Cranberries - Ode to My Familybr Released 21 November 1994 (UK)br Single by The Cranberriesbr from the album No Need to Arguebr br LYRICSbr Understand the things I saybr Don't turn away from mebr Cause I spent half my life out therebr You wouldn't disagreebr D'you see me, d'you seebr Do you like me, do you like me standing therebr D'you notice, d'you knowbr Do you see me, do you see mebr Does anyone carebr br Unhappiness, where's when I was youngbr And we didn't give a damnbr 'cause we were raisedbr To see life as a fun and take it if we canbr My mother, my mother she hold mebr Did she hold me, when I was out therebr br The Cranberries are an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989 under the name The Cranberry Saw Us, later changed by vocalist Dolores O'Riordan.