@[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.
One, two
One, two
A disappointment condition, a perfunctory prescription
Of an indigent mindset of belligerent silence
We got all we need droning out of a tin can
Thinking about the rain under the sweatshirt hood
Listen to the noise on the battery tape deck
A Judas train wreck, anonymous suspect
Hovering in carbon monoxide cremations
Loners waste away inside of vacant locations
Think tanks empty, international dream bank
Plug in my reactor to the fallout zone
The enemies' story is a lot like mine
And if you get to the point then you know better than I
Dark star like an eye that's closing
Sees through the shards from a scar that's open
Autopilot drivers riding out on the ice age
Infidels swallowed in a vanishing point
Ammunition souls shooting holes in the ozone
Widow's tears washing the soldier's bones
Sterilized egos delirium sequels
Punctured by the arrows of American eagles
Robot to teach you all the rules that delete you
Backspace my brain, my equilibrium guns
Dark star, just an eye that is closing
Sees through the shards from a scar that's open
One, two
One, two
You know what to do
One, two
A disappointment condition, a perfunctory prescription
Of an indigent mindset of belligerent silence
We got all we need droning out of a tin can
Thinking about the rain under the sweatshirt hood
Listen to the noise on the battery tape deck
A Judas train wreck, anonymous suspect
Hovering in carbon monoxide cremations
Loners waste away inside of vacant locations
Think tanks empty, international dream bank
Plug in my reactor to the fallout zone
The enemies' story is a lot like mine
And if you get to the point then you know better than I
Dark star like an eye that's closing
Sees through the shards from a scar that's open
Autopilot drivers riding out on the ice age
Infidels swallowed in a vanishing point
Ammunition souls shooting holes in the ozone
Widow's tears washing the soldier's bones
Sterilized egos delirium sequels
Punctured by the arrows of American eagles
Robot to teach you all the rules that delete you
Backspace my brain, my equilibrium guns
Dark star, just an eye that is closing
Sees through the shards from a scar that's open
One, two
One, two
You know what to do
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I haven't put everything together but here's my rough idea. This song makes me think of the Illuminati conspiracy or centralized power control. The star of David is said to be a Zionist (not to be confused with Jewish) symbol. The Zionists being the precursor to the Illuminati. And the "eye that's closing" being the eye of Horus...you know...the one on the top of the pyramid on the back of a dollar bill. Horus being a God of ancient Egypt, where Zionists descended from. There's always broken poetic lines in Beck's songs, so putting them together for one resolute meaning is a challenge. But he does also mention "think tanks" and an "international dream bank", two high ranking positions on the pyramid of power. Certainly there's not actually something called the "international dream bank" but many believe all the world's money is controlled by very few people...the Illuminati or Freemasons or Zionists or whatever you want to refer to them as. And then there's part about technology at the end, "the robot to teach you all the rules to delete you". A part of some Illuminati conspiracy theories is advancing technology and brainwashing the public to the point where they will not know the difference between humanity and technology. Which will make us accept things like genetic engineering and microchip implants more readily.
I think this song is kind of hopeful and saying people are beginning to see through this power facade more and more and it looks like he may be calling for revolution at the end.
"One, two, you know what to do"
Actually there is a suspected "international dream bank" all over the news right now. It's in Utah, and it's nicknamed "Dark Star". Good job, Beck...<br /> <br /> Also I think "One Two, you know what to do" is about prediction and outcome - the whole point of pattern analysis.