@[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 know what time is, Time is a thief
It'll steal into bed and rob
You while you sleep and You'll never feel it
It pulls off the covers
And rifles through your head
Then you'll wait to find you can't
Remember what you just said
It happens to everyone
Just like the father of my father
Time stole his mind
And I can't forget that one-fourth
Of his blood is mine i try not to worry
Please don't come for me
I promise I'll be great
Just let me keep what's mine
(let me keep what's mine)
Please don't come for me
If you must then just please wait
And let me have some time
(let me have some time)
Please don't come for me mind over matter
(it don't matter) when you're as
Mad as a hatter
It's hard to draw a clear distinction
Who you are, who you were
Through the looking glass
The past and future begin to blur
And no-one can blame you
Well they say the world is what you make it
You think, speak and breathe
And those rules still apply
Stuck in a world of make believe
You make the best with what you're given
Please don't come for me
I promise I'll be great
Just let me keep what's mine
(let me keep what's mine)
Please don't come for me
If you must then just please wait
And let me have some time
(let me have some time)
Please don't come for me mind over matter
(it don't matter) when you're as
Mad as a hatter
Off with her head, off with her head
Paint the roses, paint the roses
It'll steal into bed and rob
You while you sleep and You'll never feel it
It pulls off the covers
And rifles through your head
Then you'll wait to find you can't
Remember what you just said
It happens to everyone
Just like the father of my father
Time stole his mind
And I can't forget that one-fourth
Of his blood is mine i try not to worry
Please don't come for me
I promise I'll be great
Just let me keep what's mine
(let me keep what's mine)
Please don't come for me
If you must then just please wait
And let me have some time
(let me have some time)
Please don't come for me mind over matter
(it don't matter) when you're as
Mad as a hatter
It's hard to draw a clear distinction
Who you are, who you were
Through the looking glass
The past and future begin to blur
And no-one can blame you
Well they say the world is what you make it
You think, speak and breathe
And those rules still apply
Stuck in a world of make believe
You make the best with what you're given
Please don't come for me
I promise I'll be great
Just let me keep what's mine
(let me keep what's mine)
Please don't come for me
If you must then just please wait
And let me have some time
(let me have some time)
Please don't come for me mind over matter
(it don't matter) when you're as
Mad as a hatter
Off with her head, off with her head
Paint the roses, paint the roses
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@EternalTearsOfSorrow I saw a clip in which one of the Larkin Poe sisters explained that the song was written for their grandparents. Grandfather suffered schizophrenia and grandmother suffered dementia. It was meant to bring mental illness into the open. <br /> ‘Just like the father of my father, time stole his mind’ has more meaning if you know the above. <br /> So yeah, your guess was right.