"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.
Action! Your body activates freedom
Your mind accelerates passion
The time has come to get wild
Rise up and follow fusion
Our youth is just an illusion
Lets start a revolution
Explore the corridors we'll find our restitution
Stop. Everybody get wild
Music, it's all around and you choose it
To take control or you loose it
Your way to find an escape from dancing to this song
Power, minutes turn into hours
Now's the time to get louder
The light is there to be seen your dreamin' no you've gotta
Stop. Everybody get wild
We've travelled so far to explore the mysteries of life
And the reality of our youth
Is overlooked by those who restrict our freedom
Our freedom to get wild
This is Aaron
And this is my world
And it's yours
Stop. Everybody get wild
Listen, there callin' but you're missin'
You're standin' off in position
A crowded room is in rage
I'm up on stage fire
You say you want to go higher up and fly away, you're gone
Ain't nothin' wrong with standin' I'm commanding you to
Stop. Everybody get wild
Your mind accelerates passion
The time has come to get wild
Rise up and follow fusion
Our youth is just an illusion
Lets start a revolution
Explore the corridors we'll find our restitution
Stop. Everybody get wild
Music, it's all around and you choose it
To take control or you loose it
Your way to find an escape from dancing to this song
Power, minutes turn into hours
Now's the time to get louder
The light is there to be seen your dreamin' no you've gotta
Stop. Everybody get wild
We've travelled so far to explore the mysteries of life
And the reality of our youth
Is overlooked by those who restrict our freedom
Our freedom to get wild
This is Aaron
And this is my world
And it's yours
Stop. Everybody get wild
Listen, there callin' but you're missin'
You're standin' off in position
A crowded room is in rage
I'm up on stage fire
You say you want to go higher up and fly away, you're gone
Ain't nothin' wrong with standin' I'm commanding you to
Stop. Everybody get wild
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