@[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.
Locked away in a cage
My rage has got the best of me
Time finds a way each day
Of leaving less of me behind
I find this fight must be won
Inside my mind
So uptight and confined
Often blinded by the light
Taking its toll
On my system
Like some played out existence
Time ticks away
These last few moments
Is there anything we've left unsaid?
I'm on a quest for atonement
I've got to find peace of mind
And a place to rest
Biding my time
Until I'm strong enough to fight back
Hope
I hope against hope for some resistance
Been taking it out on my system
Time ticks away
These last few moments
Is there anything we've left unsaid?
I'm on a quest for atonement
I've got to find peace of mind
And a place to rest
Time ticks away
These last few moments
Is there anything we've left unsaid?
I'm on a quest for atonement
I've got to find peace of mind
And a place to rest
Rest, rest
Rest, rest
There's a calm before the storm
And the western front is quiet
I've got Rembrandt as my right hand
And Solo as my pilot
There's a calm before the storm
And the western front is quiet
I've got Rembrandt as my right hand
And Solo as my pilot
Condemned man (Condemned!)
Convicted man (Convicted!)
Could not save my life, cutting strand by strand (Strand by strand)
Condemned man (Condemned!)
Convicted man (Convicted!)
Could not save my life, cutting strand by strand (Strand by strand)
Passing it off, like some kind of king,
You don't know peace 'til you've had suffering (What's suffering?)
All of this so called resolve but you haven't tasted pain,
Have you ever been inside of the new masterpiece?
Rest!
Have you ever been inside?
Rembrandt as my right hand, and Solo as my pilot
Have you ever been inside the new masterpiece?
Rembrandt as my right hand, and Solo as my pilot
Condemned man (Condemned!)
Convicted man (Convicted!)
Could not save my life, cutting strand by strand (Strand by strand)
Condemned man (Condemned!)
Convicted man (Convicted!)
Could not save my life, cutting strand by strand (Strand by strand)
(By strand, by strand, by strand, by strand)
Condemned, condemned!
(By strand, by strand)
My rage has got the best of me
Time finds a way each day
Of leaving less of me behind
I find this fight must be won
Inside my mind
So uptight and confined
Often blinded by the light
Taking its toll
On my system
Like some played out existence
Time ticks away
These last few moments
Is there anything we've left unsaid?
I'm on a quest for atonement
I've got to find peace of mind
And a place to rest
Biding my time
Until I'm strong enough to fight back
Hope
I hope against hope for some resistance
Been taking it out on my system
Time ticks away
These last few moments
Is there anything we've left unsaid?
I'm on a quest for atonement
I've got to find peace of mind
And a place to rest
Time ticks away
These last few moments
Is there anything we've left unsaid?
I'm on a quest for atonement
I've got to find peace of mind
And a place to rest
Rest, rest
Rest, rest
There's a calm before the storm
And the western front is quiet
I've got Rembrandt as my right hand
And Solo as my pilot
There's a calm before the storm
And the western front is quiet
I've got Rembrandt as my right hand
And Solo as my pilot
Condemned man (Condemned!)
Convicted man (Convicted!)
Could not save my life, cutting strand by strand (Strand by strand)
Condemned man (Condemned!)
Convicted man (Convicted!)
Could not save my life, cutting strand by strand (Strand by strand)
Passing it off, like some kind of king,
You don't know peace 'til you've had suffering (What's suffering?)
All of this so called resolve but you haven't tasted pain,
Have you ever been inside of the new masterpiece?
Rest!
Have you ever been inside?
Rembrandt as my right hand, and Solo as my pilot
Have you ever been inside the new masterpiece?
Rembrandt as my right hand, and Solo as my pilot
Condemned man (Condemned!)
Convicted man (Convicted!)
Could not save my life, cutting strand by strand (Strand by strand)
Condemned man (Condemned!)
Convicted man (Convicted!)
Could not save my life, cutting strand by strand (Strand by strand)
(By strand, by strand, by strand, by strand)
Condemned, condemned!
(By strand, by strand)
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The two things that I thought of that could be the new masterpiece: Life, or Civilization. Rembrant as my right hand, solo as my pilot. Does anyone get that? Because of the talents of others in the past its possible to build things (masterpiece, way of living, civilization) that one couldn't alone. I really haven't figured this out though.
@Ancient Lorcado j- Mann is probably stating in this part that he's readying himself for something by saying "Calm before the storm<br /> And the western front is quiet" Rembrandt was a Dutch artist and solo as my pilot is reference to Han Solo of starwars (since he's tattooed on his forearm) both were creative at what they did. Maybe the person in the song has to rise up to a challenge, and be creative when the time arrives.