@[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.
Nine years and fifty days held hostage by pirates
Sold down the coast, don't try to fight the current
For those who can afford it
There'll always be white sand on private beaches
While narco-submarines float silent through the water
I am fearful of the distance between you and me
Russian spies, they don't scare me anymore
War-games in the third world on the street outside of your house
What are you willing to pay for security and privilege?
There's no shelter for stray dogs
We used to be pets, now we're just beggars
While narco-submarines float silent through the water
I am fearful of the distance between you and me
Russian spies, they don't scare me anymore
And if you want to join the fighting
Just make sure to remember why you went to war
Russian spies, they don't scare me anymore
Sold down the coast, don't try to fight the current
For those who can afford it
There'll always be white sand on private beaches
While narco-submarines float silent through the water
I am fearful of the distance between you and me
Russian spies, they don't scare me anymore
War-games in the third world on the street outside of your house
What are you willing to pay for security and privilege?
There's no shelter for stray dogs
We used to be pets, now we're just beggars
While narco-submarines float silent through the water
I am fearful of the distance between you and me
Russian spies, they don't scare me anymore
And if you want to join the fighting
Just make sure to remember why you went to war
Russian spies, they don't scare me anymore
Lyrics submitted by AshleyRose, edited by bfg1024
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Great version of a great song,
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Love this song. Kind of a lost classic by Against Me!, if you will.
It's obviously political, in a sense. I think it's about how the world is a scary place and how it's constantly changing. Obviously "Russian spies, they dont scare me anymore" is a reference to the Cold War and all the hysteria that surrounded that period in American and global history. The rest, I believe, is sort of a personal narrative about how you feel if you're an anarchist, radical leftist, whatever, when you live in a war hawking country.
Russian spies, they dont scare me anymore... because there are much bigger things to worry about now. Quite an evocative song. It calls to mind another Against Me! song of its time, High Pressure Low, which is also about war.