@[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.
I should just (get up)
And treat these itchy bedsores
(Get up) to making my indie-cred soar
My witty thread bores your kiddy pool party
This self-absorbed crowd is dumb and foolhardy
(Get up) to a face that’s like a homepage
(Get up) in a day as long as a stone age
I’m a quadruped pulling your dogsled
Yet in my mind we are all dead
I’m always telling them to (get up)
But they stand-by like bystanders until I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
They can’t comply to my standards especially when I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
But they stand-by like bystanders until I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
They can’t comply to my standards especially when I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
Your retro hair band’s gonna blow up
'Cause gay is the new black
And when you stray LA won’t take you back
I’m supposed to spearhead this Christian rap record
And not the musings of a winded fact-checker
So I feel about an inch tall
And I got pre-teens to enthrall
So I pimp all the cost shares, install the software
But still I feel like my back is against the wall
I’m always telling them to (get up)
But they stand-by like bystanders until I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
They can’t comply to my standards especially when I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
But they stand-by like bystanders until I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
They can’t comply to my standards especially when I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
'Cause you can ward off U.S. wars
By fingering warped fret boards
See we exploit our talents so we can raise kids
Like my homie Trey, he’s the poor women’s Taye Diggs
But when it comes to love I stain the bedding
Catching bouquets at the wedding
But this don’t go hand and hand with your Volkswagen van
Because you voted in a defrosted Cro-Magnon man
The Trogdolyte wins
Because you voted in a defrosted Cro-Magnon man
The Trogdolyte wins
Because you voted in a defrosted Cro-Magnon man
The Trogdolyte wins
Because you voted in a defrosted Cro-Magnon man
The Trogdolyte wins
I'm always telling them to...
We don’t believe in you
And treat these itchy bedsores
(Get up) to making my indie-cred soar
My witty thread bores your kiddy pool party
This self-absorbed crowd is dumb and foolhardy
(Get up) to a face that’s like a homepage
(Get up) in a day as long as a stone age
I’m a quadruped pulling your dogsled
Yet in my mind we are all dead
I’m always telling them to (get up)
But they stand-by like bystanders until I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
They can’t comply to my standards especially when I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
But they stand-by like bystanders until I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
They can’t comply to my standards especially when I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
Your retro hair band’s gonna blow up
'Cause gay is the new black
And when you stray LA won’t take you back
I’m supposed to spearhead this Christian rap record
And not the musings of a winded fact-checker
So I feel about an inch tall
And I got pre-teens to enthrall
So I pimp all the cost shares, install the software
But still I feel like my back is against the wall
I’m always telling them to (get up)
But they stand-by like bystanders until I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
They can’t comply to my standards especially when I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
But they stand-by like bystanders until I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
They can’t comply to my standards especially when I (get down)
They’re camera-shy giant pandas and when they (get up)
'Cause you can ward off U.S. wars
By fingering warped fret boards
See we exploit our talents so we can raise kids
Like my homie Trey, he’s the poor women’s Taye Diggs
But when it comes to love I stain the bedding
Catching bouquets at the wedding
But this don’t go hand and hand with your Volkswagen van
Because you voted in a defrosted Cro-Magnon man
The Trogdolyte wins
Because you voted in a defrosted Cro-Magnon man
The Trogdolyte wins
Because you voted in a defrosted Cro-Magnon man
The Trogdolyte wins
Because you voted in a defrosted Cro-Magnon man
The Trogdolyte wins
I'm always telling them to...
We don’t believe in you
Lyrics submitted by egg, edited by UncleHuggedMeFunny
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