"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.
Loving can be simple
(Find a guy, settle down)
Can it be so simple
(Touch the sky, look around)
There is so much out there
(Wait your turn, stand in line)
There's a someone somewhere
(You will learn, you will find)
There is so much waiting for you
Listen here is all you must do
Chorus A:
Play the field
You gotta look around
Lovin is so real
Don't just settle down
Just play the field
And leave what is behind
Don't just make a deal
See what you can find-oh, oh
Verse 2:
If you want some loving
(You'll be loved, many times)
Pushing comes to shoving
(And enough chance to find)
Come on stop your crying
(Over one special boy)
Do a little lying
(Have some fun, don't be coy)
Don't waste your life on a dream
Take it to the opposite extreme
CHORUS A
Come on have some fun-oh oh
Don't waste your life on a dream
Take it to the opposite extreme
CHORUS A
See what you can find
Chorus B:
Just play the field
And let yourself go wild
Lovin is so real
You're acting like a child
So play the field
You're always on the run
Don't just make a deal
Come on have some fun
Oh oh-oh
Bridge:
Play the field
On the run (on the run)
Make a deal-oh
Have some fun
CHORUS A
See what you can find
CHORUS be
CHORUS A
See what you can find
CHORUS be
Play the field
Play the field
Play the field
(fade)
(Find a guy, settle down)
Can it be so simple
(Touch the sky, look around)
There is so much out there
(Wait your turn, stand in line)
There's a someone somewhere
(You will learn, you will find)
There is so much waiting for you
Listen here is all you must do
Chorus A:
Play the field
You gotta look around
Lovin is so real
Don't just settle down
Just play the field
And leave what is behind
Don't just make a deal
See what you can find-oh, oh
Verse 2:
If you want some loving
(You'll be loved, many times)
Pushing comes to shoving
(And enough chance to find)
Come on stop your crying
(Over one special boy)
Do a little lying
(Have some fun, don't be coy)
Don't waste your life on a dream
Take it to the opposite extreme
CHORUS A
Come on have some fun-oh oh
Don't waste your life on a dream
Take it to the opposite extreme
CHORUS A
See what you can find
Chorus B:
Just play the field
And let yourself go wild
Lovin is so real
You're acting like a child
So play the field
You're always on the run
Don't just make a deal
Come on have some fun
Oh oh-oh
Bridge:
Play the field
On the run (on the run)
Make a deal-oh
Have some fun
CHORUS A
See what you can find
CHORUS be
CHORUS A
See what you can find
CHORUS be
Play the field
Play the field
Play the field
(fade)
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