The Lumineers - Big Parade

[tomb]

My grandpa left the priesthood for my grandmother in 1967. The first time I heard the last verse I wept.

When my grandpa left, the archbishop of Chicago at the time tried to get him to stay in the priesthood and not follow his heart. His exact words to my grandpa were "You don't have to buy the bakery to taste the buns!" My grandpa was never so sure of himself after that comment. "Let him love" is so spot on Lumineers! Bravo.

They are celebrating 50 years of marriage this April. :-)

[DamonPowers]

I'm becoming very addicted to The Lumineers, Mumford and Sons, and Of Monsters and Men. For a while there I was losing faith with our generation of music, but these 3 really show what music should be.

[kyleharildstad]

My Dad left the Catholic Priesthood to marry my Mom some 30 years ago. Simply felt that God had a different journey for him than the one he originally ventured out on. They had 28 beautiful years of marriage until his death from cancer in 2018. Every time I hear this song, I can’t help but pause and sift through whatever warm memories of him come to mind in that instance. Here’s to living lives of conviction and always following our hearts.

[robertmacarthur]

My 6 year son loves this song jumping around the front room singing all the words because I play it everyday makes me so happy to see him enjoying real music xx

[evak]

This song is genius. There are so many hidden messages behind it and the crazy world we live in.

[NixMortis]

This band has become my favourite of this entire generation. I find that it is rare to hear music as great and folky...-ish themed like the stuff the Lumineers put out. Their music is so cheerful. Anyone who says they hate their songs is lying and actually listens to it in private.

[Rahul-owqz]

Watched them perform this live in London. The Lumineers are a bliss live!

[mariamaenle]

It's so weird, I loved this band before I even knew their name. They always came on the radio, but it would never say who the artist was. And of course this was before I was all into indie rock.

[adiila]

I have yet to find a song from The Lumineers that I don't like.. 

[Pepper-rnhh]

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

Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines
Oh tinted machines,
here comes the cavalcade
With the armored cars,
armored cars like Barettas
Flags on antennas
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

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 nightclubs,
they wave with pageantry,
pageantry

And oh my my, oh hey hey
Here it comes, the big parade
Marching bands and barricades
Make way, for the big parade

oh oh oh


Canvas covered, canvas-covered in resin
Violent men 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, hell to raise

And oh my my, oh hey hey
Here he comes, the welterweight
Take a dive, for goodness sake
Or say goodbye to the welterweight

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
Yeah, this is my confession,
I'm leaving,
I can't be a priest anymore, anymore

And oh my my, oh hey hey
There he goes, the man of faith
Left the church for a fiancé
Let him love, a man of faith

Oh, oh, oh

TV cameras, TV cameras, and stagehands
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

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
Lovely girl, won't you stay?

Oh, oh, oh

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

[OshiLiNawa]

I must have listened to this song hundreds of times now over the last couple of days. It is so easy to get hooked on this lovely song :) Oh my my oh hey hey!

[pearnectar]

this is one of those bands that give me faith in the music industry

[amado]

I used to hate this song for some reason. Now it's one of my favorite's off of this album. It's great storytelling, just how good music should be!

[rgj]

This is such an awesome song. I can almost imagine this being sung by Neil Diamond. Sounds like a tune he would sing. Brilliant song. Brilliant performance.

[sandythemaster]

Even though I was born in the 90', this song gives me a nostalgic feels of the 60'...

[PantalaNagaPampa]

Saw them in Paris last night. One word: phenomenal.

[minnag]

Saw these guys yesterday, perfection :')

[mariogarcia]

Aun después de escuchar esta canción por primera vez hace 8 años aun la siento como mi primera vez, me llena de felicidad y nostalgia

[darrenpedersen]

I love this song! I listened to it a lot on my way to Thunder Bay last year....far away from home and this song just gave me comfort. I have never been that far away from home

[MrScarechrome]

Open this song up in two tabs, having one start at 0:08 and the other right from the beginning. It creates some wonderful harmonies.