with their tanks and their bombs and their bombs and their guns. Per Rolling Stone, it was The Cranberries' label, Island Records, that urged the group not to release the "politically urgent" song as a single. Another mother's breaking heart is taking over When the violence causes silence We must be mistaken. And, violence caused such silence; who are we mistaking?

This i believe implies that we wish in our minds that they knew better and felt and cared about what they are doing and were torn inside. (Zombie, Zombie) All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. The world is a blank slate and we create our own personal monsters emotions that festure in the nether regions between life and death which we can soothe my calming our minds.

"I was completely unaware what [the song] was about. I always took the lyrics literally. I like what you did here and how you explained it.

Zombie – Dolores Mary O’Riordan(The Cranberries) Zombie lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. I know I shouldn't be commenting as I am South African and have not directly experienced the pain of the Irish but there is hope as our nation has witnessed. WITH the tragic news today of Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan’s death, fans of the band will no doubt revisit their string of 90s hits.

In fact, the international chart-topping tune was written in response to the deaths of two children, Jonathan Ball, 3, and Tim Parry, 12, as a result of a London bombing during the Northern Ireland conflict, a 30-year period of violence and strife. Many think this is directed toward soldiers, but it's really directed toward anyone who would sponsor, order or carry out these acts of violence in the name of the IRA.

“Zombie” does exactly that– it acknowledges the lack of purpose one feels, and makes for a good lying-on-my-bed-doing-nothing-except-staring-at-the-ceiling song.

"What's in your head" is quite simply interpreted as wtf are you thinking (addressed to both sides I presume) for all the "dying" and "crying" that has resulted. It is in their head. She says anyone who thinks the war between N. Ireland and the South is still going on are Zombies and the was is all in their heads.

The song was written during The Cranberries’ English Tour in 1993, in memory of two boys, Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry, who were killed in an IRA bombing in Warrington, England in February 1993. Since “Zombie” wasn’t released as a single in the United States, it was not legible to enter the US Billboard Hot 100.

I do not believe this is about shame of violence, but about the lack of self esteem vulnerability for recruits/recruiting. Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan dies, The Cranberries circa 1996.Source:News Corp Australia. Visit Music Banter - The Internet's Top Music Community. The actions of the IRA, which attempted to remove British forces from Northern Ireland and to unify the Irish people, killed an estimated 1,800 people, including 600 civilians, per History.

This is absolutely it! It was the first single from the band’s second studio album.

Here various statements and questions are made.

And that when children die, it isn't THEIR children, so it doesn't really affect them.

It's the same old thing since 1916 This song is widely considered to be one of the most famous protest songs of all time. The album (. This particular part of the song is screamed as to protest the war and mimic the cries of those who were being killed.