@[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.
i hope you find interest in a once great love
i hope you search the bottom and find what you're made of
i wish you could see through poseidon's eyes
what makes a man is what he leaves behind
because i know you better than you think i do
yes i know you better than you want me to
(chorus)
i'll do you one better
i could never let you down
like you did last summer
i said i could watch you drown
digging in the ditches
i spyed through my eagle's eyes
i lost you in the trenches
now you keep me up at night
oh i'm keeping time with the things you said
oh i've been fine since that time you fled
oh how did you feel
when he found that crack in your shield
oh i bet it stung like a yellow & black
oh i've been hung, it's not a knife in the back
oh you dress your wounds with alcohol
you'll ride this damn until the wheels fall off
because i know you better than you think i do
yes i know you better than you want me to
(chorus)
yes i know you better than you think i do
you know i know you better than you want me to
i hope you search the bottom and find what you're made of
i wish you could see through poseidon's eyes
what makes a man is what he leaves behind
because i know you better than you think i do
yes i know you better than you want me to
(chorus)
i'll do you one better
i could never let you down
like you did last summer
i said i could watch you drown
digging in the ditches
i spyed through my eagle's eyes
i lost you in the trenches
now you keep me up at night
oh i'm keeping time with the things you said
oh i've been fine since that time you fled
oh how did you feel
when he found that crack in your shield
oh i bet it stung like a yellow & black
oh i've been hung, it's not a knife in the back
oh you dress your wounds with alcohol
you'll ride this damn until the wheels fall off
because i know you better than you think i do
yes i know you better than you want me to
(chorus)
yes i know you better than you think i do
you know i know you better than you want me to
Lyrics submitted by modest_eric
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