@[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've run to ground
I've run from everyone that I have ever known
I'm aching cold
I'm aching from the bones the very blood of me
And it's broke before you know it
Before you knew what it was for
All you know is you can't fix it
And you wish you'd listened more
To your instincts to your family
To the wisdom you'd ignored
Are you finally gonna ask us for help?
I've crashed to earth
But I'd fallen for so long that it was just relief
I saw your face
In everyone that looked me in my drunken eyes
And it's broke before you know it
Before you knew what it was for
All you know is you can't fix it
And you wish you'd listened more
To your instincts to your family
To the wisdom you'd ignored
When you finally gonna ask us for help?
I can see you at the front gate
As you wait on my return
The years have blurred to eons
But the tears have never dried
But I'm not coming to you like this
So battered down and sad
I will take the road forgotten, again
I've run from everyone that I have ever known
I'm aching cold
I'm aching from the bones the very blood of me
And it's broke before you know it
Before you knew what it was for
All you know is you can't fix it
And you wish you'd listened more
To your instincts to your family
To the wisdom you'd ignored
Are you finally gonna ask us for help?
I've crashed to earth
But I'd fallen for so long that it was just relief
I saw your face
In everyone that looked me in my drunken eyes
And it's broke before you know it
Before you knew what it was for
All you know is you can't fix it
And you wish you'd listened more
To your instincts to your family
To the wisdom you'd ignored
When you finally gonna ask us for help?
I can see you at the front gate
As you wait on my return
The years have blurred to eons
But the tears have never dried
But I'm not coming to you like this
So battered down and sad
I will take the road forgotten, again
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I've run to ground I've run from everyone that I have ever known I'm aching cold I'm aching from the bones the very blood of me
[the drum beat picks up through the first chorus like a heartbeat, it would make sense that "it" refers to a heart...] "And it's broke before you know it Before you knew what it was for All you know is you can't fix it"
And you wish you'd listened more To your instincts to your family To the wisdom you'd ignored Are you finally gonna ask us for help? [It seems almost as if the song is narrated from a split perspective, verses being one person and the chorus being the person or people reaching out to them]
I've crashed to earth But I'd fallen for so long that it was just relief I saw your face In everyone that looked me in my drunken eyes [what a wonderful few lines...]
I feel like it's about someone who has gone astray or down the right path and is trying to find a way to get back to their old life. In the verses you have them narrating, and in the chorus their friends and family calling them back home. Anyways I have had this song on repeat constantly... beautiful songwriting and lyrics. :B
I've run to ground I've run from everyone that I have ever known I'm aching cold I'm aching from the bones the very blood of me
[the drum beat picks up through the first chorus like a heartbeat, it would make sense that "it" refers to a heart...] "And it's broke before you know it Before you knew what it was for All you know is you can't fix it"
And you wish you'd listened more To your instincts to your family To the wisdom you'd ignored Are you finally gonna ask us for help? [It seems almost as if the song is narrated from a split perspective, verses being one person and the chorus being the person or people reaching out to them]
I've crashed to earth But I'd fallen for so long that it was just relief I saw your face In everyone that looked me in my drunken eyes [what a wonderful few lines...]
I feel like it's about someone who has gone astray or down the right path and is trying to find a way to get back to their old life. In the verses you have them narrating, and in the chorus their friends and family calling them back home. Anyways I have had this song on repeat constantly... beautiful songwriting and lyrics. :B
This sounds like somebody battling alcoholism.