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Virginia I had a dream you invited us over
You still lived on the street where you laid down for good
We all sat on the floor as my kids swam around us
You smoked cigarettes like I knew you would
We were worried about your personal salvation
Was it heaven or hell that you saw when your eyes closed?
You smiled at us floating high above the question
Like you knew something we didn't know
Virginia I had a dream we were closer than brothers
Singing "Pictures of You", crashing cars, skipping school
We drove all over town as the days blurred around us
We wore out your cassettes, we were nobody's fools
They were worried about our high school graduation
They read us a poem, "Oh The Places You'll Go!"
You smiled it off, floating high above the question
Like you knew something they didn't know
You still lived on the street where you laid down for good
We all sat on the floor as my kids swam around us
You smoked cigarettes like I knew you would
We were worried about your personal salvation
Was it heaven or hell that you saw when your eyes closed?
You smiled at us floating high above the question
Like you knew something we didn't know
Virginia I had a dream we were closer than brothers
Singing "Pictures of You", crashing cars, skipping school
We drove all over town as the days blurred around us
We wore out your cassettes, we were nobody's fools
They were worried about our high school graduation
They read us a poem, "Oh The Places You'll Go!"
You smiled it off, floating high above the question
Like you knew something they didn't know
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@[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.
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Blue
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As far as my own interpretation, I think the song really gets a lot of power from the lyric "floating high above the question," which succeeded the line asking "Was it heaven or hell that you saw when your eyes closed?" To me it means that Virgina is high above that question. He transcends that question. It doesn't matter if he is in heaven or hell, it only matters what he did and what he means to David or anyone else in that person's life. Maybe I am thinking too little or too much about this line, but this is what I take away from it. I had a friend who passed away when he was seventeen, and I used to wonder stuff about the afterlife and what happened. I think about how it really doesn't matter and what matters is how he has affected my life. Who he was will matter to the people around me, no matter who they are, if they knew him or not.