@[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.
When I heard about the coming day
Wish I could wake up from the dream
In it I see a family photographed
And there you are, tucked in the scene
And there's a jealous net inside my chest
There's a hurt and sadness there
Maybe I'd tell you all about it
I thought you'd care
Heavy heart gets lighter by your side
But there are thoughts I wish I'd heard
And if they ask you how I'm holding up
Say I'm holding out for the words
What's the sense in being so sensitive?
Can I trade this thin skin for a shell?
Well there are some things I've got no feeling about
But there are some things I can tell
Heavy heart get lighter by yourself
It's been so long since you capsized
And you've been lying out there in the sun
Has it begun? Has it begun?
Heavy heart, have you heard?
That I could use the words
Wish I could wake up from the dream
In it I see a family photographed
And there you are, tucked in the scene
And there's a jealous net inside my chest
There's a hurt and sadness there
Maybe I'd tell you all about it
I thought you'd care
Heavy heart gets lighter by your side
But there are thoughts I wish I'd heard
And if they ask you how I'm holding up
Say I'm holding out for the words
What's the sense in being so sensitive?
Can I trade this thin skin for a shell?
Well there are some things I've got no feeling about
But there are some things I can tell
Heavy heart get lighter by yourself
It's been so long since you capsized
And you've been lying out there in the sun
Has it begun? Has it begun?
Heavy heart, have you heard?
That I could use the words
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