92 telstar boot

[liljames06]

Hey i have a 92 telstar tx5 ghia 4 speed auto.
I was going to put neons in my boot and everything, have a switch to turn em on and off, running through the 12X boot light. but i ran into a problem.
When i got the car the boot light never worked, i figured it was a globe problem.
Anyway i ripped out the small light bit and cut the wires running to it.
There was one red and one blue w/ an orange stripe but no power seems to be running to them. I cant get anything powered off them.

Im not sure if im going about this the wrong way? like are they only positive wires, or im missing the ground, something like that.

So any help would be greatly appreciated, even if its a simple explanation of how the power to the boot light works, or if anyone has a solution or possible fixes that would help too.
Thanks for your help.