"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.
çåìùä ùìå
îåì äòöáéà ùìê
ëùà ú áåâãú áå
äåà îá÷ù ñìéçä
äåà éîåú áù÷è
ëùà ú úìëé
äåà éùéø áù÷è à ú
ùéø äñîøèåèéÃ
à ú öåç÷ú áçéåê øçá
åìé ùðä ëáø ìà äà éø ëåëá
ëùà ðé áà à ú ðäééú çåìä
åëùà ú çåìä à ðé úîéã áÃ
åìê æä ðåç ëëä
à ú ìà úòæáé
à ú ø÷ òåùä ìå ÷åì ùðé
ìùéø äñîøèåèéÃ
à ú öåç÷ú
îåì äòöáéà ùìê
ëùà ú áåâãú áå
äåà îá÷ù ñìéçä
äåà éîåú áù÷è
ëùà ú úìëé
äåà éùéø áù÷è à ú
ùéø äñîøèåèéÃ
à ú öåç÷ú áçéåê øçá
åìé ùðä ëáø ìà äà éø ëåëá
ëùà ðé áà à ú ðäééú çåìä
åëùà ú çåìä à ðé úîéã áÃ
åìê æä ðåç ëëä
à ú ìà úòæáé
à ú ø÷ òåùä ìå ÷åì ùðé
ìùéø äñîøèåèéÃ
à ú öåç÷ú
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