He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
You keep pushing me away
In spite of what you say
I found out yesterday that I've
Been wasting all my time
Trying to make you smile
Trying to make this seem worthwhile
You've been pushing me around
In spite of what I do
Trying to make things good for you
Take your economy car and your suitcase
Take your psycho little dogs
Take it all away
You've been racing through my mind
You're picking up in speed
You're driving recklessly
It's like a car crash happening on my street
Broken bodies at my feet
And sirens on the way
They're too late
'Cause nobody's going to save us
We're a rubbernecker's dream
We're burning gasoline
Go
Take your economy car and your suitcase
Take your psycho little dogs
Take it all away
And go
Go ahead and destroy this
Better come with an army
Are you feeling, feeling okay, baby?
Uh huh
Na na
Na na, na na, na
Na na, na na, na na, na na, na na
Take your economy car and your suitcase
Take your psycho little dogs
Take it all away
In spite of what you say
I found out yesterday that I've
Been wasting all my time
Trying to make you smile
Trying to make this seem worthwhile
You've been pushing me around
In spite of what I do
Trying to make things good for you
Take your economy car and your suitcase
Take your psycho little dogs
Take it all away
You've been racing through my mind
You're picking up in speed
You're driving recklessly
It's like a car crash happening on my street
Broken bodies at my feet
And sirens on the way
They're too late
'Cause nobody's going to save us
We're a rubbernecker's dream
We're burning gasoline
Go
Take your economy car and your suitcase
Take your psycho little dogs
Take it all away
And go
Go ahead and destroy this
Better come with an army
Are you feeling, feeling okay, baby?
Uh huh
Na na
Na na, na na, na
Na na, na na, na na, na na, na na
Take your economy car and your suitcase
Take your psycho little dogs
Take it all away
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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 think it goes like this- she's ready to walk out of the relationship so he's saying "Fine, go. Go ahead and leave." But then when he says "Better come with an army" it's like he's not asking her to go or making her go, he's challenging her to go- you can try to destroy this but I'm gonna fight for it, you know?
The part about the economy car and the psycho little dogs is so oddly specific. There is something really eerie about this song that I just can't place.