@[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.
Down the city street I hear a heart beat
And what I give is returned
Someone stumbles in gets up and starts again
Says hey what have I earned
Out past the sun I hear a drum
And I hear a distant laugh
Out at empire’s end another begins again
And you lay in your bed
That’s why no one ever keeps up
That’s why the wise ones all give up
So take the fruit from the tree take it in your teeth
Take it for all it’s worth
And when my sober nose starts to smell a rose
It makes me light in the head
And when the wind clangs the chimes a sorrow beats in time
And it makes me smile
And you ask what I’ve learned I say it may seem absurd
But there’s nothing on file
That’s why no one ever keeps up
That’s why the wise ones all give up
And if the riots start somewhere out in the dark
Don’t wake me till daylight
Cause in these city walls the fever don’t run it crawls
And the mayor says stay right
And so I find a pub full of warm red blood
And I straighten my spine
And in the summer heat my heart finds a beat
And I tell you I’m fine
That’s why no one ever keeps up
That’s why the wise ones all give up
And what I give is returned
Someone stumbles in gets up and starts again
Says hey what have I earned
Out past the sun I hear a drum
And I hear a distant laugh
Out at empire’s end another begins again
And you lay in your bed
That’s why no one ever keeps up
That’s why the wise ones all give up
So take the fruit from the tree take it in your teeth
Take it for all it’s worth
And when my sober nose starts to smell a rose
It makes me light in the head
And when the wind clangs the chimes a sorrow beats in time
And it makes me smile
And you ask what I’ve learned I say it may seem absurd
But there’s nothing on file
That’s why no one ever keeps up
That’s why the wise ones all give up
And if the riots start somewhere out in the dark
Don’t wake me till daylight
Cause in these city walls the fever don’t run it crawls
And the mayor says stay right
And so I find a pub full of warm red blood
And I straighten my spine
And in the summer heat my heart finds a beat
And I tell you I’m fine
That’s why no one ever keeps up
That’s why the wise ones all give up
Lyrics submitted by cabanastyles
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