"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.
I'm going out of my mind
Even can't get my feet off the ground
Feel like I'm down and out
Somethin' in my head, and he talks to me
I gotta be disordered, I gotta psycho
Even can't get any sleep day and night
Feel like I'm insomniac
Somethin' in my head, and he disturbs me
I feel sensless
I've got to be sleepless
I feel timeless
I've got to be unknown place
Oh.. I gotta super shocked!
I'm going out of my mind
Even can't get my feet off the ground
Feel like I'm down and out
Somethin' in my head, and he talks to me
I gotta be disordered, I gotta psycho
Even can't get any sleep day and night
Feel like I'm insomniac
Somethin' in my head, and he disturbs me
I feel sensless
I've got to be sleepless
I feel timeless
I've got to be unknown place
Oh.. I gotta super shocked!
I feel sensless
I've got to be sleepless
I feel timeless
I've got to be unknown place
Oh.. I gotta super shocked!
Oh.. I gotta future shocked!
Even can't get my feet off the ground
Feel like I'm down and out
Somethin' in my head, and he talks to me
I gotta be disordered, I gotta psycho
Even can't get any sleep day and night
Feel like I'm insomniac
Somethin' in my head, and he disturbs me
I feel sensless
I've got to be sleepless
I feel timeless
I've got to be unknown place
Oh.. I gotta super shocked!
I'm going out of my mind
Even can't get my feet off the ground
Feel like I'm down and out
Somethin' in my head, and he talks to me
I gotta be disordered, I gotta psycho
Even can't get any sleep day and night
Feel like I'm insomniac
Somethin' in my head, and he disturbs me
I feel sensless
I've got to be sleepless
I feel timeless
I've got to be unknown place
Oh.. I gotta super shocked!
I feel sensless
I've got to be sleepless
I feel timeless
I've got to be unknown place
Oh.. I gotta super shocked!
Oh.. I gotta future shocked!
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