I think there's a lot of evidence of this song being about the dissolution of Soviet Union, and the uncertain fate of the satellite nations after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
"We can be together in the nuclear sky
And we will dance in the poison rain"
Imagery related both to the nuclear arms race, and also the Chernobyl disaster which was not too far in the past at the time. Nuclear radiation and poison rain were serious realities in those nations.
"Let's stay together" might refer to all of the countries in general, that are much weaker as independent nations than they would have been as one united entity.
The skyscraper/motorway imagery might refer to the urbanization of these countries in the Soviet years, and the knowledge that there was more to come.
"Just you and me together in the year of the horse
Single file in the nuclear night"
The year of the horse was 1991, immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And "single file in the nuclear night" could mean that each country, one after another, must address the situation of the collective future.
"Let's stay together in broken down love."
Once you get on the idea of the USSR satellite country thing, it's hard to get rid of it.
I was just thinking this right now listening to this song whilst doing my Communism in Russia history coursework! It's the perfect background music...!
I was just thinking this right now listening to this song whilst doing my Communism in Russia history coursework! It's the perfect background music...!
I think there's a lot of evidence of this song being about the dissolution of Soviet Union, and the uncertain fate of the satellite nations after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
"We can be together in the nuclear sky And we will dance in the poison rain"
Imagery related both to the nuclear arms race, and also the Chernobyl disaster which was not too far in the past at the time. Nuclear radiation and poison rain were serious realities in those nations.
"Let's stay together" might refer to all of the countries in general, that are much weaker as independent nations than they would have been as one united entity.
The skyscraper/motorway imagery might refer to the urbanization of these countries in the Soviet years, and the knowledge that there was more to come.
"Just you and me together in the year of the horse Single file in the nuclear night"
The year of the horse was 1991, immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And "single file in the nuclear night" could mean that each country, one after another, must address the situation of the collective future.
"Let's stay together in broken down love."
Once you get on the idea of the USSR satellite country thing, it's hard to get rid of it.
Sounds great! I wish this song was at least somehow related to history.
Sounds great! I wish this song was at least somehow related to history.
I was just thinking this right now listening to this song whilst doing my Communism in Russia history coursework! It's the perfect background music...!
I was just thinking this right now listening to this song whilst doing my Communism in Russia history coursework! It's the perfect background music...!