands in my hands

And come with me

We'll find another end

And my head, and my head

On anyone's shoulder

'Cause I can't be with you

[Chorus]

Be with you, be with you

Baby, I can't be with you

[Bridge]

'Cause you're not here, you're not here

Baby, I can't be with you

'Cause you're not here, you're not here

Baby, still in love with you, da-da-da

[Outro]

Do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Da-da-da-da-da

Still in love with you

Do-do-do-do

When I'm still in love with you

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na

Still in love with you

Do-do-do

When I'm still in love with you

Na-na-na-na-na-na

Still in love with you

Na-na-na-na-na-na

When I'm still in love with you

Twenty One Lyrics

[Verse]

I don't think it's going to happen anymore

You took my thoughts from me, now I want nothing more

And did you think you could just take it all away

I don't think it's happening, this is what I say

[Chorus]

Leave me alone, leave me alone

Leave me alone 'cause I found it all

Twenty one, twenty one, twenty one

[Verse]

So I don't think it's going to happen anymore

I don't think it's going to happen anymore

[Chorus]

Twenty one, twenty one, twenty one

[Bridge]

Today-a-a-a-a-a-a-y

[Chorus]

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-ah-ah)

Twenty one, twenty one

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-ah-ah)

Twenty one, twenty one

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-ah-ah)

Twenty one, twenty one

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-ah-ah)

Twenty one, twenty one

(A-a-ah, a-a-ah)

Twenty one, twenty one

(A-a-ah, a-a-ah)

Twenty one, twenty one, twenty one

Zombie Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Another head hangs lowly

Child is slowly taken

And the violence caused such silence

Who are we, mistaken?

[Pre-Chorus]

But you see, it's not me, it's not my family

In your head, in your head, they are fightin'

With their tanks and their bombs and their bombs and their guns

In your head, in your head, they are cryin'

[Chorus]

In your head, in your head

Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie

What's in your head, in your head?

Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie, oh

[Post-Chorus]

Doo, doo, doo, doo

[Verse 2]

Another mother's breakin'

Heart is takin' over

When the violence causes silence

We must be mistaken

[Pre-Chorus]

It's the same old theme, since 1916

In your head, in your head, they're still fightin'

With their tanks and their bombs and their bombs and their guns

In your head, in your head, they are dyin'

[Chorus]

In your head, in your head

Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie

What's in your head, in your head?

Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie

Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, eh-eh-oh, ya-ya

[Instrumental Outro]

Empty Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Something has left my life

And I don't know where it went to, a-a-ah

Somebody caused me strife

And it's not what I was seeking

[Verse 2]

Didn't you see me? Didn't you hear me?

Didn't you see me standing there, a-a-ah?

Why did you turn out the lights?

Did you know that I was sleeping?

[Bridge]

Say a prayer for me

Help me to feel the strength I did

My identity, has it been taken?

Is my heart breakin' on me?

All my plans fell through my hands

They fell through my hands, on me

All my dreams, it suddenly seems

It suddenly seems

[Chorus]

Empty-y-y, y-y, y-y, y-y

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]

Empty-y-y, y-y, y-y, y-y

[Chorus]

Empty-y-y, y-y, y-y, y-y

Everything I Said Lyrics

18 ContributorsEverything I Said LyricsIt makes me lonely

It makes me very lonely

When I see you here waitin' on

He makes me tired, he makes me very tired

And inside of me, lingers on

But you have your heart

Don't believe it, and you will find it

Waitin' on

Everything I said, oh, well I meant it

And inside my head, holdin' on

'Cos if I died tonight

Would you hold my hand, no

Would you understand

And if I lied in spite

Would you still be here, no

Would you disappear

Surely must be you

But I don't make you lonely

I'll get over you

But I don't make you lonely

The Icicle Melts Lyrics

[Verse 1]

When, when will the icicle melt? The icicle, icicle

And when, when will the picture show end? The picture show, picture show

[Pre-Chorus 1]

I should not have read the paper today

'Cause a child, child, child, child, he was taken away

[Chorus]

There's a place for the baby that died

And there's a time for the mother who cried

And she will hold him in her arms sometime

'Cause nine months is too long, too long, too long

[Post-Chorus]

La-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la

[Verse 2]

How, how could you hurt a child? How could you hurt a child?

Now does this make you satisfied, satisfied, satisfied?

[Pre-Chorus 2]

I don't know what's happening to people today

When a child, child, child, child, he was taken away, taken away

[Chorus]

There's a place for the baby that died

And there's a time for the mother who cried

And she will hold him in her arms sometime

'Cause nine months is too long, too long, too long

[Post-Chorus]

La-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la

[Chorus]

There's a place for the baby that died

And there's a time for the mother who cried

And you will hold him in your arms sometime

'Cause nine months is too long, too long, too long, too long

Disappointment Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Disappointment you shouldn't have done

You couldn't have done, you wouldn't have done

The things you did then and we could've been happy

What a piteous thing, a hideous thing

Was tainted by the rest

[Chorus]

But it won't get any harder

And I hope you'll find your way again

And it won't get any higher

And it all boils down to what you did

[Post-Chorus]

There, there

[Refrain]

In the night we fight, I fled, you're right

It was exactly there, it was exactly there

I decided, decided, decided, decide

A-a-ah, we threw you out

In the night we fight, I fled, you're right

It was exactly there, it was exactly there

I decided, decided, decided, decided

[Bridge]

Ah-a-ah-a-ah-ah

[Chorus]

But it won't be any harder

And I hope you'll find your way again

And it won't get any higher

But it all boils down to what you did

[Post-Chorus]

There, there

[Outro]

Disappointment, disappointment, disappointment

There, there

Disappointment, disappointment, disappointment

Ridiculous Thoughts Lyrics

[Verse]

Twister, oh, does anyone see through you?

You're a twister, oh, an animal

But you're so happy, how?

I didn't go along with

You're so happy how?

Na-na-na-na

[Bridge]

But you're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

Hold on, hold on

Or we're gonna have to move on

We're gonna have to move on

Or we're gonna have to move on

Move on, move on

[Chorus]

I feel alright

And I cried so hard the

Ridiculous thoughts, a-ha how

I feel alright, alright, alright, alright

[Verse]

Twister, oh, I shouldn't have trusted in you

Twister, oh, a-na-na-na

It's not gonna happen now

You're not gonna make fun of me

Happen now, a-na-na-na

[Bridge]

But you're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

Hold on, hold on

Or we're gonna have to move on

We're gonna have to move on

Or we're gonna have to move on

Move on, move on

[Chorus]

I feel alright

And I cried so hard the

Ridiculous thoughts, a-ha how

I feel alright, alright, alright, alright

A-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

You should have lied

But I cried so hard the

Ridiculous thoughts, a-ha how

We should have lied, a lied, a lied, a lied

[Outro]

But you're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on

Well, you're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on, to me

Dreaming My Dreams Lyrics

[Intro]

Oh-oh-oh, oh

[Verse]

All the things you said to me today

Changed my perspective in every way

These things count to mean so much to me

Into my faith you and your baby

[Pre-Chorus]

It's out there, it's out there, it's out there

If you want me, I'll be here

It's out there, it's out there, it's out there

If you want me, I'll be here

[Chorus]

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

And there's no other place

That I'd lay down my face

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

[Pre-Chorus]

It's out there, it's out there, it's out there

If you want me, I'll be here

It's out there, it's out there, it's out there

If you want me, I'll be here

[Chorus]

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

And there's no other place

That I'd lay down my face

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

Dreaming my dreams with you

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

And there's no other place

That I'd lay down my face

Dreaming my dreams with you

[Outro]

O-o-oh-oh, o-oh

Yeat’s Grave Lyrics

12 ContributorsYeats’ Grave LyricsDolores explained her motivation to write this song in January 1994 on an interview to Hot Press:

I was really into Yeats’ poetry, so much so that I wrote a song called “Yeats’ Grave” the first time I went… Read More Silenced by death in the grave

William Butler Yeats couldn't save

Why did you stand here

Were you sickened in time

But I know by now

Why did you sit here

In the grave

Why should I blame her

That she filled my days

With misery or that she would of late

Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways

Or hurled the little streets upon the great

Had they but courage equal to desire?

Sad that Maud Gonne couldn't stay

But she had MacBride anyway

And you sit here with me

On the isle Innisfree

And you are writing down everything

But I know by now

Why did you sit here

In the grave

William Butler

Why should I blame her

Had they but courage equal to desire

William Butler

Daffodil Lament Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Holdin' on, that's what I do, since I met you

And it won't be long

Would you notice, if I left you?

And it's fine for some

'Cause you're not the one, you're not the one

There

There, there, there

There, there

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]

All night long, laid on my pillow

These things are wrong

I can't sleep here

[Bridge]

So lovely, so lovely, so lovely

[Instumental]

[Chorus]

I have decided to leave you forever

I have decided to start things from here

Thunder and lightning won't change what I'm feelin'

And the daffodils look lovely today

Look lovely today

Through your eyes I can see the disguise

Through your eyes I can see the dismay

Has anyone seen lightning?

Has anyone looked lovely?

And the daffodils look lovely today, a-ay

Look lovely today

[Outro]

Look lovely (Look lovely)

Look lovely

Nah, nah

Nah, nah-nah, nah-nah, nah

Nah, nah-nah, nah-nah

No Need to Argue Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There's no need to argue anymore

I gave all I could, but it left me so sore

And the thing that makes me mad

Is the one thing that I had

[Chorus]

I knew, I knew, I'd lose you

You'll always be special to me

Special to me, to me

[Verse 2]

And I remember all the things we once shared

Watching TV, movies on the living room armchair

But they say it'll work out fine

Was it all a waste of time

[Chorus]

'Cause I knew, I knew, I'd lose you

You'll always be special to me

Special to me, to me

[Outro]

Will I forget in time, ah

You said I was on your mind?

There's no need to argue

No need to argue anymore

There's no need to argue anymore

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Track Lyrics

Ode to My Family Lyrics

I Can’t Be With You Lyrics

Twenty One Lyrics

Zombie Lyrics

Empty Lyrics

Everything I Said Lyrics

The Icicle Melts Lyrics

Disappointment Lyrics

Ridiculous Thoughts Lyrics

Dreaming My Dreams Lyrics

Yeat’s Grave Lyrics

Daffodil Lament Lyrics

No Need to Argue Lyrics