@[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.
Time, how much have i wasted
I never grasped a clock
Till he passed away
Greed rules what we make of ourselves
Ourselves, from the beggar
To the chooser who survives
At the end of the trail, the trail, the trail!
Who has lived life to the fullest
Ask yourself have i even breathed
Or are we all riding life out
To tell the truth I'm in, I'm in the backseat
Now's the time to take a look
At what surrounds
And embrace the hearts
Of the ones in your life
Spark the fire that will
Torch the numbness inside
If you look to far ahead
You'll lose sight of today
Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem
I never grasped a clock
Till he passed away
Greed rules what we make of ourselves
Ourselves, from the beggar
To the chooser who survives
At the end of the trail, the trail, the trail!
Who has lived life to the fullest
Ask yourself have i even breathed
Or are we all riding life out
To tell the truth I'm in, I'm in the backseat
Now's the time to take a look
At what surrounds
And embrace the hearts
Of the ones in your life
Spark the fire that will
Torch the numbness inside
If you look to far ahead
You'll lose sight of today
Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem
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