"Zombie" is about the ethno-political conflict in Ireland. This is obvious if you know anything of the singer (Dolores O'Riordan)'s Irish heritage and understood the "1916" Easter Rising reference.
"Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken
-
Another mother's breaking
Heart is taking over"
Laments the Warrington bomb attacks in which two children were fatally injured on March 23rd, 1993. Twelve year old Tim Parry was taken off life support with permission from his mother after five days in the hospital, virtually braindead.
"But you see it's not me
It's not my family"
References how people who are not directly involved with the violence feel about it. They are "zombies" without sympathy who refuse to take action while others suffer.
How far is the world, in the end?
Is there a judge? Who decides,
What is wrong and what is right?
Who'll be there, in the end?
Who'll be with me, to be without me?
Is there semething, behind the final curtain?
Will there be anyone, any memories?
When my time has come,
to pass the gate to all eternity
Who'll wait for me
To guide me over, into the unknown?
When I die and leave the world behind
When I die
Day after day, I followed the words
That say, I shall be modest and brave
And I sometimes wonder
How I can be so strong
Now here I stand, who'll hold my hand
How here I stand and wait
Now when your day has come
And all life has passed through?
When memories fade away
And destiny becomes true
When judgement day has been reached
And it finally comes to an end
You'll come to your redemption
Or to pain that never ends!
Oh, I know there'll be no pain
'cause my soul is as white as snow
No one's there, to warm my hand
When it gets cold
An apparatus sound is reaching my ears
Bright neon light blinds my eyes
A dark veil setz slowly down on me
I go into the void
Is there a judge? Who decides,
What is wrong and what is right?
Who'll be there, in the end?
Who'll be with me, to be without me?
Is there semething, behind the final curtain?
Will there be anyone, any memories?
When my time has come,
to pass the gate to all eternity
Who'll wait for me
To guide me over, into the unknown?
When I die and leave the world behind
When I die
Day after day, I followed the words
That say, I shall be modest and brave
And I sometimes wonder
How I can be so strong
Now here I stand, who'll hold my hand
How here I stand and wait
Now when your day has come
And all life has passed through?
When memories fade away
And destiny becomes true
When judgement day has been reached
And it finally comes to an end
You'll come to your redemption
Or to pain that never ends!
Oh, I know there'll be no pain
'cause my soul is as white as snow
No one's there, to warm my hand
When it gets cold
An apparatus sound is reaching my ears
Bright neon light blinds my eyes
A dark veil setz slowly down on me
I go into the void
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