Golden Earring | Genius

I never watched the video so this was news to me…

The “guy” is a secret agent gone rogue, a-la Bourne Identity, who is trying to evade enemies he knows are on his trail. The cover of the album the song is on, Cut, shows a bullet slicing through a playing card, representing the agent.

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In the video, we see the spy impatiently looking at his half of a Jack of Diamonds, his “connection” probably has the other half, but has failed to meet him (ergo matching the halves) as expected.

My beacon’s been moved under moon and star

The Moon and Star are the symbol for Turkey. [At that time the public saw] the country as a big center for espionage and [it’s] mentioned in the novel that inspired the song.