Discover the story of the song > Big Parade – The Lumineers

The protagonist is excited about a big parade with fancy cars, beauty queens, and marching bands. He also mentions a candidate and a welterweight fighter. In the middle of the song, there's a Catholic priest who decides to leave the church to be with a woman he loves. Finally, the protagonist's "saving grace" arrives, a lovely girl he begs to stay with him and who has made him see things clearly.