The Sound Track To Your Life Challenge

Zombie-Day 5

Zombie-The Cranberries

Zombie sang by The Cranberries, was released in 1994 as the lead single from the album, 'No Need to Argue.' The song was written by Dolores O'Riordan, the singer of the band and the song reached No 1 on the charts in Australia, Denmark, Belgium, and Germany. As of January 2015, it has been viewed over 200 million times on YouTube and the number continues to rise. Zombie created a displacement by reference to the 1916 Easter Rising, which was bizarre for a pop group to refer to events before the time of their target audience.

Lead singer Delores O'Riordan claimed that 'Zombie' speaks about, "The Irish fight for independence that seems to last forever." The lyrics even say, "It's the same old theme since 1916." Like the responsive works of Yeats, Heaney, and U2, the Cranberries claim they wrote 'Zombie' to be a "Song of peace, peace among England and Ireland." Interestingly, on August 1994, a few weeks after this song was released the IRA (The Irish Republican Army) declared a ceasefire after 25 years of conflict, leading some critics to believe they stopped because they did not want any more songs written about them.

I have always loved this song because it tells the story about the truth about war and it is also sad that the type of violence people go through.

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

The words in this verse are loud with emotions in the meaning that we must be making a mistake in continuing the war. I like how the Cranberries had the courage to write and perform a song which has touched many people all over the world which still rings true today.

"Zombie"

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 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 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...