"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.
Sobre ti
Sobre mi
O de estrellas que se funden
Si eres tu
Si es el sol
O es la luna
Si es temor
Si es rencor
O la falsa indiferencia
De una mancha de lluvia
En tu memoria
Amanece otra vez
Y las horas
Se hacen tibias
Se desangran las sombras
Perfumadas
Una araña gigante
Dando vueltas en el aire
Una bola de nieve
Contraataca
Hablemos de luces
Hablemos de nada
Hablemos de cosas de verdad
De lo mortal
A veces tan triste
Y a veces tan libre
Veneno la confusión
Veneno yo
Sobre ti
Sobre mi
O de estrellas que se funden
Si eres tu
Si es el sol
O es la luna
Hablemos de luces
Hablemos de nada
Hablemos de cosas de verdad
De lo mortal
A veces tan triste
Y a veces tan libre
Veneno la confusión
Veneno yo
Hablemos de luces
Hablemos de nada
Hablemos de cosas de verdad
De lo mortal
A veces tan libre
Y a veces tan triste
Veneno la confusión
Veneno yo
Este día y en este lugar
Sobre mi
O de estrellas que se funden
Si eres tu
Si es el sol
O es la luna
Si es temor
Si es rencor
O la falsa indiferencia
De una mancha de lluvia
En tu memoria
Amanece otra vez
Y las horas
Se hacen tibias
Se desangran las sombras
Perfumadas
Una araña gigante
Dando vueltas en el aire
Una bola de nieve
Contraataca
Hablemos de luces
Hablemos de nada
Hablemos de cosas de verdad
De lo mortal
A veces tan triste
Y a veces tan libre
Veneno la confusión
Veneno yo
Sobre ti
Sobre mi
O de estrellas que se funden
Si eres tu
Si es el sol
O es la luna
Hablemos de luces
Hablemos de nada
Hablemos de cosas de verdad
De lo mortal
A veces tan triste
Y a veces tan libre
Veneno la confusión
Veneno yo
Hablemos de luces
Hablemos de nada
Hablemos de cosas de verdad
De lo mortal
A veces tan libre
Y a veces tan triste
Veneno la confusión
Veneno yo
Este día y en este lugar
Lyrics submitted by smashingrocker666, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Veneno Lyrics as written by Angel Antonio Mosqueda Dominguez Alberto Cabrera Luna
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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la canción lo dice muy literal, hablar de luces, de lo mortal, de cosas de verdad, cosas que no son supuestas, cosas que sabemos que están ahÃ
por eso creo que esta canción habla de su incertidumbre o decision de solo creer en lo que sabe que es real y no dejarse llevar por lo que creen las masas que es real.