Zombie – English Lyrics

• By: The Cranberries

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotion of 'Zombie' to master powerful English emotive vocabulary and colloquial protest rhetoric, while exploring the history of a pivotal moment in Irish culture.

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>> Another

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>> head hanging slowly,

child

is slowly

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>> taken.

And the violence causes [music]

silence.

Who

are we

mistaken?

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>> But you see, it's not me, it's not my

family. In your [music] head, in your

head, they are fighting

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>> with their tanks and their bombs and

their bombs and their guns. [music]

In your head, in your head, they are

crying.

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>> In your head.

In your head.

Zombie.

Zombie.

Zombie.

What's in your [music] head?

In your

Zombie.

Zombie.

Zombie.

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>> Oh.

Oh.

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>> Another

mother's breaking, [music]

heart is

taking over.

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>> When the violence causes silence, we

must be [music] mistaken.

It's the same

old [singing] theme

since nineteen [music] sixteen in your

head,

in your head,

they're [music] still fighting.

With their tanks and their bombs and

their bombs [music]

and their guns in your head,

in your head,

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>> they

are dying.

In your head.

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>> In your head.

Zombie, zombie.

Zombie, [music]

zombie, but it's in your head.

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>> In your head.

Zombie, zombie.

Zombie,

zombie. [music]

Zombie, zombie,

oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

oh, oh.

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>> Woo!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
zombie /ˈzɒmbi/ B1	noun - a moving corpse; a person who is acting in an automatic way without thought
violence /ˈvaɪələns/ B2	noun - behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ B1	noun - complete absence of sound
mistaken /mɪˈsteɪkən/ B2	adjective - wrong in fact or judgment
fighting /ˈfaɪtɪŋ/ A2	verb - taking part in a struggle or battle
tanks /tæŋks/ B1	noun - armored military vehicles
bombs /bɒmz/ A2	noun - explosive devices used in warfare
guns /ɡʌnz/ A2	noun - weapons that fire projectiles
breaking /ˈbreɪkɪŋ/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces as a result of a blow or shock
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood; the center of emotion
theme /θiːm/ B2	noun - a subject or topic
dying /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - ceasing to live
hanging /ˈhæŋɪŋ/ B1	verb - to be suspended from above
slowly /ˈsləʊli/ A2	adverb - at a low speed; not quickly
child /tʃaɪld/ A1	noun - a young human being