"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.
A Photo In A Frame
Old I Dwell Here Sad
The Clock Keeps Ticking Still
Blisfully Ignorant
The Mourning In My Light
A Passage Through My Fright
The Shape Of My Inside
Is Wounded And Fragile
Forever Fragile - Eternally Yours
Forever Fragile - Eternal Divorce
The Mourning In My Light
A Passage Through My Life
The Shape Of My Inside
Is Wounded And Pure Fright
Finally I See
What Was Meant To Be
Please Give Me Hope
Let Me Die Fortunate
Forever Fragile - Eternally Yours
Forever Fragile - Eternal Divoce
Forever Fragile - Eternally Yours
Forever Fragile - Eternal Force
My Blissful Ignorance
Like Veins Cut In Wood
Reflecting Endlessness
Of My Longing After You/Truth
Waiting For Your True Self
Old I Dwell Here Sad
The Clock Keeps Ticking Still
Blisfully Ignorant
The Mourning In My Light
A Passage Through My Fright
The Shape Of My Inside
Is Wounded And Fragile
Forever Fragile - Eternally Yours
Forever Fragile - Eternal Divorce
The Mourning In My Light
A Passage Through My Life
The Shape Of My Inside
Is Wounded And Pure Fright
Finally I See
What Was Meant To Be
Please Give Me Hope
Let Me Die Fortunate
Forever Fragile - Eternally Yours
Forever Fragile - Eternal Divoce
Forever Fragile - Eternally Yours
Forever Fragile - Eternal Force
My Blissful Ignorance
Like Veins Cut In Wood
Reflecting Endlessness
Of My Longing After You/Truth
Waiting For Your True Self
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