@[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.
And everything is going to the beat
And everything is going to the beat
And everything is going
And you said, it was like fire around the brim
Burning solid, burning thin the burning rim
Like stars burning holes right through the dark
Flicking fire like saltwater into my eyes
You were one inch from the edge of this bed
I dragged you back a sleepyhead, sleepyhead
They couldn't think of something to say the day you burst
With hungry lions, with all their might and all their thirst
They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin
Against the walls, against your rules, against your skin
My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors
Of your eyes, begonia skies like a sleepyhead, sleepyhead
And everything is going to the beat
And everything is going
And you said, it was like fire around the brim
Burning solid, burning thin the burning rim
Like stars burning holes right through the dark
Flicking fire like saltwater into my eyes
You were one inch from the edge of this bed
I dragged you back a sleepyhead, sleepyhead
They couldn't think of something to say the day you burst
With hungry lions, with all their might and all their thirst
They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin
Against the walls, against your rules, against your skin
My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors
Of your eyes, begonia skies like a sleepyhead, sleepyhead
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Sleepyhead Lyrics as written by Michael Angelakos Mary O'hara
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This song is amazing and it makes me feel so free. I see the sex metaphor but to me it's something else. Besides just being awesome, it reminds me of after breaking down. You're tired and your eyes are burning. You've been on fire with sadness or rage. Now you're coming down and you're so sleepy. "You were one inch from the edge of this bed I dragged you back a sleepyhead" She's on the edge and he worries so he pulls her to bed and lets her sleep it off. In the morning her family and friends crowd her, proud and hungry for their own stable lifestyle. "They couldn't think of something to say the day you burst With all their lions and all their might and all their thirst They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin Against the walls against your rules against your skin" They maybe suggest she gets help so they don't have to deal with it but it's not what she wants. It might feel like they're against her when all she needs is to sleep with the guy who protected her through her breakdown and all night. He loves her and he's going to stay. "My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors"
I'm not sure, but this is how it feels to me sometimes. Sometimes it definitely feels like more of a sexual meaning.
Great interpretation. I think you really nailed it. Love the song and your interpretation - makes me see much more in it than ever.
nice! =) i love how you see it-really i do...
i used to love this song.....an ex of mine made a cd with this song and would play it every time i would go to his apartment...after agreeing to be just platonic friends...i went to his apartment to talk to him about something and to get lunch something that we use to do...and he played this cd and then he raped me...and while this was occurring this song played...it was the worse experience of my life.....your interpretation of this song hits home because...now this song reminds me of that moment....i couldnt listen to this song for six months...now i slowly can...i still think its an amazing song...but even the lyrics kind of coincide with what happen to me...my family didnt know what to say or how to react...some of them ignored me entirely...i know the songs lyrics have nothing to do with that...however with my experience...it totally changed the meaning of this song....
and the crazy part is that he grew a beard right after he did this to me...i remember being so depress...i was always sleepy all of the time....thats all i ever wanted to do...
I actually heard somewhere that this song is about rape. So that's actually pretty ironic that this is the song that happened to... I'm super sorry about that. But it does kind of show the parallels..
Yes, that's a very good interpretation.<br /> <br /> I've noticed now that he seems to mention things like 'burning thin the burning rim'. This sounds like it is representing her weakness, and that she's breaking down. Also 'They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin' shows her strain, and I think that you're also right about protection.