@[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.
(Tricky raps in the background throughout
Hey you, so what cha gonna do
Palpable, searable, popular demand
From cradle to grave, the simple diary of man)
How things are together we'll destroy
And then we can destroy what we are
Together we can build what we are when we dream the spirit free
We don't give praise, we take praise
So why are we?
How things are together we'll destroy
And then we can destroy what we are
Together we can build what we are when we dream the spirit free
We don't give praise, we take praise
So why are we?
Feed me when I'm hungry
Drink me till I'm dry
The dream of yesterday becomes another lie
You feed me lies--distortion--the english disaster
No ones free from love for one master (one lord for one master)
We found a new place to live where we're taught to grow strong
And strongly sensitive, it always sets the scenery
Colors leave only beauty, words and wine amongst the greenery
See how it is (tastes)
See how it is (tastes)
We only let you teach us wrong and right
Give us priority
Seniority
Seniority
Seniority
We only let you teach us wrong and right
Give us priority
Seniority
Seniority
Seniority
Extract from crystal though nothing is clear
I despise you, damn you, dream you
I love you
But still nothings clear
I think of when I found you
Keep on singin while I'm drowning
Down into that two-tone vision
I've been raised (maze) in this place
And now concrete is my religion
See how it is (tastes)
See how it is (tastes)
See how it is (tastes)
See how it is (tastes)
We only let you teach us wrong and right
Give us priority
Seniority
Seniority
Seniority
We only let you teach us wrong and right
Give us priority
Seniority
Seniority
Seniority
We only let you teach us wrong and right
Give us priority
Seniority
Seniority
Seniority
The only lesson you teach us ?
They ask my origin,
The only lesson you teach us ?
They ask my origin, it's a moral sin.
Hey you, so what cha gonna do
Palpable, searable, popular demand
From cradle to grave, the simple diary of man)
How things are together we'll destroy
And then we can destroy what we are
Together we can build what we are when we dream the spirit free
We don't give praise, we take praise
So why are we?
How things are together we'll destroy
And then we can destroy what we are
Together we can build what we are when we dream the spirit free
We don't give praise, we take praise
So why are we?
Feed me when I'm hungry
Drink me till I'm dry
The dream of yesterday becomes another lie
You feed me lies--distortion--the english disaster
No ones free from love for one master (one lord for one master)
We found a new place to live where we're taught to grow strong
And strongly sensitive, it always sets the scenery
Colors leave only beauty, words and wine amongst the greenery
See how it is (tastes)
See how it is (tastes)
We only let you teach us wrong and right
Give us priority
Seniority
Seniority
Seniority
We only let you teach us wrong and right
Give us priority
Seniority
Seniority
Seniority
Extract from crystal though nothing is clear
I despise you, damn you, dream you
I love you
But still nothings clear
I think of when I found you
Keep on singin while I'm drowning
Down into that two-tone vision
I've been raised (maze) in this place
And now concrete is my religion
See how it is (tastes)
See how it is (tastes)
See how it is (tastes)
See how it is (tastes)
We only let you teach us wrong and right
Give us priority
Seniority
Seniority
Seniority
We only let you teach us wrong and right
Give us priority
Seniority
Seniority
Seniority
We only let you teach us wrong and right
Give us priority
Seniority
Seniority
Seniority
The only lesson you teach us ?
They ask my origin,
The only lesson you teach us ?
They ask my origin, it's a moral sin.
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