Discover the story of the song > Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo

The protagonist is all dressed up and walking with a dead man over his shoulder while waiting for an invitation to a party where nobody is alive. He has been struck by lightning and hit by something in his sleep, and is now at a dead man's party where everyone is leaving their bodies at the door. He tells his partner not to be afraid and to stay with him as he goes to the party.