@[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.
There’s a line, there’s a dozen more
Wrapping in a room, your country doors
There’s a man, he’s holding a pitcher of water
Follow him into the house,
Every age has said, we will come, we’ll come again
You will never get, up as close, as you expect
This house is a holy place, you don’t ever have to leave
Every age has said, we will call, we’ll come again
And when they say,
(oh yes, they please don’t keep on going on and on) x4
The biggest lie we tell ourselves
We’re already in hell
Blood shines upon us, it maces and covers.
There’s a man that pours,
Throughout the floor and door,
There’s a light and there’s a dozen more
Nothing in the country doors.
Every age has said, we will come, we’ll come again
(This is the last time this will happen)
You are will get, up as close, as you expect
This house is a holy place, you don’t ever have to leave
(This is the last time this will happen)
Every age has said, we will call, we’ll come again
We are taught to think of our success in terms of numbers
If touching one persons life is a good thing, then touching one thousands people lives must be a great thing,
It’s easy to see where we learned to think this way
Our whole society revolves around mass production
The more units we can move
The more customers we can serve
The more boats we can get
The more money and the more stuff we have, the better, right?
Maybe it’s not possible to touch one thousand peoples thinking, or as powerfully as one person.
Maybe it’s not really so revolutionary after all, to have one person out of a group of twenty, tell everybody else what’s right.
Wouldn’t it be better if we tried a decentralized approach where everyone works closely with those around them, instead of a few people waiting in anonymous mass?
Do you have to save the world all by yourself, why don’t you trust someone else to do it with you?
Wrapping in a room, your country doors
There’s a man, he’s holding a pitcher of water
Follow him into the house,
Every age has said, we will come, we’ll come again
You will never get, up as close, as you expect
This house is a holy place, you don’t ever have to leave
Every age has said, we will call, we’ll come again
And when they say,
(oh yes, they please don’t keep on going on and on) x4
The biggest lie we tell ourselves
We’re already in hell
Blood shines upon us, it maces and covers.
There’s a man that pours,
Throughout the floor and door,
There’s a light and there’s a dozen more
Nothing in the country doors.
Every age has said, we will come, we’ll come again
(This is the last time this will happen)
You are will get, up as close, as you expect
This house is a holy place, you don’t ever have to leave
(This is the last time this will happen)
Every age has said, we will call, we’ll come again
We are taught to think of our success in terms of numbers
If touching one persons life is a good thing, then touching one thousands people lives must be a great thing,
It’s easy to see where we learned to think this way
Our whole society revolves around mass production
The more units we can move
The more customers we can serve
The more boats we can get
The more money and the more stuff we have, the better, right?
Maybe it’s not possible to touch one thousand peoples thinking, or as powerfully as one person.
Maybe it’s not really so revolutionary after all, to have one person out of a group of twenty, tell everybody else what’s right.
Wouldn’t it be better if we tried a decentralized approach where everyone works closely with those around them, instead of a few people waiting in anonymous mass?
Do you have to save the world all by yourself, why don’t you trust someone else to do it with you?
Lyrics submitted by fbmkink
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lol at the previous comment. i love free thinking.
anywho... "a dozen lights" does sorta remind me of the the twelve ages represented by the zodiacs. during each of which, mythology apparently states that a new sun appears. but yeah... zeitgeist WAS pretty influential and i see no reason why it couldn't influence musical artists as well. they are in fact human just like us.
i also think this may have something to do with humanity's complaints about the world as we know it and how in each individual's mind, there seems to be this idea of how everyone one that thinks differently must be wrong.
the quote "to have one person out of a group of twenty, tell everybody else what’s right." started this interpretation.
"we're already in hell" being the biggest lie seemed important important as well. it made me think about how several of my friends complain about society. as if it's downgrading or whatever. it makes me wonder if any one person really has the right to search for revolution on his or her own. in the end, doesn't that make you just as much of a dictator as the ones you despise? afterall, right and wrong are SO double-edged.
i'd really like to know what the "country door" is referring to however. "nothing in your country door" sounds sorta important.
in the end i think that this song is just promoting coexistance and the shared input of all individuals with an idea; particularly in the music world. tsoaf has always been about blending and revolutionizing music or what listeners define as music. this could specifically apply to tsoaf's dream of music just being music (no genres). but i'd rather go ahead and apply it to all subjects involving communities with divisions between them and how their walls would probably be better off destroyed; stuff like religion, politics, music, etc.