The Cranberries' "Zombie" Lyrics Meaning
Meaning of "Zombie" Lyrics. Like was said above, the Cranberries came out with this song in memory of two individuals, Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry. The former was 3-years old and the latter 12 when their lives were taken via a bomb the IRA planted in England. Thus the song begins when the band referencing a "child" being "slowly taken".