Zombie
♫ The Cranberries Lyrics

Another head hangs lowly
Another life lost tragically

Child is slowly taken
Innocent children are being affected by the violence

And if violence causes the silence
Silent protests against violence are not enough to stop it

Who are we mistaking
We are mistaken if we think we are not part of the problem

But you see it's not me
The singer is not responsible for the violence

It's not my family
The singer's family is not responsible for the violence

In your head in your head
In your mind, you imagine

They are fighting
People are fighting

With their tanks and their bombs
The violence is escalating with more advanced weapons

And their bombs and their guns
The violence is escalating with more advanced weapons

In your head in your head they are crying
In your imagination, you hear the voices of the victims crying in agony

Another mother's breaking heart is taking over the violence causes silence
Another mother's heart is breaking due to the silence around the issue of violence

We must be mistaken
We are wrong in our handling of the issue of violence

It's the same old thing since nineteen-sixteen
The same cycle of violence has been going on for a long time

Their still fighting
The fighting has not stopped

In your head in your head they are dying
In your imagination, you hear the voices of the victims dying

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The repeated use of the word 'zombie' gives a feeling of being numb to the tragedy

What's in your head
What are you thinking?

Oh do do do do do do do do
The repetition of 'do' is a mournful sound