Artist: The Cranberries
Released on: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Track #11)
Duration: 2:52

LYRICS

Look, you’re standing alone (standing alone)
How-ever I should have known (I should have known)

Never before, never again
You will ignore, I will pretend
Never before, never again
You will ignore, I will pretend
In your world, you’re alone in your face
You’re alone in your world, you’re alone in your face
How you said you never would leave me alone
Ho-ow
How you said you never would leave me alone

Now you’re just walking away (walking away)
When you said you always would stay (always would stay)

Never before, never again
You will ignore, I will pretend
In your world, you’re alone in your face
You’re alone in your world, you’re alone in your face
How you said you never would leave me alone
Ho-ow
How you said you never would leave me alone
How you said you never would leave me alone
Ho-ow
How you said you never would leave me alone (alone)

CREDIT INFORMATION

Music and Lyrics by Dolores O’Riordan
Produced and Engineered by Stephen Street
Additional Engineering by Aiden McGovern at Windmill Studios
Mixed at Maison Rouge, Fulham, London
Published by Island Music Ltd 1993

MEANING

NOTES

The song is featured in the movie “Empire Record” (1995).
A remix of this song was released on the album “Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)” in 2002.
The band played the song to open some of their concerts in 1994 and 1995 and during the Reunion Tour in 2009 and 2010.
There is only one acoustic recording of “How” known to exist recorded during the live acoustic set “On The Edge” in 1993 in Los Angeles.
How (Radical Mix) available on:
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993), 2002
Linger CD Single (Australia), 1993
Linger 12” Vinyl Single & Promo CD & CD Single (UK), 1993