Zombie - The Cranberries

(Normal Version)

(Unplugged Version)

Lyrics:

Another head hangs lowly, 
Child is slowly taken. 
And the violence caused such silence, 
Who are we mistaken? 

But you see, it's not me, it's not my family. 
In your head, in your head they are fighting, 
With their tanks and their bombs, 
And their bombs and their guns. 
In your head, in your head, they are crying... 

In your head, in your head, 
Zombie, zombie, zombie, 
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head, 
In your head, 
Zombie, zombie, zombie? 
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, dou, dou, dou, dou, dou... 

Another mother's breakin', 
Heart is taking over. 
When the vi'lence causes silence, 
We must be mistaken. 

It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen. 
In your head, in your head they're still fighting, 
With their tanks and their bombs, 
And their bombs and their guns. 
In your head, in your head, they are dying... 

In your head, in your head, 
Zombie, zombie, zombie, 
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head, 
In your head, 
Zombie, zombie, zombie? 
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, oh, oh, 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, hey, oh, ya, ya-a... 



Message of the Song:

The song Zombie has a very profound meaning. Zombie is a song that is protesting against violence, and it was written in 1994. What this song is against with is The Troubles that Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK passed through. The Troubles started in 1916, but began having great consequences from the 1960s until 1998. These troubles were the conflict that Ireland had with the UK, for Northern Ireland (UK) to be united with the Republic of Ireland.  Even though this was an ethno – political issue, most of the people killed were civilians, and so this is also what the song Zombie is saying. People died from the war there was with the terrorist group Ireland Resistance Army, which wanted to separate the whole island of Ireland from the UK. The spark for which this song was written was when two children died in an attack of IRA in Warrington. In the lyrics we can see that this happens when The Cranberries say ““In your head, in your head, they are fighting”, and also the word “Zombie” in this song is questioning the people who are fighting, asking them if they have turned into killing machines that if they don´t have feelings. The two verses “Another Head Hangs Lowly” and “Child is Slowly Taken” come together to make an allusion to the two children dead in the IRA attack.  Another more general point of view about what this song talks about is that it laments the wars and conflicts around the world.