@[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.
Guess things didn't go the way that you planned
I missed the days when you would understand
The way that I am
You have me feeling lonely and detached
Every time I'm moving forward
We take two steps back
I need to have a moment to myself
County lines, clear my mind with someplace else
Besides this stairwell
Alone and on the road, I'm overwhelmed
I need to find the difference in how I feel and how I felt
Leave all the lights on
And maybe I'll find my way back home
Leave all the lights on,
I took this drive to be alone
Leave all the lights on
I wish I could get back to the way things were
When we were young, having fun, so self assured
But now that's all a blur
I miss the way we always used to talk
Now we talk ourselves in circle till we forget why we fought
Leave all the lights on
And maybe I'll find my way back home.
Leave all the lights on,
I took this drive to be alone
Leave all the lights on,
If I'm not worth letting go.
Leave all the lights on
If you still care I need to know
Leave all the lights on
This gets me so down down down
Why can't we work it out? can't we work it out?
This makes me so down down down
I've been trying to see, if you were meant for me.
You get me so down down down, I'm gonna turn this car around
Just know that it's the last time,
Ya it's the last time
Leave all the lights on
And maybe I'll find my way back home
Leave all the lights on,
I took this drive to be alone. (down down down)
Leave all the lights on,
If I'm not worth letting go
Leave all the lights on, if you still cared I need to know. (down down down)
Leave all the lights on
Guess things didn't go the way that you planned.
I missed the days when you would understand
The way that I am
You have me feeling lonely and detached
Every time I'm moving forward
We take two steps back
I need to have a moment to myself
County lines, clear my mind with someplace else
Besides this stairwell
Alone and on the road, I'm overwhelmed
I need to find the difference in how I feel and how I felt
Leave all the lights on
And maybe I'll find my way back home
Leave all the lights on,
I took this drive to be alone
Leave all the lights on
I wish I could get back to the way things were
When we were young, having fun, so self assured
But now that's all a blur
I miss the way we always used to talk
Now we talk ourselves in circle till we forget why we fought
Leave all the lights on
And maybe I'll find my way back home.
Leave all the lights on,
I took this drive to be alone
Leave all the lights on,
If I'm not worth letting go.
Leave all the lights on
If you still care I need to know
Leave all the lights on
This gets me so down down down
Why can't we work it out? can't we work it out?
This makes me so down down down
I've been trying to see, if you were meant for me.
You get me so down down down, I'm gonna turn this car around
Just know that it's the last time,
Ya it's the last time
Leave all the lights on
And maybe I'll find my way back home
Leave all the lights on,
I took this drive to be alone. (down down down)
Leave all the lights on,
If I'm not worth letting go
Leave all the lights on, if you still cared I need to know. (down down down)
Leave all the lights on
Guess things didn't go the way that you planned.
Lyrics submitted by thegreatdistress
Leave All the Lights On Lyrics as written by Chad Gilbert Andrew Wade
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I love this song, good job ADTR :)