@[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.
On certain nights
When the angles are right
And the moon is a slender crescent
It's circle shows
In a ghostly glow
Of earthly luminescence
Earthshine
A beacon in the night
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
But you're out of reach
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
Floating high
In the evening sky
I see my faint reflection
Pale facsimile
Like what others see
When they look in my direction
Earthshine
A beacon in the night
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
Stretching out your hand
Full of starlit diamonds earthshine
Reflected light
To another's sight
And the moon tells a lover's story
My borrowed face
And my third-hand grace
Only reflect your glory
Earthshine
Stretching out your hand
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
You're still out of reach
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
When the angles are right
And the moon is a slender crescent
It's circle shows
In a ghostly glow
Of earthly luminescence
Earthshine
A beacon in the night
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
But you're out of reach
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
Floating high
In the evening sky
I see my faint reflection
Pale facsimile
Like what others see
When they look in my direction
Earthshine
A beacon in the night
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
Stretching out your hand
Full of starlit diamonds earthshine
Reflected light
To another's sight
And the moon tells a lover's story
My borrowed face
And my third-hand grace
Only reflect your glory
Earthshine
Stretching out your hand
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
You're still out of reach
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
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