@[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.
Sunlight, opened up my eyes
To see for the first time
It opened them up
And tonight, rivers will run dry
But not for the first time
Rivers will run
Hundreds of years in the future
There could be computers
Looking for life on Earth
Don't fight for the wrong side
Say what you feel like
Say how you feel
You'll go backwards, but then
You'll go forwards, again
You'll go backwards, but then
You'll go
Created, then drilled and invaded
If somebody made it
Someone will mess it up
And you are not wrong to
Ask who does this belong to?
It belongs to all of us
You'll go backwards, again
You'll go forwards, again
You'll go backwards, again
You'll go forwards
You'll go backwards, but then
You'll go forwards, again
You'll go backwards, but then
You'll go forwards
To see for the first time
It opened them up
And tonight, rivers will run dry
But not for the first time
Rivers will run
Hundreds of years in the future
There could be computers
Looking for life on Earth
Don't fight for the wrong side
Say what you feel like
Say how you feel
You'll go backwards, but then
You'll go forwards, again
You'll go backwards, but then
You'll go
Created, then drilled and invaded
If somebody made it
Someone will mess it up
And you are not wrong to
Ask who does this belong to?
It belongs to all of us
You'll go backwards, again
You'll go forwards, again
You'll go backwards, again
You'll go forwards
You'll go backwards, but then
You'll go forwards, again
You'll go backwards, but then
You'll go forwards
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I think some of you dig into it more than is necessary. Is everything a Bush allegory? Right when I heard this song I thought of it as telling the nature of the universe and civilization-- someone makes it, someone messes it up. Civilizations are made and destroyed, invaded by others, tthen those who invaded are invaded. Like someone already said, it's about nature's cycle. And it sounds like:
Don't fight for the wrong side Say what you feel like Say how you feel
Is saying, it's ok to be fall into that cycle, there's no need to fight against it, because it's nature.