Personally, every time I hear this song I think of a lone soldier out on the battlefield. (Ps, this is the song that got me into Cranberries)
"Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken"
I think of this verse as a younger soldier, maybe in his twenties looking over the field of battle and slowly being drawn into it. The who are we mistaken park is almost as if he's questioning himself if this is a good idea.
"But You see it's not me,
It's not my family"
He tries to reason with himself, it's not like he's killing people he knows.
"In your head,in your
Head they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns"
It's as if he's desperately trying to reason with himself. They are people, no, they are fighting against us, I must fight back, but am I wrong?
"In your head,
In your head they are cryin'
In your head
Zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie"
He is still debating against himself. The zombie refers to, I believe, that he is acting like a zombie, fighting like everyone else on the field of battle. He is yet another mindless drone among the millions.
"Another mother's breakin'
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken"
the first two lines can refer to the mothers of the dieing boys and men, and the second part I think goes back to the soldier debating whether this is a good idea. He may be realizing that these people are not mindless drones, and yet he is trying to rationalize his actions.
"It's the same old theme since 1916
In your head,
In your head they're still fightin'
With their tanks
In your head they are dying"
This seems to be the main line everyone fights over. Whatever 1916 refers to, it has a sembelence to war. I think it's the soldier continuing to try and rationalize his actions while another part of him argues that he's just making up excuses. (I fight with myself, and other people I know do the same, so this makes sense to me)
"In your head, in your head
Zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie"
this last verse closes up. To me it seems like it's asking the listener their opinions.
and... I'm probably way off, but that's my opinion.
I like what you did here and how you explained it.
and i dont think your opinion is off or anything.
its just you letting people know what you interpret this song is about.
which is great to share that with people, by the way.
thanks for doing that.
I like what you did here and how you explained it.
and i dont think your opinion is off or anything.
its just you letting people know what you interpret this song is about.
which is great to share that with people, by the way.
thanks for doing that.
@meradragon
I think you nailed it. Like a lot of songs, I believe "Zombie" is largely a stream of consciousness in which we're hearing an internal monologue of someone who would condone this violence (or maybe even commit a bombing himself/herself). Interspersed between those bits are commentary suggesting that this person has become a "zombie" who now sees innocent civilians as soldiers with "tanks and bombs" but, of course, that's all "in [his] head."
@meradragon
I think you nailed it. Like a lot of songs, I believe "Zombie" is largely a stream of consciousness in which we're hearing an internal monologue of someone who would condone this violence (or maybe even commit a bombing himself/herself). Interspersed between those bits are commentary suggesting that this person has become a "zombie" who now sees innocent civilians as soldiers with "tanks and bombs" but, of course, that's all "in [his] head."
Personally, every time I hear this song I think of a lone soldier out on the battlefield. (Ps, this is the song that got me into Cranberries) "Another head hangs lowly Child is slowly taken And the violence caused such silence Who are we mistaken" I think of this verse as a younger soldier, maybe in his twenties looking over the field of battle and slowly being drawn into it. The who are we mistaken park is almost as if he's questioning himself if this is a good idea.
"But You see it's not me, It's not my family"
He tries to reason with himself, it's not like he's killing people he knows.
"In your head,in your Head they are fighting With their tanks, and their bombs And their bombs, and their guns"
It's as if he's desperately trying to reason with himself. They are people, no, they are fighting against us, I must fight back, but am I wrong?
"In your head, In your head they are cryin' In your head Zombie What's in your head, in your head Zombie"
He is still debating against himself. The zombie refers to, I believe, that he is acting like a zombie, fighting like everyone else on the field of battle. He is yet another mindless drone among the millions.
"Another mother's breakin' Heart is taking over When the violence causes silence We must be mistaken"
the first two lines can refer to the mothers of the dieing boys and men, and the second part I think goes back to the soldier debating whether this is a good idea. He may be realizing that these people are not mindless drones, and yet he is trying to rationalize his actions.
"It's the same old theme since 1916 In your head, In your head they're still fightin' With their tanks In your head they are dying"
This seems to be the main line everyone fights over. Whatever 1916 refers to, it has a sembelence to war. I think it's the soldier continuing to try and rationalize his actions while another part of him argues that he's just making up excuses. (I fight with myself, and other people I know do the same, so this makes sense to me)
"In your head, in your head Zombie What's in your head, in your head Zombie"
this last verse closes up. To me it seems like it's asking the listener their opinions.
and... I'm probably way off, but that's my opinion.
I like what you did here and how you explained it. and i dont think your opinion is off or anything. its just you letting people know what you interpret this song is about. which is great to share that with people, by the way. thanks for doing that.
I like what you did here and how you explained it. and i dont think your opinion is off or anything. its just you letting people know what you interpret this song is about. which is great to share that with people, by the way. thanks for doing that.
@meradragon a child is slowly taken is refereing to the bombing in 1993 where two children died
@meradragon a child is slowly taken is refereing to the bombing in 1993 where two children died
@meradragon I think you nailed it. Like a lot of songs, I believe "Zombie" is largely a stream of consciousness in which we're hearing an internal monologue of someone who would condone this violence (or maybe even commit a bombing himself/herself). Interspersed between those bits are commentary suggesting that this person has become a "zombie" who now sees innocent civilians as soldiers with "tanks and bombs" but, of course, that's all "in [his] head."
@meradragon I think you nailed it. Like a lot of songs, I believe "Zombie" is largely a stream of consciousness in which we're hearing an internal monologue of someone who would condone this violence (or maybe even commit a bombing himself/herself). Interspersed between those bits are commentary suggesting that this person has become a "zombie" who now sees innocent civilians as soldiers with "tanks and bombs" but, of course, that's all "in [his] head."