"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.
îä úòùé òà ëì äéîéÃ
ùæøçå ìäéåú ùìðå
à éê úòáøé ìéìåú òøåîéÃ
áìé à ú, áìé à ðé, áìé à ðçðå
îé ééãò îúé ììèó
åà éôä ùà ú à åäáú
îé éúëåôó ìäâéù ìê ëúó
à çøé ùà ú îñúåááú
æä ëáø ìà çìåÃ
æä ëáø à åø, æä ëáø çåÃ
äáéèé à ì úåê äà ù
ëîä äéà ðôìà ä
îùòä ìùòä
åëîä ùòåú ëáø éù
îúé úòðé ìú÷úå÷ ìéáê
ùëåúá ìê òëùéå, òëùéå
ëîä òåã úçëé
ìáå÷ø ð÷é
òã îúé úøáöé ùà ëìáìá
æä ëáø ìà çìåÃ...
ùæøçå ìäéåú ùìðå
à éê úòáøé ìéìåú òøåîéÃ
áìé à ú, áìé à ðé, áìé à ðçðå
îé ééãò îúé ììèó
åà éôä ùà ú à åäáú
îé éúëåôó ìäâéù ìê ëúó
à çøé ùà ú îñúåááú
æä ëáø ìà çìåÃ
æä ëáø à åø, æä ëáø çåÃ
äáéèé à ì úåê äà ù
ëîä äéà ðôìà ä
îùòä ìùòä
åëîä ùòåú ëáø éù
îúé úòðé ìú÷úå÷ ìéáê
ùëåúá ìê òëùéå, òëùéå
ëîä òåã úçëé
ìáå÷ø ð÷é
òã îúé úøáöé ùà ëìáìá
æä ëáø ìà çìåÃ...
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