@[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.
There are rumors going around,
you can feel history coming about,
you're never sure just where it's going to stay.
You suffer through lingering doubt,
you wish someone would spell it out
but things don't work that way.
There's so much going on faces in the crowd
belong to a team on which you'd love to play. You're hoping for some permanence
but there really is no place for this.
Your tattoos, they're gonna fade
Our youth like wax drips down,
in puddles around our legs
it hardens and catches us to the quick.
You're putting a lot of importance in
something you're just playing a part in,
you should take what action you can get.
What you're sure you're carving in stone
on your flesh
you'd do better living more and commemorating less. There's much i don't want to remember,
there's not a thing I'd wish last forever.
You're tattoos are gonna fade.
It's not as important to persevere as to doubt. When you're so angry nothing matters,
you be brave 'cause everything counts and
I'd never be so unsubtle
as to write this on my sleeve
unless I was sure I could change it
when I was ready to leave.
There's much I don't want to remember,
there's not a thing I would wish last forever --
or let me put this another way:
I know you're hoping for some permanence
but there really is no truth to this.
Your tattoos, they're gonna fade.
you can feel history coming about,
you're never sure just where it's going to stay.
You suffer through lingering doubt,
you wish someone would spell it out
but things don't work that way.
There's so much going on faces in the crowd
belong to a team on which you'd love to play. You're hoping for some permanence
but there really is no place for this.
Your tattoos, they're gonna fade
Our youth like wax drips down,
in puddles around our legs
it hardens and catches us to the quick.
You're putting a lot of importance in
something you're just playing a part in,
you should take what action you can get.
What you're sure you're carving in stone
on your flesh
you'd do better living more and commemorating less. There's much i don't want to remember,
there's not a thing I'd wish last forever.
You're tattoos are gonna fade.
It's not as important to persevere as to doubt. When you're so angry nothing matters,
you be brave 'cause everything counts and
I'd never be so unsubtle
as to write this on my sleeve
unless I was sure I could change it
when I was ready to leave.
There's much I don't want to remember,
there's not a thing I would wish last forever --
or let me put this another way:
I know you're hoping for some permanence
but there really is no truth to this.
Your tattoos, they're gonna fade.
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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i agree one hundred percent. no matter what sort of a night or fight or mood i've just been in, by the second beat it all just goes away. so odd. call to arms, indeed.
this is such a great song. they're all such great songs. okay, so what does it mean? here's my amateur interpretation: in your search for security and permanence, you fail to realize the fact that nothing is ever forever. Even when you try to lend it some immortality by commemorating it (with a tatoo) that itself will fade. me myself, i recognize the fact that nothing is forever, and i wouldnt want to commemorate anything if i couldn't change it later. yeah, that's my summary. rock on.
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Wow, Image, thats neat. :) I didn't know that. I'd LOVE to talk to them about their songwriting process (Or to Jack about ANYTHING).
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I think this song basically means that everything is going to change eventually. Even a tattoo, which is permanent, will fade.
By the way....The Inferno is amazing, especially Jack. They've inspired me countless times....