Promises

Artist: The Cranberries
Released on: Bury The Hatchet (Track #3)
Duration: 5:28

LYRICS

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You better believe I’m coming
You better believe what I say
You better hold on to your promises
Because you bet you’ll get what you deserve
She’s going to leave him over
She’s gonna take her love away
So much for your eternal vows
Well it does not matter anyway

Why can’t you stay here awhi-ile
Stay here awhi-ile
Stay with me-e-e

ho-o-o ho-o-o-o all the promises we made (promises we made)
All the meaningless and empty words
I prayed
Prayed
Pray-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ayed

ho-o-o ho-o-o-o all the promises we broke (promises we broke)
All the meaningless and empty words
I spoke
Spoke
Spo-o-o-o-o-o-o-oke
do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do
do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do

What of all the things that you taught me
What of all the things that you’d say
What of all your prophetic preaching
You’re just throwing it all away
Maybe we should burn the house down
Have ourselves another fight
Leave the cobwebs in the closet
Cos tearing them out is just not right

Why can’t you stay here awhi-ile
Stay here awhi-ile
Stay with me-e-e ho ho

Ho-o-o ho-o-o-o all the promises we made (promises we made)
All the meaningless and empty words
I prayed
Prayed
Pray-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ayed

ho-o-o ho-o-o-o all the promises we broke (promises we broke)
All the meaningless and empty words
I spoke
Spoke
Spo-o-o-o-o-o-o-oke
wo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
wo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
wo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

ho-o-o ho-o-o-o all the promises we made (promises we made)
All the meaningless and empty words
I prayed
Prayed
Pray-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ayed

ho-o-o ho-o-o-o all the promises we broke (promises we broke)
All the meaningless and empty words
I spoke
Spoke
Spo-o-o-o-o-o-o-oke

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oh eh oh eh, he-e-e-e-e-e-e-e
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CREDIT INFORMATION

  • Music and Lyrics by Dolores O’Riordan
  • Produced by The Cranberries & Benedict Fenner
  • Engineered and Mixed by Mike Plotnikoff at Sarm West and Olympic (London)
  • Recorded at metalworks (Toronto), Windmill Lane (Dublin), Le Miravel (France), Sarm West (London)
  • Mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios (Portland, Maine)
  • Published by PolyGram International Publishing Inc. (ASCAP) 1999

MEANING

  • In Ovation’s Music Express in 1999) Dolores told that the song is about divorce.

NOTES

  • “Promises” is the 1st single from “Bury The Hatchet” and was released in 1999.
  • The song was played live for the first time at “The Nobel Peace Prize Concert” in Oslo in 1998. To Hot Press in 1999 Dolores told about that concert and the song, “I thought it was really nice because I’ve always had respect for it, and associated it with Ghandi and things like that. When we got to the venue A-ha were on stage, and that was pretty weird because I used to be a fan of theirs. It was like being a kid, except I’d gotten older now and was in a band. Phil Collins was there and said we rocked because we did Promises . I tell you, Promises live is so loud. There were all these people with dickie-bows and stuff, and it was like woooooagh!”
  • During the Loud And Clear Tour, Promises was almost always the opening song.
  • The song was used in the TV series “Charmed” (Season 2 3pisode 5 “She’s a Man, Baby, a Man”, 1999)
  • The band sometimes added it to their setlist on request of the audience.

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