@[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.
Waking up in New York City
Dreaming about how it all began
Bright lights, big city
New Amsterdam and the Indians
You called me in tears
And it looks like rain
I walk south
Through our playground
Civilization's honeycomb
Taxi, taxi, taxi
Warm and pungent seats
Take me across the bridge
I can't be late
I'm heavy with you
Through cold morning avenues
Rushing with the rabble
Under gluttonous swelling skies
I'll come to you
Over clandestine sidewalks
I'll come to you
Crashing through dead leaves
Crashing, I'll come to you
And the cracks in the sidewalks
I'll come to you, crashing
Well, and the crosswalk says stop
Yet there you are
Trust the flicker of a picture
Between the static of cars
And it's a relief
That these walls are so high
Like arms that hold us together
Waiting for a green light
Go, go, go, stop
Go, go, go, stop
We embrace in the heart of our city
On wet broken sidewalks we're free
Dreaming about how it all began
Bright lights, big city
New Amsterdam and the Indians
You called me in tears
And it looks like rain
I walk south
Through our playground
Civilization's honeycomb
Taxi, taxi, taxi
Warm and pungent seats
Take me across the bridge
I can't be late
I'm heavy with you
Through cold morning avenues
Rushing with the rabble
Under gluttonous swelling skies
I'll come to you
Over clandestine sidewalks
I'll come to you
Crashing through dead leaves
Crashing, I'll come to you
And the cracks in the sidewalks
I'll come to you, crashing
Well, and the crosswalk says stop
Yet there you are
Trust the flicker of a picture
Between the static of cars
And it's a relief
That these walls are so high
Like arms that hold us together
Waiting for a green light
Go, go, go, stop
Go, go, go, stop
We embrace in the heart of our city
On wet broken sidewalks we're free
Lyrics submitted by solarpowersoul
New York City Lyrics as written by Dashiell Han Arkenstone Christopher Lyle Prophet
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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