Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence, caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?
But you see, it's not me
It's not my family
In your head, in your head, they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head they are crying
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie, oh
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Another mother's breaking
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken
It's the same old theme
Since nineteen-sixteen
In your head, in your head, they're still fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head, they are dying
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, ay, oh, ya ya
Child is slowly taken
And the violence, caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?
But you see, it's not me
It's not my family
In your head, in your head, they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head they are crying
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie, oh
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Another mother's breaking
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken
It's the same old theme
Since nineteen-sixteen
In your head, in your head, they're still fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head, they are dying
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, ay, oh, ya ya
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Zombie Lyrics as written by Dolores Mary O'riordan
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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"Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken
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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.
Also Jonathan Ball was the other poor boy who lost his life in the bomb
I should know it was my birthday on that day and i was shopping in Warrington with my folks.
Great song, important subject too
make love, not war.
the easter rising of 1916 did not start the violence in northern ireland, it began a six year military campaign by the irish that finally forced the british to realize that they did not belong. however, in the treaty that followed, the english refused to give up six of the northern counties [because of their dominant protestant population]. because of the civil war that followed [and death of two of the most forward thinking irishmen of the time], northern ireland has been a war zone for the last thirty years.
at the moment, the ira has stopped fighting and the english have realized that the interests of fringe ira groups are not the interests of the northern irish people. what now needs to happen is for the irish of NI who want to join the republic to wait a decade or two until the population shifts and the majority of ulster is no longer pro-british. the catholics of ulster are no longer lacking civil rights. they need to retain the patience they are currently expressing.
1. The victims.
2. The perpetrators.
"Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken"
I think of this verse as a younger soldier, maybe in his twenties looking over the field of battle and slowly being drawn into it. The who are we mistaken park is almost as if he's questioning himself if this is a good idea.
"But You see it's not me,
It's not my family"
He tries to reason with himself, it's not like he's killing people he knows.
"In your head,in your
Head they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns"
It's as if he's desperately trying to reason with himself. They are people, no, they are fighting against us, I must fight back, but am I wrong?
"In your head,
In your head they are cryin'
In your head
Zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie"
He is still debating against himself. The zombie refers to, I believe, that he is acting like a zombie, fighting like everyone else on the field of battle. He is yet another mindless drone among the millions.
"Another mother's breakin'
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken"
the first two lines can refer to the mothers of the dieing boys and men, and the second part I think goes back to the soldier debating whether this is a good idea. He may be realizing that these people are not mindless drones, and yet he is trying to rationalize his actions.
"It's the same old theme since 1916
In your head,
In your head they're still fightin'
With their tanks
In your head they are dying"
This seems to be the main line everyone fights over. Whatever 1916 refers to, it has a sembelence to war. I think it's the soldier continuing to try and rationalize his actions while another part of him argues that he's just making up excuses. (I fight with myself, and other people I know do the same, so this makes sense to me)
"In your head, in your head
Zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie"
this last verse closes up. To me it seems like it's asking the listener their opinions.
and... I'm probably way off, but that's my opinion.
and i dont think your opinion is off or anything.
its just you letting people know what you interpret this song is about.
which is great to share that with people, by the way.
thanks for doing that.
I wanted to point out that Israel has been doing nothing but defending itself against deadly assaults for the past 60 years by people who want to completely eliminate them. Israel has entered into peace talks before with their enemies, and the only acceptable terms is Israel's total annihilation (even giving 99% of their country over is not enough). So, when you say "Israel and Palestine need to get their act together and start working things out as human," you do a great disservice to Israel, who, at the moment they were declared a country, were attacked literally on all sides by forces that should have destroyed them. They are the victims, doing everything they can to protect themselves. Always remember that war often falls into two sides: Those who desire to seize what you own down to your freedom, and those who desire to protect what they own straight up to their freedom. Thank you for listening!
I wanted to point out that Israel has been doing nothing but defending itself against deadly assaults for the past 60 years by people who want to completely eliminate them. Israel has entered into peace talks before with their enemies, and the only acceptable terms is Israel's total annihilation (even giving 99% of their country over is not enough). So, when you say "Israel and Palestine need to get their act together and start working things out as human," you do a great disservice to Israel, who, at the moment they were declared a country, were attacked literally on all sides by forces that should have destroyed them. They are the victims, doing everything they can to protect themselves. Always remember that war often falls into two sides: Those who desire to seize what you own down to your freedom, and those who desire to protect what they own straight up to their freedom. Thank you for listening!
they said the song is generally anti-war but in particular anti IRA/ Sinn Fein and anti loyalist terrorist like the UDA, UFF and LVF . Hence the line 'its the same old team since 1916' which refers to the Easter uprising in Dublin