green light (and gordon brown)
first in the series inspired by @1virginiastreet about the connection between melodrama and new labour and the first track on the album. in other words, how i manage to make a break up song about former chancellor gordon brown.
makeup in cars is quintessential to new labour and frenzied media rounds, also reminds me of this gb incident. tbgb are fundamentally different people, hence different drinks despite being at the "same bar" (same party, same movement, different approaches and personalities)
this feels like post-deal, gb wanting to tell the truth of everything of everything tb promised, which ultimately turned out as lies (depending on who you believe). in general, one of the biggest strains on their relationships i think was tb's lies/equivocations meeting gb, who tended to hear what he wanted to believe
great whites = white lies! they did come back to bite him when he dragged out his resignation which soured the relationship. obviously gb hopes they bite him in the back anyway.
tbgb breakup anyone?? they were so close for so long and then the leadership and power ruined, but they are both haunted by the ghost of their relationship (tony more so imho)
again, inescapability of their connection, but here we get to the chorus which is so gb - he spent 13 years waiting for his green light to lead. if anyone is the embodiment of waiting it's gordon brown.
this line is the most new labour line in the whole song. the toxic cycle of briefing against each other? whispering things to journalists that get sung back in the headlines the next day?
repeat of the first part but i wanted to mention how it changes to rumors. gb fights the lies with the endless briefings and rumors...
this is just the most gordon brown thing ever. how many times did a similar sentiment play in his head. 13 years of waiting for his green light