The Cranberries
Zombie
The Cranberries are an Irish rock band from Limerick.
Written in 1993, this song commemorates the death of two boys who were killed in an IRA bombing. The lead single from the band's 1994 album, No Need to Argue, it topped the charts in Australia, Belgium, France, Denmark, and Germany.
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 cryin' In your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie Hey, hey What's in your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie Hey, hey, hey, oh Dou, dou, dou, dou Dou, dou, dou, dou Dou, dou, dou, dou Dou, dou, dou, dou Another mother's breakin' Heart is taking over When the violence causes silence We must be mistaken It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen In your head, In your head they're still fightin' With their tanks and their bombs And their bombs and their guns In your head, in your head they are dyin' In your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie Hey, hey What's in your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie Hey, hey, hey Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Hey, oh, ya, ya-a