@[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.
Trading life for life
It all must fall
It must end with us
It must end with me
Insinuations of what might be
Fight through deprivation
There will be no sleep
Heed my cry
Because of greed and hatred
To dust we return
They will see the strength in our numbers
Only then will the self-righteous learn
Insinuations of what might be
To the masses, we mean nothing
But it starts in the hearts of the few
Witness the birth of a people
Unite. Renew.
There is no forever, just today
Don't let your sacrifice waste away
Through change and purity, turn the shadows to light
Buried beneath the ashes is a passion for life
There is no forever, just today
Don't let your sacrifice waste away
Let there be no more of this bloodshed
Heed my cry.
There is no forever, just today
Don't let your sacrifice waste away
It all must fall
It must end with us
It must end with me
Insinuations of what might be
Fight through deprivation
There will be no sleep
Heed my cry
Because of greed and hatred
To dust we return
They will see the strength in our numbers
Only then will the self-righteous learn
Insinuations of what might be
To the masses, we mean nothing
But it starts in the hearts of the few
Witness the birth of a people
Unite. Renew.
There is no forever, just today
Don't let your sacrifice waste away
Through change and purity, turn the shadows to light
Buried beneath the ashes is a passion for life
There is no forever, just today
Don't let your sacrifice waste away
Let there be no more of this bloodshed
Heed my cry.
There is no forever, just today
Don't let your sacrifice waste away
Lyrics submitted by (shevanel)
Wasted Sacrifice Lyrics as written by Howard Jones Adam Dutkiewitz
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