Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
Get your kicks in the edge of the sky
Twenty miles up from the borderline
Feel the rush as your body drops through the air
Take a step right into space
Take the blast right in your face
Ya tumbling down, down towards the ground
Time has come, paid your dues
Take a chance, light the fuse
Step right up, stand in line
In thirty seconds time
Your at terminal velocity
Terminal velocity
Adrenaline rush on a maximum high
Thirty thousand feet to the end of the line
Ya screaming down towards the world below
Push yourself out dive into air
Take a leap the devil may care
Ya ride the wind across the open sky
Time has come, paid your dues
Take a chance, light the fuse
Step right up, stand in line
In thirty seconds time
Your at terminal velocity
At terminal velocity
Terminal velocity
Time has come, paid your dues
Take a chance, light the fuse
Step right up, stand in line
In thirty seconds time
Your at terminal velocity
Terminal velocity
Get your kicks in the edge of the sky
Twenty miles up from the borderline
Feel the rush as your body drops through the air
Take a step right into space
Take the blast right in your face
Ya tumbling down, down towards the ground
Time has come, paid your dues
Take a chance, light the fuse
Step right up, stand in line
In thirty seconds time
Your at terminal velocity
At terminal velocity
Terminal velocity
Terminal velocity
Twenty miles up from the borderline
Feel the rush as your body drops through the air
Take a step right into space
Take the blast right in your face
Ya tumbling down, down towards the ground
Time has come, paid your dues
Take a chance, light the fuse
Step right up, stand in line
In thirty seconds time
Your at terminal velocity
Terminal velocity
Adrenaline rush on a maximum high
Thirty thousand feet to the end of the line
Ya screaming down towards the world below
Push yourself out dive into air
Take a leap the devil may care
Ya ride the wind across the open sky
Time has come, paid your dues
Take a chance, light the fuse
Step right up, stand in line
In thirty seconds time
Your at terminal velocity
At terminal velocity
Terminal velocity
Time has come, paid your dues
Take a chance, light the fuse
Step right up, stand in line
In thirty seconds time
Your at terminal velocity
Terminal velocity
Get your kicks in the edge of the sky
Twenty miles up from the borderline
Feel the rush as your body drops through the air
Take a step right into space
Take the blast right in your face
Ya tumbling down, down towards the ground
Time has come, paid your dues
Take a chance, light the fuse
Step right up, stand in line
In thirty seconds time
Your at terminal velocity
At terminal velocity
Terminal velocity
Terminal velocity
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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.
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