@[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.
My better self still knows
That meaning comes and goes
What is innate?
I do not know
But meaning comes and it goes
Each and every attempt
A bit of substance spent
Despite the effort I have planned
You seem to lose what I've meant
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
Symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purpose in function
That cannot be met
Those who created know
There is an ebb and flow
Only the value given shows
That meaning comes and goes
My better self still knows
That meaning comes and goes
What is innate?
I do not know
But meaning comes and it goes
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
But symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purpose in function
That cannot be met
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
But symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purpose in function
That cannot be met
My better self still knows
That meaning comes and goes
What is innate?
I do not know
But meaning comes and goes
That meaning comes and goes
What is innate?
I do not know
But meaning comes and it goes
Each and every attempt
A bit of substance spent
Despite the effort I have planned
You seem to lose what I've meant
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
Symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purpose in function
That cannot be met
Those who created know
There is an ebb and flow
Only the value given shows
That meaning comes and goes
My better self still knows
That meaning comes and goes
What is innate?
I do not know
But meaning comes and it goes
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
But symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purpose in function
That cannot be met
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
But symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purpose in function
That cannot be met
My better self still knows
That meaning comes and goes
What is innate?
I do not know
But meaning comes and goes
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Correct lyrics:
My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is innate? I do not know But meaning comes and it goes
Each and every attempt A bit of substance spent Despite the effort I have planned You seem to lose what I've meant
If I don't use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs Symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purpose in function That cannot be met
Those who created know There is an ebb and flow Only the value given shows That meaning comes and goes
My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is innate? I do not know But meaning comes and it goes
If I don't use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs But symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purpose in function That cannot be met
If I don't use words Then each sound goes unheard Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs But symbols suggest they are fit to possess A purpose in function That cannot be met
My better self still knows That meaning comes and goes What is innate? I do not know But meaning comes and goes
~Such a cool song. I think it's just about how true meaning is really carried by the things we can't put into words. As she says, we need words to communicate ideas, but in order to understand the real meaning behind those ideas we need to rely on nonverbal symbols and the values that others put on them. That's why we can have miscommunications and the things we say can be taken the wrong way even when we use the right words to say them. It definitely implies some sort of struggle to relate to someone and the frustration of realizing there's no way to get across to that person when they can't understand the meaning behind what you're saying.