"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.
My girl she's on the ill tip
Exercised her right to forfeit and rust a bit
Her brain's like a microchip
Now its a day in the life of
A space cadet that a mother calls daughter
And just follow the instructions
And the pieces come alive
When her shit malfunctions
Yeah, they said she'll never last but they lied
- chorus -
Microchip girl - kick ass at trivia girl
Cd-rom curls
now she wants a pc, to stick a modem into me
I'm not the kind of guy who goes online for just any girl
Now it's a strange, strange relationship
Microchip girls got her head on straight
I should know I put it there
Now what do I get her for christmas
She's got it all on hard disk
Accessible to the world
Just follow the instructions
I just keep her oiled and she's cool
When her shit malfunctions
I just plug her in to refuel
- chorus -
Microchip girl - found the end of pi
32 bit curls
Exercised her right to forfeit and rust a bit
Her brain's like a microchip
Now its a day in the life of
A space cadet that a mother calls daughter
And just follow the instructions
And the pieces come alive
When her shit malfunctions
Yeah, they said she'll never last but they lied
- chorus -
Microchip girl - kick ass at trivia girl
Cd-rom curls
now she wants a pc, to stick a modem into me
I'm not the kind of guy who goes online for just any girl
Now it's a strange, strange relationship
Microchip girls got her head on straight
I should know I put it there
Now what do I get her for christmas
She's got it all on hard disk
Accessible to the world
Just follow the instructions
I just keep her oiled and she's cool
When her shit malfunctions
I just plug her in to refuel
- chorus -
Microchip girl - found the end of pi
32 bit curls
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