I'm still remembering the day
I gave my life away
I'm still remembering the time
You said you'd be mine
Yesterday was cold and bare
Because you were not there
Yesterday was cold
My story has been told
I need your affection all the way
The world has changed or I've changed in a way
I try to remain
I'm trying not to go insane
I need your affection all the way

Get way
Get way
Get way
Get way
Get way

I'm still remembering my life
Before I became your wife
I'm still remembering the pain
And the mind games
Reverse psychology
Never tainted me
I didn't sell my soul
I didn't sell my soul

I need your affection all the way
The world has changd or I've changed in a way
I try to remain
I'm trying not to go insane
I need your affection all the way

They say the cream will always
Rise to the top
They say the good people
Are always first to drop
What of Kurt Cobain?
Will his presence still remain?
Remember J-F-K?
Ever saintly in a way

Where are you now
Where are you now
Where are you now
I say, where are you now

I need your affection all the way
I need your affection all the way
I need your affection all the way
I need your affection all the way

All the way, all the way
All the way, all the way
All the way, all the way
All the way, all the way
All the way


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I'm Still Remembering Lyrics as written by Dolores Mary O'riordan

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    (sigh) i need affection, too, honey.
    juliashopeon July 05, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    it's about a wife who felt like more of a person before she got married. not that she regrets it, but she nows her married life coul be better.
    jarinkon May 09, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    agree with jarink plus it's a tribute to kurt cobain the lead singer of Nirvana
    Farhadon May 27, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    This is their best song and one of my faves. The music is great and the lyrics - though not extraordinary - are so intense
    novion October 29, 2006   Link
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    General Comment
    I've always thought of this as a love song, she's talking about the mind games and pain before you found the love of her life and how the world has changed and she needs him to be there for her. I've found with the Cranberries though that even their love songs are kind of melancholy.
    ebsawyer8on July 08, 2016   Link
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    I love you Dolores, we miss you :'(
    Marceliinoon March 27, 2020   Link

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