"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.
Monkeys with red hot pokers and a serious amount of time to waste, couldn't make me attempt this it's in Italian, but young Riccardo Di Massa an Italian fan sent 'em to me!
Io son tornato, amici che si fa?
Usciamo insieme, dai tutti giù in città!
Come una volta da più di 3 anni,
di nuovo insieme amici del cuore.
Yeah....
E da straniero ritorno a casa,
tutto è cambiato non solo la strada,
la gente guarda meravigliata,
torniamo a casa, l'ho sempre odiata.
Yeah....
Dai ma chi te lo fa fare a stare ancora qua,
tanto non mi sento nè di qua e nè di là.
Sono lontano!
Yeah.... I'm going insane....
Still going insane.
Io son tornato, amici che si fa?
Usciamo insieme, dai tutti giù in città!
Come una volta da più di 3 anni,
di nuovo insieme amici del cuore.
Yeah....
E da straniero ritorno a casa,
tutto è cambiato non solo la strada,
la gente guarda meravigliata,
torniamo a casa, l'ho sempre odiata.
Yeah....
Dai ma chi te lo fa fare a stare ancora qua,
tanto non mi sento nè di qua e nè di là.
Sono lontano!
Yeah.... I'm going insane....
Still going insane.
Lyrics submitted by pretty-in-punk
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