@[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.
Eric, Ren and Jenson were activists
Heads loaded with theories, their hearts were filled with passion
They had the same left-wing politics
Liked the same music, they were part of the protest movement
Anna presented herself as a feminist
Studied the way they talked and dressed
Fashioned herself an anarchist
Eric fell in love with Anna
After meeting at a CrimethInc conference
He didn't know it, but Anna was an FBI informant
Eric fell in love with an FBI informant
Shared his dreams of revolution
Now he's sitting in solitary confinement
Be careful what you think, be careful what you say
Might be used against you in court one day
Well, Anna thinks she's a hawk
She's just a fucking snitch
The headline called them "The Believers"
And comparisons were made to a terrorist organization
Well, Anna had the car and Anna paid the rent
Anna helped find the recipe to make the explosives
She encouraged her friends to follow through with their plan
They were gonna build a bomb and blow up the Nimbus dam
Their conversations were being recorded
They didn't know it, but Anna was an FBI informant
Eric fell in love with an FBI informant
Shared his dreams of revolution
Now he's sitting in solitary confinement
Be careful what you think, be careful what you say
Might be used against you in court one day
Well, Anna thinks she's a hawk
She's just a fucking snitch
Black Suburbans and AR-15 rifles
Agents made the arrests in a K-Mart parking lot
Caught with the supplies for the bomb in hands
The three were charged with conspiracy against the government
Ren and Jenson traded testimony in exchange for leniency
Eric was sentenced to twenty years in a penitentiary
Eric, Ren and Jenson were activists
They didn't know it, but Anna was an FBI informant
Eric fell in love with an FBI informant
Shared his dreams of revolution
Now he's sitting in solitary confinement
Be careful what you think, be careful what you say
Might be used against you in court one day
Well, Anna thinks she's a hawk
She's just a fucking snitch
Heads loaded with theories, their hearts were filled with passion
They had the same left-wing politics
Liked the same music, they were part of the protest movement
Anna presented herself as a feminist
Studied the way they talked and dressed
Fashioned herself an anarchist
Eric fell in love with Anna
After meeting at a CrimethInc conference
He didn't know it, but Anna was an FBI informant
Eric fell in love with an FBI informant
Shared his dreams of revolution
Now he's sitting in solitary confinement
Be careful what you think, be careful what you say
Might be used against you in court one day
Well, Anna thinks she's a hawk
She's just a fucking snitch
The headline called them "The Believers"
And comparisons were made to a terrorist organization
Well, Anna had the car and Anna paid the rent
Anna helped find the recipe to make the explosives
She encouraged her friends to follow through with their plan
They were gonna build a bomb and blow up the Nimbus dam
Their conversations were being recorded
They didn't know it, but Anna was an FBI informant
Eric fell in love with an FBI informant
Shared his dreams of revolution
Now he's sitting in solitary confinement
Be careful what you think, be careful what you say
Might be used against you in court one day
Well, Anna thinks she's a hawk
She's just a fucking snitch
Black Suburbans and AR-15 rifles
Agents made the arrests in a K-Mart parking lot
Caught with the supplies for the bomb in hands
The three were charged with conspiracy against the government
Ren and Jenson traded testimony in exchange for leniency
Eric was sentenced to twenty years in a penitentiary
Eric, Ren and Jenson were activists
They didn't know it, but Anna was an FBI informant
Eric fell in love with an FBI informant
Shared his dreams of revolution
Now he's sitting in solitary confinement
Be careful what you think, be careful what you say
Might be used against you in court one day
Well, Anna thinks she's a hawk
She's just a fucking snitch
Lyrics submitted by ghoststories
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