"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.
Fuck off, what do you want?
Like a fistfull of metal we hunt
We're the bastards of your dreams
A mean machine, we always come clean
A mean pack of sinners, no saints
Sons of Satan and black is our paint
Warriors of Sodom, metalheads unite
We are the ratpack, won't back for a fight
So sound asleep you wish you were not on your own
We're the devil in a black dress, now look at the seeds we've sown
Fuck you and your holy crew, like if we would care or stay
We don't want your bullshit here and we never cared anyway
Like a fistfull of metal we hunt
We're the bastards of your dreams
A mean machine, we always come clean
A mean pack of sinners, no saints
Sons of Satan and black is our paint
Warriors of Sodom, metalheads unite
We are the ratpack, won't back for a fight
So sound asleep you wish you were not on your own
We're the devil in a black dress, now look at the seeds we've sown
Fuck you and your holy crew, like if we would care or stay
We don't want your bullshit here and we never cared anyway
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