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?
See all those people on the ground, wasting time
I try to hold it all inside, but just for tonight
Top of the world, sitting here wishing
The things I've become, but something is missing
Maybe I, (fuck) what do I know?
And now it seems that I have found, nothing at all
Want to hear your voice out loud, slow it down, slow it down
Without it all, I'm choking on nothing
It's clear in my head, that I'm screaming for something
Knowing nothing is better than knowing it all
On my own
On my own
On my own
On my own
On my own, yeah
On my own, yeah
Without it all, I'm choking on nothing
It's clear in my head, I'm screaming for something
Knowing nothing is better than knowing it all
On my own
On my own
On my own
On my own
I try to hold it all inside, but just for tonight
Top of the world, sitting here wishing
The things I've become, but something is missing
Maybe I, (fuck) what do I know?
And now it seems that I have found, nothing at all
Want to hear your voice out loud, slow it down, slow it down
Without it all, I'm choking on nothing
It's clear in my head, that I'm screaming for something
Knowing nothing is better than knowing it all
On my own
On my own
On my own
On my own
On my own, yeah
On my own, yeah
Without it all, I'm choking on nothing
It's clear in my head, I'm screaming for something
Knowing nothing is better than knowing it all
On my own
On my own
On my own
On my own
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I love this song so much. When Bert screams it seems to reverberate through my body, he seems so tortured.
This song makes me think of two different situatuions (depends of what mood I'm in)
(1) Someone just lost their lover. They are walking through the house they shared with that lover reminiscing about all the times they shared.
(2) Someone lonely who is always picked on and never paid attention to looking at all the couples, and feeling they are wasting their time, because love isn't real, or something to that matter.