@[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.
Wind of fate has pried us loose
Light of mercy hurts my eyes
Is it worth the things you lose
To board the train and watch the sky
I sing myself to sleep at night
I sing myself to sleep
Another song about the rain
Coming down it burns through me
Another song about the rain
Got a line straight from my heart
Another time it went to you
Another place where we were smart
Before the flood and time was through
I sing myself to sleep at night
I sing myself to sleep
Another song about the rain
Coming down it burns through me
Another song about the rain
Sorry now I never made you see
Sorry now sounds so far away
Will our child cry for me
When he hears the dragon's flame
Highway flares make red the streets
My fingers spin the dial again
But every station's on to me
Another song about the rain
Another song about the rain
Coming down it burns through me
Another song about the rain
It never rained so viciously
Light of mercy hurts my eyes
Is it worth the things you lose
To board the train and watch the sky
I sing myself to sleep at night
I sing myself to sleep
Another song about the rain
Coming down it burns through me
Another song about the rain
Got a line straight from my heart
Another time it went to you
Another place where we were smart
Before the flood and time was through
I sing myself to sleep at night
I sing myself to sleep
Another song about the rain
Coming down it burns through me
Another song about the rain
Sorry now I never made you see
Sorry now sounds so far away
Will our child cry for me
When he hears the dragon's flame
Highway flares make red the streets
My fingers spin the dial again
But every station's on to me
Another song about the rain
Another song about the rain
Coming down it burns through me
Another song about the rain
It never rained so viciously
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"Is it worth the things you lose To board the train and watch the sky" I see this as referring to an inexorable desire to abandon the past, abandon connections, and focus only only the infinite flow of time, the sky. But is it worth it?
The song then delves into a prior relationship, the ravages of which leave the singer consoling himself through song each night. However, every song is about 'the rain'- both in his head and on the radio. The rain, to me, is the multitude of sorrows every person must face, mounting up on the singer in a vicious storm. Not just the sorrows of an individual, but those of everyone.
Generally, songs about rain refer to tears falling, or crying. I don't believe this one is outside of that. However, I have a bit of a "twist", and see a Biblical interpretation. The line "Got a line straight from my heart Another time it went to you Another place where we were smart Before the flood and time was through" could be interpreted as our connection with God, which was severed via the original sin, and leading up to the Great Flood of Noah. We go through life trying to reconnect, but are continuously reminded of why we were disconnected. "Will our child cry for me When he hears the dragon's flame" implicates the second coming of Christ, and the question of whether or not we are personally worthy of redemption.
Basically @inteleckshual has it right, but perhaps this, like so many others, has a dual meaning.