In the middle of nowhere when we're looking for something
Then we raise our heads for the color red
I am too a spirit and a wonderer
And I welcomed the dew as much as you did

When we're looking for brushwood
In the nearest neighbourhood
Then we follow the sky with the eye
We search vegetation and surprised by the rain
We're stumbling, tripping home again

In the middle of nowhere when we're looking for something
Then we raise our heads for the color red
I am too a spirit and a walker
And I welcomed the dew as much as you did

We found the little man and his aeroplane
But we never located the animal
Examined the dirty ground
Like it never been done modern exploring of 1991



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Parade Lyrics as written by Olof Bjorn Dreijer Karin Elizabeth Dreijer Andersson

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    I know very little about history, Russia, Stalin, etc, so thank you magicalhobo6.

    Taking Barnard17, Seedsightsound and magicalhobo6's interpretations into consideration I think we are very close to right. I think this is a naturalistic allegory. One one level this is, as seedsightsound and barnard17 have said, the story of some people looking for firewood and doing astral projection in the early morning. On another level, this can be seen as a metaphor for the collapse of the Soviet Union.

    The only other thing I can add is that, since the title is Parade, and it may have something to do with Communism, I instantly thought of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', more specifically the Communist parade at the end of the novel.

    There seem to be lots of political references in The Knife's lyrics.

    Thank you to previous posters for their insights

    revilodrawon July 20, 2011   Link

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