| The Lumineers – Big Parade Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I could be wrong. (Catholic priest in a crisis - shortage of Catholic priest and speculates its because of the doctrine that keeps them from marriage this priest is true to the church and leaves the church instead of corrupting it by keeping his love secret. it goes on to empathize with him the man of faith and calls for a change let him love, the man of faith.) |
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| The Lumineers – Big Parade Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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To me this song touches on a few different current issues going on with the world today. Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see (refers to Mother Mary, i was blind now I see being a religious reference to amazing grace.) Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines Ah tinted machines, here comes the cavalcade With the armored cars, armored cars like Barettas Flags on antennae designed to keep me safe, keep me safe (this talks of the governments show of force under the guise that its for our security) Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the karats Plaster of Paris, the floats fill up the street And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves All sick from the night clubs, they wave with pageantry, pageantry (Diamonds, beauty queens and floats represent materialistic things and plaster of paris represents that we are molded to think highly of these things. While sick from the night clubs show chasing these things can be bad for you.) Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin The violent men who dance the blood ballet And the bookies say, bookies say it's the third round Oh when Louie will go down, if he don't there's hell to pay, and hell to raise (talks about corruption. canvas covered is showing the truth is hidden, violent men are war mongers and the blood ballet is war. the bookies represent higher up who are in control because the fight was fixed. louie the boxer is we the people who can make a change to the shots they call but still they control us with fear in there's hell to pay.) Catholic priest, Catholic priest in a crisis Torn between romance and Jesus, who will win the civil war And he says I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman Yea this is my confession, I'm leaving, I can't a priest anymore, anymore (Catholic priest in a crisis - shortage of Catholic priest and speculates its because of the doctrine that keeps them from marriage this priest is true to the church and leaves the church instead of corrupting it by keeping his love secret. it goes on to empathize with him the man of faith and calls for a change let him love, the man of faith.) T.V. cameras, t.v. cameras and stage hands American Bandstand, electric guitars And he's singin' songs, singin' songs for the lonely Well the girls with the room keys, They know all his words by heart, by heart and they all sing (tv, american bandstand and electric guitars touch on vanity and wide acceptance of it, the singer sings for the lonely but takes advantage of the groupies easily because he worked his way into their hearts; they know his words.) again now that light is shed he now can see. |
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