@[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 see you go
When you go, how come you're gone so long?
Where do you go when you're gone so long?
Baby, why do you go when you go so long?
I see you go, and you're gone so long
Baby, why do you do the things you do?
Baby, why do you do the things you do?
You take my hand, and they come marching, and you're gone
Baby, your smile - I see you go - don't go
Don't leave this mountain
The armies came marching to the mountain
And your smile in the car window - you and the captain
Your face flies in the traffic as you glide from the mountain
Don't go, don't leave this glowing mountain top
My dreams tell me things about you
I can see what you do
My dreams tell me things about you
I can see what you do
Baby, why do you do the things you do?
I want you back
Don't come comin' back like that
When you're gone, how come you're gone so long?
My dreams tell me things about you
I can see what you do
Why do you do the things you do?
I'm in so deep
Baby, I can't sleep
Floating above me, the armies of the captain
Marching towards the mountain, the mighty mountain
In the car window I saw you smile
The screams of traffic
Flying through the streets, I saw it again
You and the captain
His armies surround you
Leading me off the edge
Of the mighty mountain
The mountain's falling
When you go, how come you're gone so long?
Where do you go when you're gone so long?
Baby, why do you go when you go so long?
I see you go, and you're gone so long
Baby, why do you do the things you do?
Baby, why do you do the things you do?
You take my hand, and they come marching, and you're gone
Baby, your smile - I see you go - don't go
Don't leave this mountain
The armies came marching to the mountain
And your smile in the car window - you and the captain
Your face flies in the traffic as you glide from the mountain
Don't go, don't leave this glowing mountain top
My dreams tell me things about you
I can see what you do
My dreams tell me things about you
I can see what you do
Baby, why do you do the things you do?
I want you back
Don't come comin' back like that
When you're gone, how come you're gone so long?
My dreams tell me things about you
I can see what you do
Why do you do the things you do?
I'm in so deep
Baby, I can't sleep
Floating above me, the armies of the captain
Marching towards the mountain, the mighty mountain
In the car window I saw you smile
The screams of traffic
Flying through the streets, I saw it again
You and the captain
His armies surround you
Leading me off the edge
Of the mighty mountain
The mountain's falling
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Mountains Falling Lyrics as written by John Neff David K. Lynch
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