childhood is slowly taken

another head hangs lowly,
childhood is slowly taken
and the violence causes silence
who are we? mistaken?

but you see? it's not me!
its not my family!
in your head they are fighting
with their tanks and their bombs
and their bombs and their guns
in your head they are crying
in your head they are crying
in your head
zombie!
what's in your head?
zombie!

another mother's breaking
heart is taking over
when the violence causes silence.
and we must be mistaken;
it's the same old theme since 1916.

in your head
they're still fighting--
with their tanks,
with their bombs,
with their guns.

zombie!

-the cranberries zombie


ed. jpl