"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
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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.
Standing on the Edge of summer
The feeling I felt, felt so alright
I looked up and saw the stars in the sky that night.
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And you see why i have no dreams left in my head
And you see why im still dead,
But do you know how i died?
But do you care, that im standing there...
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Walking on the side of Autumn,
Did you see the things i brought them?
Those presents they enjoyed so much,
And i weakend by the touch of your hand.
You still take them for granite.
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And you see why i cant sleep at night,
And you see how anger fills my fright,
But do you know what starves my sin?
Intoxicated Again....
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Crawling along the start of Winter,
You felt me want to kiss her.
As i pulled the sheets over me,
You stabbed me in the back. Betrayl...
How i let my guard down..
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And you see why i cant stay up in the day,
and why i always seem to notice you in every way.
And when the sun turned black
, you saw that i turned back,
And as the sun turned so bright, you saw me kill myself that night,
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Running in the middle of Spring,
You heard that heavenly voice sing
The assassin is so close
And your hipocrisy is drawing to an end
The four corners of the world are met, and soon you'll forget, what iam and who i know, and where to go, And what part of me was left to fade..
The Assassin's Blade...
The feeling I felt, felt so alright
I looked up and saw the stars in the sky that night.
---------
And you see why i have no dreams left in my head
And you see why im still dead,
But do you know how i died?
But do you care, that im standing there...
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Walking on the side of Autumn,
Did you see the things i brought them?
Those presents they enjoyed so much,
And i weakend by the touch of your hand.
You still take them for granite.
------------
And you see why i cant sleep at night,
And you see how anger fills my fright,
But do you know what starves my sin?
Intoxicated Again....
----------------------------
Crawling along the start of Winter,
You felt me want to kiss her.
As i pulled the sheets over me,
You stabbed me in the back. Betrayl...
How i let my guard down..
-----------
And you see why i cant stay up in the day,
and why i always seem to notice you in every way.
And when the sun turned black
, you saw that i turned back,
And as the sun turned so bright, you saw me kill myself that night,
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Running in the middle of Spring,
You heard that heavenly voice sing
The assassin is so close
And your hipocrisy is drawing to an end
The four corners of the world are met, and soon you'll forget, what iam and who i know, and where to go, And what part of me was left to fade..
The Assassin's Blade...
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