| Idlewild – In Remote Part/Scottish Fiction Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I love the poem element but I think it's important to realise it is not a salute to scottish tenacity but highlights some controversial issues in Scottish modern history eg, There's a red road rage, But it's not road rage It's asylum seekers engulfed by a grudge I feel this refers to the infamous 'Red Road' flats, towers of near inhospitable flats which were filled primarily with asylum seekers. There was great unrest in this area and it was a result of unfounded beliefs and 'grudges' about asylum seekers. This was also in part a response to the governments way of handling them. Furthermore, It isn't in the castle, it isn't in the mist It's a calling of the waters as they break to show The new black death with reactors aglow Do you think your security can keep you in purity? Is a reference to the Faslane nuclear base, a juxtaposition between beautiful scottish scenery and the knowledge that just below the surface of our precious lochs submarines equipped with nuclear war heads reside. This operation is supposedly for "security" but the poem questions the morality of such a scheme. |
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