"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.
I need Coca-Cola I need Preparation H
I need Texaco and Shell and Exxon I need Chevrolet
I need Camel cigarettes I need Budweiser Beer
I need cable channels 195
I need 10 kinds of shampoo just so I can stay alive
I need gainful employment I need a rental agreement
I need a CAREER I need enslavement
I need a hole in my head I need a hole in my head
Sun comes up rains light down on the sky warms the Earth
that's where I live
Sun comes up pulls rain down from the sky wets the Earth
that's where I live
Sun comes up rain and light grow the food on the Earth
that's where I live
Sun comes up all my needs are provided for by the Sun on
the Earth once the day's begun
I need Texaco and Shell and Exxon I need Chevrolet
I need Camel cigarettes I need Budweiser Beer
I need cable channels 195
I need 10 kinds of shampoo just so I can stay alive
I need gainful employment I need a rental agreement
I need a CAREER I need enslavement
I need a hole in my head I need a hole in my head
Sun comes up rains light down on the sky warms the Earth
that's where I live
Sun comes up pulls rain down from the sky wets the Earth
that's where I live
Sun comes up rain and light grow the food on the Earth
that's where I live
Sun comes up all my needs are provided for by the Sun on
the Earth once the day's begun
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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