@[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 ask me, you ask me how I got to know you
Just by speaking on the phone?
Isn't is crazy how the thought of my touch
Wakes you up when you're alone?
Don't you believe everything you hear?
Darling, focus on the prize
Don't you hear me whisper in your ear?
My darling, don't lose sight of my eyes
It's not time to let go, this is not how
It's supposed to end in my mind, my baby
Maybe our intentions were wrong from the start
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
I called 46 times
And you answered on the 47th
I called you 46 times
And you answered on the 47th
You tell me, you tell me, you've never felt so hard
For an obvious candidate
You said you hate your last love
And it's soon enough that you will forget
Don't believe everything you hear
Darling, I've never lied before
Don't you hear me whisper in your ear?
Forget him, you're what I'm waiting for
It's not time to let go, this is not how
It's supposed to end in my mind, my baby
Maybe our intentions were wrong from the start
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
You've even said yourself
You're setting yourself up
You've even said yourself
That everyone would turn
That everyone can turn
And you've even told yourself
That the floodgates would break
So why are you taking so long to answer?
It's not time to let go, this is not how
It's supposed to end in my mind, my baby
Maybe our intentions were wrong from the start
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
I called 46 times
And you answered on the 47th
I called you 46 times
And you answered on the 47th
Just by speaking on the phone?
Isn't is crazy how the thought of my touch
Wakes you up when you're alone?
Don't you believe everything you hear?
Darling, focus on the prize
Don't you hear me whisper in your ear?
My darling, don't lose sight of my eyes
It's not time to let go, this is not how
It's supposed to end in my mind, my baby
Maybe our intentions were wrong from the start
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
I called 46 times
And you answered on the 47th
I called you 46 times
And you answered on the 47th
You tell me, you tell me, you've never felt so hard
For an obvious candidate
You said you hate your last love
And it's soon enough that you will forget
Don't believe everything you hear
Darling, I've never lied before
Don't you hear me whisper in your ear?
Forget him, you're what I'm waiting for
It's not time to let go, this is not how
It's supposed to end in my mind, my baby
Maybe our intentions were wrong from the start
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
You've even said yourself
You're setting yourself up
You've even said yourself
That everyone would turn
That everyone can turn
And you've even told yourself
That the floodgates would break
So why are you taking so long to answer?
It's not time to let go, this is not how
It's supposed to end in my mind, my baby
Maybe our intentions were wrong from the start
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
So answer me, so we don't fall apart
I called 46 times
And you answered on the 47th
I called you 46 times
And you answered on the 47th
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If he only called 46 times, how could she answer on the 47th? :'D
I was wondering the same thing, matty.
"I called 46 times [before] you answered on the 47th."<br /> <br /> Better?
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One of my favorite's off the CD. Can't wait for the album to come out.
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You know, I've been thinking about it... I think you might be taking to too literally.
"I called 46 times, and you answered on the 47th..."
She would have answered on the 47th time, but he stopped after 46, so she didn't ever actually answer any of his calls.
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its about a guy thats trying to get with this girl and she obviously has alot of feelings for him as well but she keeps shifting because of someone else that she cant let go of. and possibly that she simply has a hard time trusting him. so shes avoiding his calls, because she doesnt know what she wants...
the chorus is the cutest part though "its not time to let go, this is not how its supposed to end in my mind, my baby"
soo cute.<3
I think it's about the girl going back to her old boyfriend.
"Focus on the prize" - him saying to look at the "prize" she has now instead of being stuck on the last guy.
"Maybe our intentions were wrong from the start" - She may have found him on a rebound to get over the last guy and he knew this but thought they had something special.
"You said you hate your last love and it's soon enough that you will forget" - Probably her lying to him (and even herself) and saying that she hates him and is over him.
"Forget him, you're what I'm waiting for" - Confirms the above.
As for the chorus, I think "I called you 46 times and you answered on the 47th" means he called her 46 times and she ignored his calls. Her old boyfriend called on the 47th and she answered.