@[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.
watching me
a bird upon a roof with coal-black feathers
cocks his head
to catch my eye
wandering and unfocused i cannot meet his stare
he takes to wing
silhouette against the sun
surrounded by the glare
funny how the days go by invisibly
and faster than i realize the things i think about
strange to find the calendar my enemy
and scared that when i die so will the things
i think about
i believe in so many things
i know that none of them are true
and my feet
firm upon a pathway i am far too blind to see
leading me
funny how the days go by invisibly
and faster than i realize the things i think about
scared to find the calendar my enemy
and when i die so will the thousand things
i think about
on and on and on...
a bird upon a roof with coal-black feathers
cocks his head
to catch my eye
wandering and unfocused i cannot meet his stare
he takes to wing
silhouette against the sun
surrounded by the glare
funny how the days go by invisibly
and faster than i realize the things i think about
strange to find the calendar my enemy
and scared that when i die so will the things
i think about
i believe in so many things
i know that none of them are true
and my feet
firm upon a pathway i am far too blind to see
leading me
funny how the days go by invisibly
and faster than i realize the things i think about
scared to find the calendar my enemy
and when i die so will the thousand things
i think about
on and on and on...
Lyrics submitted by rabidpenguin
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While this is a very short set of lyrics, they are amazing and hit home with me personally.
The author (not sure which of them actually wrote it) is sitting around thinking detailed and deep thoughts about the smallest little things ... and then comes to grips with the fact that when he dies, all of his constant thinking and musing will suddenly cease - and that scares him to death.
"watching me, a bird upon a roof with coal-black feathers cocks his head, to catch my eye" "wandering and unfocused i cannot meet his stare, he takes to wing, silhouette against the sun surrounded by the glare"
This is the author trying to express how something as simple as a bird flying away can be quite deep, beautiful and poignant.
The real gem in the lyrics is the second verse ... where he explains how the more a person knows, the more they realize they don't know much at all:
"i believe in so many things, i know that none of them are true" "and my feet, firm upon a pathway i am far too blind to see, leading me"
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