Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Now, I could go
I feel like it any time
I'm walking out of line,
And I know it
Diffused, controlled,
So easy to compromise
My thoughts, and the way I talk,
And the way I move
Oh you, and me,
We're shifting eternally
A lesson from Mr. Gray,
And I know it
And I don't mind
If your retrospects not mine
'Cause just seeing theres a habit of being
Just a matter of view
Feel the vital signs
All I know is time
Take my desire
This time you know
That it's taking its toll
The picture paints it out,
Can you see it?
Alive and dead,
I sicken in my bed
I'm dying of a lack of trying
What are the calls?
Feel the vital signs
All I know is time
Take my desire
And I see,
it never ended quite
Losing my mind
Take my desire
I feel like it any time
I'm walking out of line,
And I know it
Diffused, controlled,
So easy to compromise
My thoughts, and the way I talk,
And the way I move
Oh you, and me,
We're shifting eternally
A lesson from Mr. Gray,
And I know it
And I don't mind
If your retrospects not mine
'Cause just seeing theres a habit of being
Just a matter of view
Feel the vital signs
All I know is time
Take my desire
This time you know
That it's taking its toll
The picture paints it out,
Can you see it?
Alive and dead,
I sicken in my bed
I'm dying of a lack of trying
What are the calls?
Feel the vital signs
All I know is time
Take my desire
And I see,
it never ended quite
Losing my mind
Take my desire
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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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.