@[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.
It's late in the day,
I'm thinking of you,
Things that you say.
So long,
So long for me,
It's late in the day,
I'm talking to you
Hear what I say,
So long,
So long for me,
All the time I thought of you,
In an ordinary way,
You slip back down the heart away,
All I really have to say
Is people pass along the way,
Thoughts of you and me again,
I lay on my bed,
Searching my mind,
Writing my love,
So long,
So long for me,
I sleep on the road,
Dreaming of a sound,
Coming my way,
So long,
So long for me,
All the time I thought of you,
In an ordinary way,
Check back down the heart away,
And all I really have to say
Is people pass along the way,
Thoughts of you and me again,
All the time I thought of you,
In an ordinary way,
You slip back down the heart away,
And all I really have to say
Is people pass along the way,
I close my eyes and turn away,
All the time I think of you,
In an ordinary day,
Check back down the heart away,
And all I really have to say
There's people passin' 'long the way,
Thoughts of you and me again!
I'm thinking of you,
Things that you say.
So long,
So long for me,
It's late in the day,
I'm talking to you
Hear what I say,
So long,
So long for me,
All the time I thought of you,
In an ordinary way,
You slip back down the heart away,
All I really have to say
Is people pass along the way,
Thoughts of you and me again,
I lay on my bed,
Searching my mind,
Writing my love,
So long,
So long for me,
I sleep on the road,
Dreaming of a sound,
Coming my way,
So long,
So long for me,
All the time I thought of you,
In an ordinary way,
Check back down the heart away,
And all I really have to say
Is people pass along the way,
Thoughts of you and me again,
All the time I thought of you,
In an ordinary way,
You slip back down the heart away,
And all I really have to say
Is people pass along the way,
I close my eyes and turn away,
All the time I think of you,
In an ordinary day,
Check back down the heart away,
And all I really have to say
There's people passin' 'long the way,
Thoughts of you and me again!
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I took it that he meant ordinary way as platonic and now realises that people have come and gone but he has thought of this friend again and again and now he has romantic feelings for them But also it is late in the day - they are near the end of there youth / time together / life and he has kind of missed the boat.
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It's that moment in the dead of night when you remember a past love. Usually, after all the pain, you do remember things that they said. It brings a smile. I saw them do this live and I got quite tearful, thinking about someone. Surely that's the greatest thing about music?
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I'm with jth4!