1) The song is about violence and its effects, referencing tanks, bombs, guns and the resulting silence from violence.
2) It discusses how violence causes heartbreak and destruction, mistakenly affecting families and others not involved in the original conflict.
3) The chorus repeats that the images of conflict are happening "in your head", with people still fighting and dying from violence even when the actual conflict has ended.
1) The song is about violence and its effects, referencing tanks, bombs, guns and the resulting silence from violence.
2) It discusses how violence causes heartbreak and destruction, mistakenly affecting families and others not involved in the original conflict.
3) The chorus repeats that the images of conflict are happening "in your head", with people still fighting and dying from violence even when the actual conflict has ended.
1) The song is about violence and its effects, referencing tanks, bombs, guns and the resulting silence from violence.
2) It discusses how violence causes heartbreak and destruction, mistakenly affecting families and others not involved in the original conflict.
3) The chorus repeats that the images of conflict are happening "in your head", with people still fighting and dying from violence even when the actual conflict has ended.
The Cranberries G D/F# Zombie, zombie, zombie êh êh Em C (intro) Em C G D/F# Em C In your head, in your head E5 C5 G5 F#5 What's in your head, in your head G D/F# E|-7/8-5/7-3/5-|-2/3\2-------| G D/F# Zombie, zombie, zombie êh êh B|------------------|--------3-3-0-| Zombie, zombie, zombie êh êh êh ôh Em C What's in your head, in your head ( Em C G D/F# ) (4x) Em C G D/F# another head hangs lowly Zombie, zombie, zombie êh êh êh ôh (verse fill) G D/F# Child is slowly taken E|-7/8-5/7-3/5-|-2/3\2-------| Em C B|------------------|--------3-3-0-| and the violence caused such silence G D/F# Em C Who are we mistaken another mother's breakin' Em G D/F# But you see, it's not me Heart is taking over C Em C It's not my family when the violence causes such silence G G D/F# In your head, in your head We must be mistaken D/F# Em C They are fighting It's the same old theme since 1916, Em G With their tanks, and their bombs, In your head, C D/F# And their bombs, and their guns In your head they're still fightin' G D/F# Em In your head, in your head they are cryin' With their tanks and their bombs C (chorus) And their bombs and their guns G D/F# In your head, in your head they are dying