Discover the story of the song > Parade – Alphaville

The song is about a crowd of people who are sad and crying because someone has died. The silence is broken by flags flapping in the wind, and a sad national anthem is playing. The person who died is shown on TV as a hero, but his death was not in vain because his video is being watched all over the world. In the crowd, a girl says goodbye to a boy who is going to heaven, and she blames the government for his death. Overall, the song is about the sadness and anger caused by the death of a hero and the impact it has on the people left behind.