| Goldfinger – 99 Red Balloons Lyrics | 23 years ago |
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The song is about the cold war... The cold war was a silent war which was a power struggle for US and Russia. Super-Power vs Super-Power we both had nukes and were probably the 2 most powerful nations in the world... we were always trying to get ahead of the Russia's from when they launched the first satellite and we "got the 1st man on the moon" this song is all about what probably would happen if either country launched a nuclear attack "Back at base, bugs in the software Flash the message, 'Something's out there'" this is saying if our computers got the wrong message from our radars about missiles coming then the next section of the song is about what we would do... panic if we thiught they would sending missiles at us and shoot back.. 99 dreams I have had In every one a red balloon (a nuke) It's all over and I'm standin' pretty In the dust that was a city If I could find a souvenier Just to prove the world was here... And here it is, a red balloon I think of you and let it go. The writer is standing if the rubble from a nuclear war... he can't even tell it civilization once existed.. then he says here it is.. a red balloon... (the visible destruction from a nuke which is proof) --This is what i understand the meaning to be.. and though i cannot promise you this interpreatation is 100% true i think it is pretty accurate... i don't think this is how things would go if a nuclear attack happened.. but who knows... loft= red the song translated word for word mean 99 air balloons God Bless |
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