@[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.
You used to feel like a smoker
Shivering in the cold
Waiting outside the bar
Until the opener's over
But now you feel like a drinker
Twenty days off the shots
Down at the liquor store
Trying to call your sponsor
You used to feel like a forest fire burning
But now you feel like a child
Throwing tantrums for your turn
You used to feel like a prophet
And everyone wanted to know
How you could tell the truth
Without losing that soft glow
But now you feel like a preacher
Evoking the flames of Hell
Some drunk fisherman
Chasing after the white whale
You used to feel like the prodigal returning
But now you hate what you've made
And you want to watch it burn
Shivering in the cold
Waiting outside the bar
Until the opener's over
But now you feel like a drinker
Twenty days off the shots
Down at the liquor store
Trying to call your sponsor
You used to feel like a forest fire burning
But now you feel like a child
Throwing tantrums for your turn
You used to feel like a prophet
And everyone wanted to know
How you could tell the truth
Without losing that soft glow
But now you feel like a preacher
Evoking the flames of Hell
Some drunk fisherman
Chasing after the white whale
You used to feel like the prodigal returning
But now you hate what you've made
And you want to watch it burn
Lyrics submitted by GhostofDavid
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Is this one of his new songs he is playing in concerts?
Seems from the recurring trend in his music that his is strongly autobiographical. Remnants of Fewer Broken Pieces with his quite negative self-reflection.
I like it. It's powerful, it's personal. The end makes you think he'll either stop making music soon or that the subject matter will change. I hope that regardless, the man continues to put on music.
UO, this is a song he's playing at shows. There is a downloadable concert of his hosted at hardtofindafriend.blogspot.com/2007/11/david-bazan-live-at-grey-eagle-11407.html
As for the lyrics, I'm pretty sure it's: But now you feel like a drinker Twenty days off the shots
thanks, redmanca.
when i saw him perform last fall, he said that NONE of his songs are autobiographical. he was like "i hope you all don't think my life is this terrible...i have a lovely wife and a beautiful kid, and these stories are not about me"
good to know, if these were his stories, that would be hella depressing.
well, i'll concede that Fewer Broken Pieces has to be autobiographical, but, ya get the picture
honestly he's just an amazing story teller and song writer, because while a lot of his writing seems autobiographical he claims its not, and i'd like to think it isn't because your right, it would be hella depressing for most of his songs to represent someones life.
I don't think this is entirely autobiographical but I see where the correlation can be made. He stated in an interview that he doesn't believe that hell exists and this is reflected in the song:
But now you feel like a preacher Evoking the flames of Hell Some drunk fisherman Chasing after the white whale
It is entirely possible that he is the "drunk fisherman", referring to his time as a sunday school teacher and now he is trying to distance himself from that life through the use of song and art:
You used to feel like the prodigal returning But now you hate what you've made And you want to watch it burn
turns out these song are autobiographical. hmmm. i stand corrected.
It's "20 days off the sauce." Not "shots."
Also, Lemme feed ya, baby birds.
Listen to the Starflyer 59 song "Broken Arm (Feat. David Bazan)" from the album Ghosts of The Past. It's the lyrics from "Forest Fires" / "Lost My Shape" but musically, it fits the "Forest Fire" version.
Now listen to Bazan's song "Messes" from Strange Negotiations. It is the music from "Broken Arm" / "Forest Fire."
Enjoy