"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.
éù áðâéðú ÷åìä
ðéîä éìãåúéú ÷ìä
äéà äàí äîàîöú
âøåèàåú åñîøèåèéí, áòìé çééí
éù áîáè òéðéä
öéåø ùì îùôçä ÷èðä
äéà îøàä ìé ÷éø ùì áéú
åéìãä òí ùðé ñøèéí
ùøèåèéí ôùåèéí
ôðé áåáä, òéðé ôðéðéí
öì÷åú åñéîðéí
÷ò÷åòéí öøåáé ùðéí
÷åì îàøõ äøåç
÷åì ÷øéàú äòåøá
áàåæðä öåò÷
÷åì îàøõ äøåç
áà ìàè å÷øá
äéà äåìëú
ðèøôú
äéà äåìëú
åàðé ùåú÷
éù áöììéú øàùä
úðåòä ùîñúéøä çåìùä
ìôòîéí ëùäéà öåç÷ú
îúôöìéí ùáéìé ÷îèéí
ìôøèé ôøèéí
äéà äéúä ëì ëê éôä
ôðé îìàê, ùéòø ÷èéôä
áúåê ùîìú ëìåìåú ù÷åôä
÷åì îàøõ äøåç...
ðéîä éìãåúéú ÷ìä
äéà äàí äîàîöú
âøåèàåú åñîøèåèéí, áòìé çééí
éù áîáè òéðéä
öéåø ùì îùôçä ÷èðä
äéà îøàä ìé ÷éø ùì áéú
åéìãä òí ùðé ñøèéí
ùøèåèéí ôùåèéí
ôðé áåáä, òéðé ôðéðéí
öì÷åú åñéîðéí
÷ò÷åòéí öøåáé ùðéí
÷åì îàøõ äøåç
÷åì ÷øéàú äòåøá
áàåæðä öåò÷
÷åì îàøõ äøåç
áà ìàè å÷øá
äéà äåìëú
ðèøôú
äéà äåìëú
åàðé ùåú÷
éù áöììéú øàùä
úðåòä ùîñúéøä çåìùä
ìôòîéí ëùäéà öåç÷ú
îúôöìéí ùáéìé ÷îèéí
ìôøèé ôøèéí
äéà äéúä ëì ëê éôä
ôðé îìàê, ùéòø ÷èéôä
áúåê ùîìú ëìåìåú ù÷åôä
÷åì îàøõ äøåç...
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