@Yer_Ma We aren\'t meant to interpret the three colours as part of tricolour flag.\r\nAccording to Wikipedia:\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ireland\r\n\r\nPresented as a gift in 1848 to Thomas Francis Meagher from a small group of French women sympathetic to the Irish cause, it was intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped-for union between Roman Catholics (symbolised by the green colour) and Protestants (symbolised by the orange colour).\r\n\r\nIn the song, I think the three colours represent the persona\'s hope for the best in life for the target of the song:\r\n green - health and physical wellbeing\r\n white - purity or being untarnished by the world around...
@Yer_Ma We aren\'t meant to interpret the three colours as part of tricolour flag.\r\nAccording to Wikipedia:\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ireland\r\n\r\nPresented as a gift in 1848 to Thomas Francis Meagher from a small group of French women sympathetic to the Irish cause, it was intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped-for union between Roman Catholics (symbolised by the green colour) and Protestants (symbolised by the orange colour).\r\n\r\nIn the song, I think the three colours represent the persona\'s hope for the best in life for the target of the song:\r\n green - health and physical wellbeing\r\n white - purity or being untarnished by the world around them\r\n* gold - financial riches
"Well there's some green and there's some white and there's some gold But brighter colors I have left you to behold"
Makes me think that the person the narrator is breaking up with is Irish (green, white, gold are the colours of the irish tricolour)
@Yer_Ma We aren\'t meant to interpret the three colours as part of tricolour flag.\r\nAccording to Wikipedia:\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ireland\r\n\r\nPresented as a gift in 1848 to Thomas Francis Meagher from a small group of French women sympathetic to the Irish cause, it was intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped-for union between Roman Catholics (symbolised by the green colour) and Protestants (symbolised by the orange colour).\r\n\r\nIn the song, I think the three colours represent the persona\'s hope for the best in life for the target of the song:\r\n green - health and physical wellbeing\r\n white - purity or being untarnished by the world around...
@Yer_Ma We aren\'t meant to interpret the three colours as part of tricolour flag.\r\nAccording to Wikipedia:\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ireland\r\n\r\nPresented as a gift in 1848 to Thomas Francis Meagher from a small group of French women sympathetic to the Irish cause, it was intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped-for union between Roman Catholics (symbolised by the green colour) and Protestants (symbolised by the orange colour).\r\n\r\nIn the song, I think the three colours represent the persona\'s hope for the best in life for the target of the song:\r\n green - health and physical wellbeing\r\n white - purity or being untarnished by the world around them\r\n* gold - financial riches