@[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.
Why are you here?
Couldn't you tell him?
Were you afraid he'd hear?
You should have been thankful to be alone
You took off your shoes
Said anything further
Would be bad news
'Cause you'd already started to disappear
And he couldn't complain
Just looked at your lyric
And crossed over to play
A record of quiet instrumentals
Said I like what you wrote
This a record
full of sour notes
Should have been thankful to be alone
Said I like what you wrote
But don't say you mean it
When you know you don't
You should have been thankful to be alone, you know (x2)
You should have been thankful to be alone
Couldn't you tell him?
Were you afraid he'd hear?
You should have been thankful to be alone
You took off your shoes
Said anything further
Would be bad news
'Cause you'd already started to disappear
And he couldn't complain
Just looked at your lyric
And crossed over to play
A record of quiet instrumentals
Said I like what you wrote
This a record
full of sour notes
Should have been thankful to be alone
Said I like what you wrote
But don't say you mean it
When you know you don't
You should have been thankful to be alone, you know (x2)
You should have been thankful to be alone
Lyrics submitted by Da_Goat
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I don't quite get why solo Elliott Smith songs have mountains of comments but Heatmiser songs, even the ones by him, barely have any except for some of the ones he played again later solo. What? Oh, right, the actual song.
I think it might be about disagreeing with the other members in a band, one of whom the song is directly addressed to ("but don't say you mean it/when you know you don't") and the other who doesn't seem to be there, but also doesn't agree. (and he couldn't complain/just looked at your lyric/etc.) If someone looked at lyrics and then proceeded to play instrumentals, that could mean they didn't like the lyrics.
@1017998808 interesting take on this. Another paralell would be antonio amd elliott were both songwriters. To this day most people who were born and growing up in 1994 didnt know who Antonio was but i learned through Heatmiser.