"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.
Calling from that porch again
Low dress blowing in the wind
(I should have known I'd regret it later)
But she blow like a Tsunami
I like it like that
I like it like that
I like it like that
Terra Cotta, window pane
Brown skin soaking up the rain
(I should have been a cynical writer)
But she don't care just where he be
I like it like that
I like it like that
I like it like that
She can move you!
She can move you!
What's your name?
Destiny.
I like it like that
I like it like that
I like it like that
Low dress blowing in the wind
(I should have known I'd regret it later)
But she blow like a Tsunami
I like it like that
I like it like that
I like it like that
Terra Cotta, window pane
Brown skin soaking up the rain
(I should have been a cynical writer)
But she don't care just where he be
I like it like that
I like it like that
I like it like that
She can move you!
She can move you!
What's your name?
Destiny.
I like it like that
I like it like that
I like it like that
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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