@[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.
Beneath the snow lies a dream that I once had
And I know that I'll never go back
To the Christmas colored neighborhood as thoughtful as a card
With a plastic baby Jesus in the yard
It was all, and it was nothing at all
It was all, and it was nothing at all
What we didn't know we didn't think to ask
The world was just a globe they used in class
Where the gym teacher was always mad, and as far as we could tell
He only exercised his right to yell
It was all, and it was nothing at all
It was all, and it was nothing at all
As the kings of boredom we ruled as we knew how
Or at least as long as our curfews would allow
Couple skates, love-sick songs, in moments without pause
As Johnny Cougar amplified our cause
It was all, and it was nothing at all
It was all, and it was nothing at all
We were the great believers that dreams came with stars
And freedom just depended on the car
Until one day the sky fell in and freedom lost control
And ran off the road and hit a pole
It was all, and it was nothing at all
It was all, and it was nothing at all
Beneath the snow lies a dream that I once had
And I know that I'll never go back
To the Christmas colored neighborhood as thoughtful as a card
With a plastic baby Jesus in the yard
It was all, and it was nothing at all
It was all, and it was nothing at all
What we didn't know we didn't think to ask
The world was just a globe they used in class
Where the gym teacher was always mad, and as far as we could tell
He only exercised his right to yell
It was all, and it was nothing at all
It was all, and it was nothing at all
As the kings of boredom we ruled as we knew how
Or at least as long as our curfews would allow
Couple skates, love-sick songs, in moments without pause
As Johnny Cougar amplified our cause
It was all, and it was nothing at all
It was all, and it was nothing at all
We were the great believers that dreams came with stars
And freedom just depended on the car
Until one day the sky fell in and freedom lost control
And ran off the road and hit a pole
It was all, and it was nothing at all
It was all, and it was nothing at all
Beneath the snow lies a dream that I once had
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Dutch Wonderland Lyrics as written by Josh Joplin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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o yeah and i think the car wreck symbolizes the overall loss of freedom when they moved on into the real world and had to encounter the dailty problems of living in the adult world... done