"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.
That big eight-wheeler runnin' down the track
Mean your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
'Cause he's movin' on, he's rollin' on
You were flyin' too high for my little old sky
So I'm movin' on
But some day, baby, when you've had your play
Your gonna want your daddy, but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on, keep rollin' on
You were flyin' too high for my little old sky
So I'm movin' on move on, baby
Mr. Fireman, won't you, please, listen to me?
'Cause I gotta pretty momma in Tennessee
To keep rollin' on, keep movin' on
Please, listen to me let this rattler free
Keep movin' on move on, son, move on
Well, I told you, baby, from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
And now I'm movin' on I'm rollin' on
I'm through with you too bad you're blue
But I'm movin' on move on, baby, move on
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
Well, I'm through with you too bad you're blue
I said, "Move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I'm through with you, but too bad you're blue
I said, "Move on"
Hey, hey, hey, move on I said, "Move on"
Hey, hey, I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I'm through with you, but too bad you're blue
I said, "Move on, move on, move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
Mean your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
'Cause he's movin' on, he's rollin' on
You were flyin' too high for my little old sky
So I'm movin' on
But some day, baby, when you've had your play
Your gonna want your daddy, but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on, keep rollin' on
You were flyin' too high for my little old sky
So I'm movin' on move on, baby
Mr. Fireman, won't you, please, listen to me?
'Cause I gotta pretty momma in Tennessee
To keep rollin' on, keep movin' on
Please, listen to me let this rattler free
Keep movin' on move on, son, move on
Well, I told you, baby, from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
And now I'm movin' on I'm rollin' on
I'm through with you too bad you're blue
But I'm movin' on move on, baby, move on
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
Well, I'm through with you too bad you're blue
I said, "Move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I'm through with you, but too bad you're blue
I said, "Move on"
Hey, hey, hey, move on I said, "Move on"
Hey, hey, I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I'm through with you, but too bad you're blue
I said, "Move on, move on, move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
I said, "Move on" I said, "Move on"
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