"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.
ôøôøéà ùåá çâéà áúîåðä
ôøôøéà îáùøéà à äáä
ùìé åùìê, òåîãéà áîèáç
ôúà åà à ú à åîøú: "çá÷"
å÷éø äùúé÷ä îúôø÷
ôøôøé úòúåò, ôøôøé äùéâåò
äéå ùà úîåðåú, ùìé åùìê
åòëùéå äôøôø ùåá áøç
äöáòéà ùåá çééà áúîåðä
äöáòéà ÄÄ öáòé à äáä
ëçåì åà ãåÃ, éøå÷ åëúåÃ
à ê ôúà åà îúëäéà äöáòéÃ
ôúà åà îú÷øáéà òððéÃ
òððé úòúåò, òððé äùéâåò
úîåðä áçìåÃ, ùìé åùìê
åòëùéå äôøôø ðòìÃ.
ôøôøéà îáùøéà à äáä
ùìé åùìê, òåîãéà áîèáç
ôúà åà à ú à åîøú: "çá÷"
å÷éø äùúé÷ä îúôø÷
ôøôøé úòúåò, ôøôøé äùéâåò
äéå ùà úîåðåú, ùìé åùìê
åòëùéå äôøôø ùåá áøç
äöáòéà ùåá çééà áúîåðä
äöáòéà ÄÄ öáòé à äáä
ëçåì åà ãåÃ, éøå÷ åëúåÃ
à ê ôúà åà îúëäéà äöáòéÃ
ôúà åà îú÷øáéà òððéÃ
òððé úòúåò, òððé äùéâåò
úîåðä áçìåÃ, ùìé åùìê
åòëùéå äôøôø ðòìÃ.
Lyrics submitted by Novartza
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