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[Cedar Waxwing]

Both the English and German versions tell about two children who buy 99 balloons at a toy shop and release them into the air, where faulty�East German�radar equipment registers the balloons as incoming weapons. The government immediately put their troops on red alert and scrambles fighter jets to intercept, which ultimately triggers a�nuclear war�between East and West. In the apocalyptic aftermath, the song's narrator stands in the rubble of the city and finds a single remaining balloon. Thinking of someone, she then lets the balloon go.