This song is a socialist call to arms, it's about fighting for your rights to live and love. The 'star that shines for you' is the socialist Morning Star, referenced frequently in Scottish literature, by Grassic-Gibbon, amongst others. 'Silver splits the blue' is both a blade slicing through the right-wing Tory party and looking up to see a frandfather's silver hair against the sky. It's a love song to Red Clydeside and the values that have been implicitly handed down through the generations.
@Pjmelonman - I read your comment and thought, "this guy's just reading into this song according to his beliefs... there's no political undercurrent to this song"... then I unearthed the album on Spotify and heard the last track... it's their version of The Red Flag! Apologies for doubting you - I'm now pretty certain you're right about the socialist references.
@Pjmelonman - I read your comment and thought, "this guy's just reading into this song according to his beliefs... there's no political undercurrent to this song"... then I unearthed the album on Spotify and heard the last track... it's their version of The Red Flag! Apologies for doubting you - I'm now pretty certain you're right about the socialist references.
This song is a socialist call to arms, it's about fighting for your rights to live and love. The 'star that shines for you' is the socialist Morning Star, referenced frequently in Scottish literature, by Grassic-Gibbon, amongst others. 'Silver splits the blue' is both a blade slicing through the right-wing Tory party and looking up to see a frandfather's silver hair against the sky. It's a love song to Red Clydeside and the values that have been implicitly handed down through the generations.
@Pjmelonman - I read your comment and thought, "this guy's just reading into this song according to his beliefs... there's no political undercurrent to this song"... then I unearthed the album on Spotify and heard the last track... it's their version of The Red Flag! Apologies for doubting you - I'm now pretty certain you're right about the socialist references.
@Pjmelonman - I read your comment and thought, "this guy's just reading into this song according to his beliefs... there's no political undercurrent to this song"... then I unearthed the album on Spotify and heard the last track... it's their version of The Red Flag! Apologies for doubting you - I'm now pretty certain you're right about the socialist references.