@[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.
Be still for a second while I try and try to pin your flowers on
La, la, la, la, la
Can you carry my drink, I have everything else
I can tie my tie all by myself
I'm getting tied, I'm forgetting why
Oh, we're so disarming, darling, everything we did believe
Is diving, diving, diving, diving off the balcony
Tired and wired, we ruin too easy
Sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
Hold ourselves together
With our arms around the stereo for hours
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
While it sings to itself or whatever it does
When it sings to itself of its long lost loves
I'm getting tied, I'm forgetting why
Tired and wired, we ruin too easy
Sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
And I'll be with you, behind the couch
When they come on a different day, just like this one
We'll stay inside till somebody finds us
Do whatever the TV tells us
Stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz for days
We'll stay inside till somebody finds us
Do whatever the TV tells us
Stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz
So worry not, all things are well
We'll be alright, we have our looks and perfume
Stay inside till somebody finds us
Do whatever the TV tells us
Stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz
So worry not, all things are well
We'll be alright, we have our looks and perfume on
La, la, la, la, la
Can you carry my drink, I have everything else
I can tie my tie all by myself
I'm getting tied, I'm forgetting why
Oh, we're so disarming, darling, everything we did believe
Is diving, diving, diving, diving off the balcony
Tired and wired, we ruin too easy
Sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
Hold ourselves together
With our arms around the stereo for hours
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
While it sings to itself or whatever it does
When it sings to itself of its long lost loves
I'm getting tied, I'm forgetting why
Tired and wired, we ruin too easy
Sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
And I'll be with you, behind the couch
When they come on a different day, just like this one
We'll stay inside till somebody finds us
Do whatever the TV tells us
Stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz for days
We'll stay inside till somebody finds us
Do whatever the TV tells us
Stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz
So worry not, all things are well
We'll be alright, we have our looks and perfume
Stay inside till somebody finds us
Do whatever the TV tells us
Stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz
So worry not, all things are well
We'll be alright, we have our looks and perfume on
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So damned catchy... And, kinda like mjhyp3 said, I think it's really a denial of the normal, social idea of maturity and adulthood... Uhm, lemme go through this line by line:
"Be still for a second while I try and try to pin your flowers on Can you carry my drink I have everything else"
He's trying so hard to fulfill the role of a responsible caregiver and partner, but he's finding that it seems like he's doing all the work in the relationship.
"I can tie my tie all by myself I’m getting tired, I’m forgetting why"
The first part is him trying to show maturity and independence, like he is an adult. But the second part, and I really do think that word is "TIRED", because he's getting worn out by the modern lifestyle, and he doesn't understand it, because it's what everyone is supposed to do. If it is "Tied", then perhaps he's getting into a serious relationship("tying the knot"), and he doesn't know why, but he's just doing it because everyone else is.
"Oh we’re so disarming darling, everything we did believe is diving diving diving diving off the balcony"
Every idea that he had as a child about relationships and adulthood is proving to be wrong... And, this relationship, in particular, seems even more alarming and, say, disarming.
"Tired and wired we ruin too easy sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave"
A general hope that, no matter how fragile and helpless we may feel, if we just persevere and don't let it get to us, eventually winter will pass, and things will get better.
"Hold ourselves together with our arms around the stereo for hours While it sings to itself or whatever it does when it sings to itself of its long lost loves I’m getting tied, I’m forgetting why"
Finding themselves in music, and relating to the personal heartbreaks of others. It's just the common ground, the ability to know that other people are going through the same thing as you. TIED to the rest of society, and TIED to each other in the relationship.
"Tired and wired we ruin too easy sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave but I’ll be with you behind the couch when they come on a different day just like this one"
It's as if he knows that if he were to reject society and this adult responsibility, it's doomed to failure. But, it wouldn't change anything. It would still be a different day, just like the last, but the idea adds some uncertainty and excitement to life.
"We’ll stay inside til somebody finds us do whatever the TV tells us stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz for days"
Just telling the rest of society to fuck off, and relishing in the blissful ignorance of mindless programming and pop culture.
"so worry not all things are well we’ll be alright we have our looks and perfume"
An optimistic end, saying that, even if the rest of the world sucks, the best that we can do is just embrace the few things that we enjoy, the few things that we can relish, the few things that set us apart from everyone else.
Sorry I ranted, this is just such a beautiful song, and, although my interpretation might be a bit skewed, it really resonates in my life today, as I'm graduating next week and moving on with my so-called 'adult' life.