>>84864068The gist of the story is that somebody releases 99 red balloons in a park that are mistaken for UFOs on the radar, so one military sends fighter jets to investigate, then the neighboring country does the same, so they end up going to war; eventually 100 years pass, everything is destroyed, and there's no more war.
The song was released before the fall of the Berlin wall so obviously you can imagine the peak of the cold war, going for mutually assured destruction with nukes. But you don't have to go that deep into it, it's just a cool concept with a catchy song.
The English lyrics are kinda weird. The German lyrics are able to express the story in a very concise way, and it's not impossible to sing, it's very melodic.
