Alba

Alba nam beanntan ard

I see Scotland of the high mountains

Nan acraichean lom

And the empty acres

Thairis air na lochan mointich

Flying low across the moorland lochs

Nan coilltean 's nan gleann

The forests and the glens

Ach 'se sealladh leointe is gann

But it's a wounding and a hollow sight

Tha an seo aig ceann thall an linn

Here as we reach the end of the century

Talamh alainn nan daoine

The beautiful soil of the people

Fhathast an lamhan duine no dithis

Still in the hands of the few

Cuibhlean stolda mu dheas

I see the wheels of industry at a standstill

Na fasaichean a tuath

And the northern lands wasted

An taigh-mor falamh an Dun-Eideann

And the empty house in Edinburgh

Gun chumhachd gun ghuth

Without authority or voice

Runrig - 'Alba' (1987)

The 'empty house without authority or voice', is the Scottish government, these days it has authority and a voice, it just wasn't the way back when this song was written.

I doubt that Rory and Calum MacDonald could've ever imagined at the time that tomorrow Scotland will be having a vote on if it should be a independent country, changing the UK forever.

Tomorrow is History, this is possibly one of the biggest things to happen to the UK in our own lifetimes, what will the UK be without Scotland?

I personally do not want this to happen, we're the United Kingdom, we're United, if Scotland goes independent then we're not exactly the United Kingdom anymore, the thought of Scotland breaking away is a saddening thought, I hope that I don't have to cope with it as a reality.

It won't happen overnight but if they say Yes, then the scope and lands of the UK will change forever, perhaps paving the way for the disassembly of the UK.

It's not my vote, it's theirs, I just hope that whichever they pick it's what they truly want.

Here's to tomorrow, lets hope the beautiful lands of Alba stay with the UK.