@[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.
It's obvious that dealing with this
Is tearing you apart
I'd like to try to say I could help you more
But I've already done my part
We'll try to talk through this affliction
We'll talk the whole night through
But when she comes around again
You'll say, you feel like she needs you
Well, I can't believe
That you're willing to be
Afflicted because weakness and love
Are not one and the same
Why can't you try to understand
Why can't you walk away?
I walk a lonely path in a lonely town
But I'd rather live this way
Than to suffer subjugation
From a self-obsessive queen
You didn't want to believe she's not what she seems
You close your eyes so you can't see
And you can't hear a word I say
Is anybody there really listening
Does anybody hear?
You lift her up again and when she's up again
She won't even let you near
And now you're sitting all alone
Staring again at the telephone
You think she's thinking of you
But she's not thinking of you
Her mind is as empty as your stare
They say the grass is always greener on the other side
Because you want what you can't have
And all that you have is my sympathy
Well, my sympathy you have
I'm not trying to be her enemy
I'm trying to be your friend
Sometimes I want to scream
What's wrong with you?
Don't turn your back again
Is anybody there really listening
Does anybody hear?
You lift her up again and when she is up again
She won't even let you near
And now you're sitting all alone
Staring again at the telephone
You think she's thinking of you
But she's not thinking of you
Her mind is as empty as your stare
She lives her life alone
I know you don't know why
She lives her life alone
She doesn't care enough to try
Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?
Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?
Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?
Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?
Is tearing you apart
I'd like to try to say I could help you more
But I've already done my part
We'll try to talk through this affliction
We'll talk the whole night through
But when she comes around again
You'll say, you feel like she needs you
Well, I can't believe
That you're willing to be
Afflicted because weakness and love
Are not one and the same
Why can't you try to understand
Why can't you walk away?
I walk a lonely path in a lonely town
But I'd rather live this way
Than to suffer subjugation
From a self-obsessive queen
You didn't want to believe she's not what she seems
You close your eyes so you can't see
And you can't hear a word I say
Is anybody there really listening
Does anybody hear?
You lift her up again and when she's up again
She won't even let you near
And now you're sitting all alone
Staring again at the telephone
You think she's thinking of you
But she's not thinking of you
Her mind is as empty as your stare
They say the grass is always greener on the other side
Because you want what you can't have
And all that you have is my sympathy
Well, my sympathy you have
I'm not trying to be her enemy
I'm trying to be your friend
Sometimes I want to scream
What's wrong with you?
Don't turn your back again
Is anybody there really listening
Does anybody hear?
You lift her up again and when she is up again
She won't even let you near
And now you're sitting all alone
Staring again at the telephone
You think she's thinking of you
But she's not thinking of you
Her mind is as empty as your stare
She lives her life alone
I know you don't know why
She lives her life alone
She doesn't care enough to try
Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?
Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?
Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?
Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?
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