"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.
It's 1998, Reagan's dead!
Old man hangin' in the oval office
Press the button put us all in our coffins
I need a nuclear missile to soothe me
Vaporize the commies it's a national duty
Everybody frontin' on the glasnost tip
I wanna see you piss. I'll put you in connips
I'm gonna melt off the faces of every New Yorker
That's what I think of your damn perestroika
I get loaded.
I'm gonna pop, pop, drop a cop
'Cause nobody's spared from the ticking clock
I say the faster you run, you know, the dumber you are
You're not a future evolution. You won't get very far
I'm no Yankee but I know the type
Yeah, the boys all got boners 'cause the girls are ripe
And the people no longer fear World War 3
The country's full of hippies doing LSD
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Reagan died but his clone's alive
Run and hide, mass suicide
Old man hangin' in the oval office
Press the button put us all in our coffins
I need a nuclear missile to soothe me
Vaporize the commies it's a national duty
Everybody frontin' on the glasnost tip
I wanna see you piss. I'll put you in connips
I'm gonna melt off the faces of every New Yorker
That's what I think of your damn perestroika
Old man hangin' in the oval office
Press the button put us all in our coffins
I need a nuclear missile to soothe me
Vaporize the commies it's a national duty
Everybody frontin' on the glasnost tip
I wanna see you piss. I'll put you in connips
I'm gonna melt off the faces of every New Yorker
That's what I think of your damn perestroika
I get loaded.
I'm gonna pop, pop, drop a cop
'Cause nobody's spared from the ticking clock
I say the faster you run, you know, the dumber you are
You're not a future evolution. You won't get very far
I'm no Yankee but I know the type
Yeah, the boys all got boners 'cause the girls are ripe
And the people no longer fear World War 3
The country's full of hippies doing LSD
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Oh, rocket, come on out of the ground, now
Oh, rocket, won't you melt us down, now?
Reagan died but his clone's alive
Run and hide, mass suicide
Old man hangin' in the oval office
Press the button put us all in our coffins
I need a nuclear missile to soothe me
Vaporize the commies it's a national duty
Everybody frontin' on the glasnost tip
I wanna see you piss. I'll put you in connips
I'm gonna melt off the faces of every New Yorker
That's what I think of your damn perestroika
Lyrics submitted by bilnit
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