The true story of Zombie by The Cranberries
https://www.radiox.co.uk/features/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-zombie-story-meaning/
Dolores, the singer who sang this songwhile covered in Golddied tragically in 2018, age 46.
In the article take note of how the people died
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a bomb went off
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the people all ran away
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a 2nd bomb placed where the people would run to, went off as they passed, killing many of them
Would I be wrong to rewrite #2 as…?
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the people ran away like zombies without thinking
LYRICS
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-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie, oh
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Another mother's breaking
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-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, ay, oh, ya ya