Big Parade (acoustic)

The Lumineers

Transposer:

nd fret Bridge: 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 Verse: Fleet of black fleet of black limousines These tinted machines here comes the cavalcade With the armored cars armored cars like berettas Flags on antennaes designed to keep me safe keep me safe And oh my my oh hey hey Here he comes the candidate Blue eyed boy united states Vote for him the candidate Verse: Diamonds cut diamonds cut for the carrots 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 Chorus: Oh my my oh hey hey Here it comes the big parade Marching bands and barricades Make way for the big parade Break: Ooohhh ooohhh ooohhh Verse: Canvas covered canvas covered in resin The violent men who dance the blood ballet And the bookies say bookies say it’s the 3rd round Oh when louie will go down if he don’t there’s hell to pay and hell to raise Chorus: And oh my my oh hey hey Here he comes the welterweight Take a dive for goodness sake Or say goodbye to the welterweight Verse: Catholic priest catholic priest in a crisis He’s 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 Chorus: And oh my my oh hey hey There he goes the man of faith Left the church for a fiance Let him love the man of faith Break: Ooohhh ooohhh ooohhh Verse: T.v. cameras t.v. cameras and stage hands American bandstand electric guitars And he’s singin songs singin songs for the lonely All the girls with the room keys they know all his words by heart by heart and they all sing Bridge: 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 Break II: Lovely girl won’t you stay ooohhh ooohhh ooohhh Chorus: Oh my my oh hey hey Here she comes by saving grace Burn the car and save the plates She’s arrived my saving grace

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La chanson évoque un mélange de thèmes complexes, où se rencontrent amour, désillusion et quête de rédemption. On y parle d'un homme qui réalise tardivement la clarté de ses sentiments après une vie d'aveuglement. L'image d'un grand défilé et de la société moderne souligne un contraste entre l'apparence et la réalité, donnant un aperçu des luttes internes et des choix difficiles, notamment ceux auxquels fait face un prêtre tiraillé entre ses convictions et ses désirs humains. Le contexte général semble refléter une vision critique de la culture contemporaine, où les rêves et les aspirations se heurtent aux exigences sociales, tout en célébrant l'amour comme une forme de salut. Cette dualité se matérialise également à travers le prêtre qui, en délaissant la cléricalité pour l'amour, symbolise une recherche de vérité personnelle et de liberté.

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