Remarks:
This came out in 1994, a top-20 hit on pop music charts throughout the Anglosphere except in the US where it did not even make the top 100, though it did reach #1 there on the alternative rock music chart. Four years later on Good Friday peace was made in Northern Ireland. I thought the agreement would hold for maybe five years at most. Northern Ireland had been sunk in violence for as long as I could remember. It seemed hopeless. But the peace has now just passed its 25th anniversary. Hard to believe.
Samuel Bayer, who directed this video, has appeared in this space twice before: “Stupid Girl” (1996) by Garbage and “Welcome to the Black Parade” (2006) by My Chemical Romance.
See also:
- songs: the 1990s
- my past predictions for the future
- also about Northern Ireland:
- also about zombies:
- also directed by Samual Bayer:
Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?
[Pre-Chorus]
But you see, it’s not me, it’s not my family
In your head, in your head, they are fightin’
With their tanks and their bombs and their bombs and their guns
In your head, in your head, they are cryin’
[Chorus]
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What’s in your head, in your head?
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie, oh
[Post-Chorus]
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
[Verse 2]
Another mother’s breakin’
Heart is takin’ over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s the same old theme, since 1916
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’
[Chorus]
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What’s in your head, in your head?
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, eh-eh-oh, ra-ra
[Instrumental Outro]
Source: Genius Lyrics.
Abagond 
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