Lyric discussion by Bonavox 

Cover art for The Icicle Melts lyrics by Cranberries, The

I think I agree with dmode on this one, it sounds about right to me...

This can't be about abortion... ' I should not have read the papers today 'Cause a child,child he was taken away'

Why would an abortion be in the news? And I don't think the baby is actually a baby.. I think it's more like they will always be that woman’s baby no matter how old they get.. We’re all somebody’s daughter or son..

I think it's about how uncaring and unfeeling people are today, until something massive happens e.g. 9/11 and the tsunami no one cares. It's sort of saying what will it take to get a little compassion from people.