@[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.
In a silent world
I had lived without sight or sound
In all that time
You know I felt that shame
But I put the blame on everyone around
In all that time
And I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief
In all that time
And I had lost those wings that carried me
To any place I longed to be
In all that time
I should have
Let you know one thing
That what you saw
Was just my shadow
A picture black and white
The colours shining bright
Were washed away
In that rain still falling down on me
Was all that a curse
Whatever promised to get better
Turned out worse
In all that time
I lived under that spell
I was caught in my own private hell
In all that time
And I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief
In all that time
And I had lost all hope
I was clutching at a burning rope
Helpless like a child
In all that time
I should have
Let you know one thing
That what you saw
Was just my shadow
A skeleton disguised
A soul devitalised
A body caught in automation
I lay awake that night
Wishing you could hold me tight
I could as well have been dead
I never dared to say the words I should have said
I should have known
That it won't get better just by waiting
Or telling myself
That I would try to be a better man
And I should have known
That I ran away too often
Instead of moving on
In a silent world
I had lived without sight or sound
In all that time
You felt my distress
And I can only guess
What you've been through
In all that time
I should have let you know
That I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief
In all that time
And I had lost all hope
I was clutching at a burning rope
Helpless like a child
In all that time
I should have
Let you know one thing
That what you saw
Was just my shadow
A skeleton disguised
A soul devitalised
A body caught in automation
I lay awake that night
Wishing you could hold me tight
I could as well have been dead
I never dared to say the words I should have said
I should have known
That it won't get better just by waiting
Or telling myself
That I would try to be a better man
And I should have known
That I ran away too often
Instead of moving on
I had lived without sight or sound
In all that time
You know I felt that shame
But I put the blame on everyone around
In all that time
And I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief
In all that time
And I had lost those wings that carried me
To any place I longed to be
In all that time
I should have
Let you know one thing
That what you saw
Was just my shadow
A picture black and white
The colours shining bright
Were washed away
In that rain still falling down on me
Was all that a curse
Whatever promised to get better
Turned out worse
In all that time
I lived under that spell
I was caught in my own private hell
In all that time
And I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief
In all that time
And I had lost all hope
I was clutching at a burning rope
Helpless like a child
In all that time
I should have
Let you know one thing
That what you saw
Was just my shadow
A skeleton disguised
A soul devitalised
A body caught in automation
I lay awake that night
Wishing you could hold me tight
I could as well have been dead
I never dared to say the words I should have said
I should have known
That it won't get better just by waiting
Or telling myself
That I would try to be a better man
And I should have known
That I ran away too often
Instead of moving on
In a silent world
I had lived without sight or sound
In all that time
You felt my distress
And I can only guess
What you've been through
In all that time
I should have let you know
That I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief
In all that time
And I had lost all hope
I was clutching at a burning rope
Helpless like a child
In all that time
I should have
Let you know one thing
That what you saw
Was just my shadow
A skeleton disguised
A soul devitalised
A body caught in automation
I lay awake that night
Wishing you could hold me tight
I could as well have been dead
I never dared to say the words I should have said
I should have known
That it won't get better just by waiting
Or telling myself
That I would try to be a better man
And I should have known
That I ran away too often
Instead of moving on
Lyrics submitted by progmetalgod
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