Ode to My Family

By the Cranberries

Understand the thing I say

Don’t turn away from me
Cause I spent half my life out there
You wouldn’t disagree

Do you see me, do you see

Do you like me, do you like me standing out there
Do you notice do you know
Do you see me, do you see me
Does anyone care?

Unhappiness was when I was young

And we didn’t give a damn
Cause we were raised
To see life as a fun and take it if we can

My mother, my mother she’d hold me

Did she hold me, when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh he liked me, does anyone care?

Understand what I’ve become

It wasn’t my design
And people everywhere think
Something better than I am

But I miss you, I miss

Cause I like it, cause I liked it
When I was out there
Do you know this, do you know
You did not find me, you did not find
Does anymore care?

Unhappiness was I when was young

And we didn’t give a damn
Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can

My mother, my mother she’d hold me

Did she hold me, when I was out there
My father, my father, he like me
Oh he like me, does anyone care?

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do
Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do
Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do
Answer the question according to the song above!
1. Who is the singer pf the song?
Answer: The Cranberries
2. What is the song about?
Answer: the song tells about someone who longing of the family (student’s answer may
vary”
3. “it was my design”
What does the words “it” refers to?
Answer: “it” refers to everything that happened to the author’s life
4. Why did the author write the song? Explain based on your imagination!
Answer: because the author longing of the family and want to see them soon
5. What is the Indonesian of” Ode to My Family”?
Answer: Syair/pujian untuk Keluarga