@[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.
Now the dark ages are back
We all spread the disease
Brought us down to our knees
Now the dark ages are back
No world leader pretend
Could predict such an end
And in all my days of traveling on
No, it never crossed my mind
While I tended my garden, wool in ear
From where I stood it seemed fine
But now the dark ages are back
All the prophets wear black
Love's gone under attack
Now the dark ages are back
Ice is melting away
We just shut up and play
Money, poverty, dignity
Is a mix up hard to shake
We've been stomping this ground
For a million years
Now the earth's about to break
I can feel it, I can see it falling apart
It strays and bends
I can't heal it, I can't rip it up
And just start over again
Lend a friend a hand
I can feel it, I can see it falling apart
It strays and bends
I can't heal it, I can't rip it up
And just start over again
Can you hear me?
We're stuck in the dark here
No light and no way out
Can you tell me?
Is it way too late or
Too hard to make it right?
Lord, don't let me down
Now the dark ages are back
Corrupt kings in the wings
Is what tomorrow will bring
When the dark ages are back
The new morning's in mourn
How take care of their newborn?
We all spread the disease
Brought us down to our knees
Now the dark ages are back
No world leader pretend
Could predict such an end
And in all my days of traveling on
No, it never crossed my mind
While I tended my garden, wool in ear
From where I stood it seemed fine
But now the dark ages are back
All the prophets wear black
Love's gone under attack
Now the dark ages are back
Ice is melting away
We just shut up and play
Money, poverty, dignity
Is a mix up hard to shake
We've been stomping this ground
For a million years
Now the earth's about to break
I can feel it, I can see it falling apart
It strays and bends
I can't heal it, I can't rip it up
And just start over again
Lend a friend a hand
I can feel it, I can see it falling apart
It strays and bends
I can't heal it, I can't rip it up
And just start over again
Can you hear me?
We're stuck in the dark here
No light and no way out
Can you tell me?
Is it way too late or
Too hard to make it right?
Lord, don't let me down
Now the dark ages are back
Corrupt kings in the wings
Is what tomorrow will bring
When the dark ages are back
The new morning's in mourn
How take care of their newborn?
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Dark Ages Lyrics as written by Bjorn Yttling Peter Moren
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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