@[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.
How can you ask for forgiveness?
So now you think that your crimes are victimless?
I know you and your sins
Your retributions
So how will you lay your penance down?
We all pay in time
So how will you clear your conscience when your clock unwinds?
I've heard enough of your forked tongue
How do you know when the cuts are deep enough?
I know you like your stabs
Your preemptive attacks
But how will you hold your demons down?
We're all judged in time
How can you seek redemption using alibis?
You oughta know better than to bait your jailer
You oughta know
You oughta know better
How do you deal with the consequence
Now that we bear the weight of your arrogance?
I know you and your cons
Your petty little bombs
But who will you blame your troubles on now?
We all pay in time
So how will you clear your conscience when your lies unwind?
You oughta know better than to bait your jailer
You oughta know better than to test your luck
You oughta know better than to bite who feeds ya
You oughta know, you oughta know better
How can you ask for forgiveness?
How can you think that your crimes are victimless?
I know you and your sins
Your retributions
So how will you lay your penance down?
We're all judged in time
So how will you clear your conscience when your lies unwind?
So now you think that your crimes are victimless?
I know you and your sins
Your retributions
So how will you lay your penance down?
We all pay in time
So how will you clear your conscience when your clock unwinds?
I've heard enough of your forked tongue
How do you know when the cuts are deep enough?
I know you like your stabs
Your preemptive attacks
But how will you hold your demons down?
We're all judged in time
How can you seek redemption using alibis?
You oughta know better than to bait your jailer
You oughta know
You oughta know better
How do you deal with the consequence
Now that we bear the weight of your arrogance?
I know you and your cons
Your petty little bombs
But who will you blame your troubles on now?
We all pay in time
So how will you clear your conscience when your lies unwind?
You oughta know better than to bait your jailer
You oughta know better than to test your luck
You oughta know better than to bite who feeds ya
You oughta know, you oughta know better
How can you ask for forgiveness?
How can you think that your crimes are victimless?
I know you and your sins
Your retributions
So how will you lay your penance down?
We're all judged in time
So how will you clear your conscience when your lies unwind?
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victimous is not a word...
Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but...
I think in the second verse ("I've heard enough of your forked tongue...") it's "I know you like your stabs" instead of "steps." It seems to fit better, IMO.
Anyway, this song in incredible! To me, it's about someone who projects all of their problems onto other people, maybe unknowingly ("How can you think that your crimes are victim less?") (Although when I listen to it, I swear I hear "victimous," leading me to think that the person the song is about thinks that they are the victim, instead of the one committing the "crimes.") It's about someone who refuses to take responsibility for what they do, rationalizing everything they do, and they "ought to know better" than keep dodging the consequences, because they will eventually pay. ("when your lies unwind?")
Also, the line that goes "We all pay in time, so how will you clear your conscience when your clock unwinds?" is painfully clever. I love it.
Wow...just wow. This song is incredible. I think the meaning is obvious dont you think? :)
really good. can't find it on limewire though. need it for an english project.
anywho....i feel like the meaning is pretty clear. but it's a good return to old dashboard, cause i feel like it can be applied to a lot of things, not just the obvious meaning.
I think you're right. How do I edit the lyric?
hmm, i think the second verse says victimous, but the last verse says victim less...but that's just what i hear. and it's stabs not steps, um....let's see...that looks like all the corrections.
neways, i agree with fridgecrisis. this is simply about a person who won't take any responsibility for their actions, and even when people tell them they're obviously wrong, they still refuse to. they're very self-righteous and in the end it's gonna bite them in the ass.
but, dashboard rocks, and i can't wait until they come to my town in concert! def. buying this CD before they do!!
I know, but I swear, that's what it sounds like... "victimous." You kinda get what it means, though. I mean, it's not the first time an artist has made up a word, right?
Not saying it should change, though. "victim less" makes sense (although it's kinda the opposite of what "victimous" would mean) and is probably correct. I guess we'll find out?
This song is gooood :)
This is better than Thick as Thieves, and I'm glad Dashboard have almost gone back to their original acoustic roots. Personally, I think they were the best on The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most.
i absolutely love this song!! and the acoustic-ness of it. i just had a blast-from-the-past phone call, and this is exactly how i reacted to him.
How can you ask for forgiveness, so now you think that your crimes are victim less?
i'm so glad i heard this song today; it's crazy how much it fits how i feel RIGHT NOW.
anyways, this is a great song, definitely better than Thick as Thieves, and i can't WAIT for the The Shade of Poison Trees!!!