Lyrics

Suddenly something has   to me
As I was having my   of  
Suddenly I was feeling  
I was   and totally stressed
Do you know you made me  
Do you know you made me  

And the thing that   to me
Is you'll never really  
And the thing that   me out
Is I'll always be in  

It is a lovely thing that we have
It is a lovely thing that we
It is a lovely thing, the animal
The animal instinct

So take my   and come with me
We will change  
So take my hands and we will pray
They won't take you  
They will never make me cry, no
They will never make me die

And the thing that gets to me
Is you'll never really see
And the thing that freaks me out
Is I'll always be in doubt

The animal, the animal
The animal instinct in me
It's the animal, the animal
The animal instinct in me
It's the animal, it's the animal
It's the animal instinct in me
It's the animal, it's the animal
It's the animal instinct in me

The animal, the animal,
The animal instinct in me
It's the animal, it's the animal
It's the animal instinct in me
Legend

Meaning

In 1999, in a video about Animal Instinct, Dolores explained:

“It’s like a hearty song, and it’s about a hearty thing. It’s just about love that comes when you’re carrying a child, when you give birth to a child and stuff when you become a parent. It’s the animal instinct, it’s a protection feeling that you’ve never felt before for anything […] I am a different person than I was two years ago. Women are extraordinary creatures really, you know, I mean the fact that we can give birth, what the bodies can do is pretty amazing, and feed, feed children with your own body […] It’s a pretty cool thing really, and it does change you, it makes you a lot more confident and happy in yourself makes you more thankful.”


Source: cranberriesworld.com

Vocabulary

Get to someone

to annoy or upset someone. To make someone angry or annoyed:annoy, provoke, anger... To make someone feel sad or upset:upset, wound, disturb...
After a while his teasing started to get to me.

utterly

completely
We were utterly unprepared for the match

freaks sb out

To become very anxious, upset, or afraid, or make someone very anxious, upset, or afraid