@[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 a better way to feel
Don't be real, be postmodern (It's not that one dimensional, it's not the only thought)
It's a better way to feel
When you're not real, you're postmodern (It's not that one dimensional, it's not the only thought)
I stopped and waited for progress
I stopped and waited for progress
I stopped and waited
But I'm not willing to accept it all
This wooden idea is your method of repetition
This wooden idea is how you sell reduction
It's the best way to feel
Don't be real, be post modern (It's not that one dimensional, it's not the only thought)
It's a better way to feel
When you're not real, you're post modern (It's not that one dimensional, it's not the only thought)
You can't keep waiting for progress
You can't keep waiting for progress
You can't keep waiting
And I'm not willing to accept it all
This wooden idea is your method of repetition
This wooden idea is how you sell reduction
I bet you don't know how to spell contradiction
I bet you don't know how to sell conviction
I bet you don't know how to spell contradiction
I bet you don't know how to sell conviction
This wooden idea is your method of repetition
This wooden idea is how you sell reduction.
Don't be real, be postmodern (It's not that one dimensional, it's not the only thought)
It's a better way to feel
When you're not real, you're postmodern (It's not that one dimensional, it's not the only thought)
I stopped and waited for progress
I stopped and waited for progress
I stopped and waited
But I'm not willing to accept it all
This wooden idea is your method of repetition
This wooden idea is how you sell reduction
It's the best way to feel
Don't be real, be post modern (It's not that one dimensional, it's not the only thought)
It's a better way to feel
When you're not real, you're post modern (It's not that one dimensional, it's not the only thought)
You can't keep waiting for progress
You can't keep waiting for progress
You can't keep waiting
And I'm not willing to accept it all
This wooden idea is your method of repetition
This wooden idea is how you sell reduction
I bet you don't know how to spell contradiction
I bet you don't know how to sell conviction
I bet you don't know how to spell contradiction
I bet you don't know how to sell conviction
This wooden idea is your method of repetition
This wooden idea is how you sell reduction.
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Yeah...i think it's slating the postmodernistic/humanistic myth of 'making progress', - the indoctrination of the modern man/woman; selling us hope of progress in a Baconian package - when really this ideal is just as flexible as the flux of nature(wooden) - with the minds that create it (new religion?).