@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Can you answer me?
No more time for questioning
My car's outside I want to leave
Don't you think I'm interesting
Well, I'm listening.
Everything's obvious
The way you put your hand on me
The way you talk so easily
The way your lips are glistening
Well, I'm listening.
You get around
You want me
You come around
You need me
This time around
I won't be back at all
Maybe misery is
What I need to keep my sanity
And I don't mean if things don't go my way
I'll be pleased to meet you
And maybe yesterday
Was a day that I could get away
Now today I'm stuck in sanity
And I'm pleased to meet you
Right now I think I'm sane,
But I'm really just anxious
To cross that bridge
The subconscious oasis
Where right is right
And wrong is wrong
And you weren't there
To build me up
You get around
You want me
You come around
You need me
This time around
I won't be back at all
Maybe misery
Is what I need to keep my sanity
And I don't mean if things don't go my way
I'll be pleased to meet you (pleased to meet you)
And maybe yesterday
Was a day that I could get away
Now today I'm stuck in sanity
And I've seen it all
I've seen it all
Many times before
Maybe misery
Is what I need to keep my sanity
And I don't mean if things don't go my way
I'll be pleased to meet you
And maybe yesterday was a day that I could get away
Now today I'm stuck in sanity
And I've seen it all
I've seen it all
Many times before
Maybe misery (many times before)
Is what I need to keep my sanity (many times before)
And I don't mean if things don't go my way (many times before)
I'll be pleased to meet you (many times before)
And maybe yesterday (many times before)
Was a day that I could get away (many times before)
Now today I'm stuck in sanity (many times before)
And I've seen it all
I've seen it all
Many times before
No more time for questioning
My car's outside I want to leave
Don't you think I'm interesting
Well, I'm listening.
Everything's obvious
The way you put your hand on me
The way you talk so easily
The way your lips are glistening
Well, I'm listening.
You get around
You want me
You come around
You need me
This time around
I won't be back at all
Maybe misery is
What I need to keep my sanity
And I don't mean if things don't go my way
I'll be pleased to meet you
And maybe yesterday
Was a day that I could get away
Now today I'm stuck in sanity
And I'm pleased to meet you
Right now I think I'm sane,
But I'm really just anxious
To cross that bridge
The subconscious oasis
Where right is right
And wrong is wrong
And you weren't there
To build me up
You get around
You want me
You come around
You need me
This time around
I won't be back at all
Maybe misery
Is what I need to keep my sanity
And I don't mean if things don't go my way
I'll be pleased to meet you (pleased to meet you)
And maybe yesterday
Was a day that I could get away
Now today I'm stuck in sanity
And I've seen it all
I've seen it all
Many times before
Maybe misery
Is what I need to keep my sanity
And I don't mean if things don't go my way
I'll be pleased to meet you
And maybe yesterday was a day that I could get away
Now today I'm stuck in sanity
And I've seen it all
I've seen it all
Many times before
Maybe misery (many times before)
Is what I need to keep my sanity (many times before)
And I don't mean if things don't go my way (many times before)
I'll be pleased to meet you (many times before)
And maybe yesterday (many times before)
Was a day that I could get away (many times before)
Now today I'm stuck in sanity (many times before)
And I've seen it all
I've seen it all
Many times before
Lyrics submitted by risefromtheashes
Maybe Misery Lyrics as written by Kevin Truckenmiller
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I pretty much agree with fadingyami. This is how I see it: there's a guy and a girl who are having another fight. The guy is ready to leave, the girl tries to make him stay. The guy knows that he'll be miserable without the girl, but leaves anyway, because whatever the girl is doing, is driving him crazy, so leaving is the only way he can stay sane. And yes, this is an awesome song! My fave Quietdrive song.