@[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 got a Catholic block
Inside my head
I let it go to work
Bring it all back home
It serves you right
And I can motor down
You got to earn your freedom
Get it on my own
I just live forever
There just is no end
I just trust the oppression
Like I trust your friends
I got a Catholic block
Inside my head
I let it play around
Iron to gold
Come back to me a while
I got a Catholic block
It's around my head
I got a Catholic block
It's blood orange red
I got a Catholic block
Do you like to fuck?
I got a Catholic block
I guess I'm out of work
Inside my head
I let it go to work
Bring it all back home
It serves you right
And I can motor down
You got to earn your freedom
Get it on my own
I just live forever
There just is no end
I just trust the oppression
Like I trust your friends
I got a Catholic block
Inside my head
I let it play around
Iron to gold
Come back to me a while
I got a Catholic block
It's around my head
I got a Catholic block
It's blood orange red
I got a Catholic block
Do you like to fuck?
I got a Catholic block
I guess I'm out of work
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i just trust the oppression like i trust your friends
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this is my favorite sonic youth song, i was raised catholic, anyways im always trying to pick through it and find new meanings, i think it just means that catholics can do whatever they want because all they have to do is be sorry and theyve got a free ride, and being catholic is kind of stupid
haha, that's a terrible thing to say!
yeah, I know, but I stand by it.
lol
Pretty wierd imagery. Again LSD?? I really like the guitar's at the end
thurston was raised catholic. probably has something to do with it. as a term, "catholic block" could possibly refer to catholic guilt. maybe the guilt is so hard that it's turned into a block in his head that prevents him from doing the things he wants to do.
i was raised a catholic, i believe this song has to do with guilt, idk. thats one of the things that drove me far, far away from catholicism. but anyways, i personally didnt feel like i could do anything just by feeling sorry, they actually just told us we couldnt do anything at all. i guess it comes down to whether a person is a real or a mediocre catholic (like the majority of the catholics i know).
mtterofct, so i guess you're right about everything then?
when you were raised catholic (like me) and you are no longer in that world there is still that "catholic block" with you all the time. no big deal and no reason to get too upset - it just resides in the brain next to the "fun center," and of course it can be over-ruled!