@[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.
Don't know what time it is
I've been up for way too long
And I'm too tired to sleep
Called my mother on the phone
She wasn't home
And now I'm wandering the streets
I've been a fool, I've been cruel to myself
I've been hanging on to nothing
When nothing could be worse than hanging on
And something tells me
There must be something better than all this
I've fallen many times in love
And every time it's been with the wrong man
Still I'm out there living one day at a time
And doing the best I can
'Cause we've all made mistakes that seem to lead us astray
And every time they help to get us where we are today
And it's as good a place as any
And it's probably where we're best off anyway
'Cause it's a long and rugged road
And we don't know where it's headed
But we know it's gonna get us where we're going
And when we find what we're looking for
We'll drop these bags and search no more
'Cause it's gonna feel like heaven when we're home
It's gonna feel like heaven when we're home
There's no such thing as perfect
And if there is we'll find it when we're good and dead
Trust me, I've been looking
But tonight I think I'll go and take a bath instead
Then maybe I'll walk a while
Feel the earth beneath me
They say if you stop looking it doesn't matter if you find it
And who's to say that even if I did
It's what I'm really looking for
And it's a long and rugged road
And we don't know where it's headed
But we know it's gonna get us where we're going
And when we find what we're looking for
We'll drop these bags and search no more
'Cause it's gonna feel like heaven when we're home
It's gonna feel like heaven when we're home
I've been up for way too long
And I'm too tired to sleep
Called my mother on the phone
She wasn't home
And now I'm wandering the streets
I've been a fool, I've been cruel to myself
I've been hanging on to nothing
When nothing could be worse than hanging on
And something tells me
There must be something better than all this
I've fallen many times in love
And every time it's been with the wrong man
Still I'm out there living one day at a time
And doing the best I can
'Cause we've all made mistakes that seem to lead us astray
And every time they help to get us where we are today
And it's as good a place as any
And it's probably where we're best off anyway
'Cause it's a long and rugged road
And we don't know where it's headed
But we know it's gonna get us where we're going
And when we find what we're looking for
We'll drop these bags and search no more
'Cause it's gonna feel like heaven when we're home
It's gonna feel like heaven when we're home
There's no such thing as perfect
And if there is we'll find it when we're good and dead
Trust me, I've been looking
But tonight I think I'll go and take a bath instead
Then maybe I'll walk a while
Feel the earth beneath me
They say if you stop looking it doesn't matter if you find it
And who's to say that even if I did
It's what I'm really looking for
And it's a long and rugged road
And we don't know where it's headed
But we know it's gonna get us where we're going
And when we find what we're looking for
We'll drop these bags and search no more
'Cause it's gonna feel like heaven when we're home
It's gonna feel like heaven when we're home
Lyrics submitted by wenchly
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