| The Lumineers – Big Parade Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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As a literature teacher, I often have to remind my kids that poetry should be taken literally unless clues are given that tell us to do otherwise. No need, in my opinion, to see this song any differently. There are five scenes: parade part 1, with a candidate; parade part 2, with the beauty queens; a prize fight; a catholic priest; and a rock and roll singer. In each of these instances, the singer has a cynical view of things that are often viewed as pure--a small-town, all-American parade, a sporting event, a Catholic priest, a young singer. Each of these reveal the singer's cynicism and inability to see the good in the world around him. However, someone comes into his life--his saving grace--who allows him to see things from a different perspective (I was blind, but now I see...). Love can make the most cynical hearts melt. As he says at the end of another song from this album (Slow down): "Only love can bring you out of it." |
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