@[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.
Were the teachers any good at it
Were they good at their jobs
It must be hard can they handle it
When we become what they said we'd not
Now we work and we pay for it
Doing any old chore
It makes money so we stick it trhough
And day to day
The days go by and by and by and by well
I just don't want to die like a fooll
I'm not lost
I'm somewhat off the way
I'm gonna do what I said I'd do at school
And be the one that says hey
This ain't so hard and it's kind of cool
When we look at the clock we know
How much longer we have
It's not the hours and the minutes that go
It's everything that we said
And it's gone are you glad
Now we're struggling to pay the bills
With the money we've got
And the world seems to frown on us
And we're learning more than we've ever learnt
And I like it a lot
I just don't want to die like a fool
I'm not lost
I'm somewhat off the way
I'm gonna do what I said i'd do at school
And be the one that says hey
This ain't so hard and it's kind of cool
Were they good at their jobs
It must be hard can they handle it
When we become what they said we'd not
Now we work and we pay for it
Doing any old chore
It makes money so we stick it trhough
And day to day
The days go by and by and by and by well
I just don't want to die like a fooll
I'm not lost
I'm somewhat off the way
I'm gonna do what I said I'd do at school
And be the one that says hey
This ain't so hard and it's kind of cool
When we look at the clock we know
How much longer we have
It's not the hours and the minutes that go
It's everything that we said
And it's gone are you glad
Now we're struggling to pay the bills
With the money we've got
And the world seems to frown on us
And we're learning more than we've ever learnt
And I like it a lot
I just don't want to die like a fool
I'm not lost
I'm somewhat off the way
I'm gonna do what I said i'd do at school
And be the one that says hey
This ain't so hard and it's kind of cool
Lyrics submitted by agckill
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It's also about going through Higher Education for not real reason other than "it's what you do". And then leaving education for the first time at 21 or 22, and not knowing what to do, not having fun in a boring job and doubting whether or not it was worth all those years.
It almost seems a letter to an old teacher. The teacher had such high hopes for the student, but he didn't turn out the way the teacher had planned. This seems to be the students explaining to the teacher that he really wanted to do better, and that he's not beyond all hope quite yet.