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?
Hello, it's late
You know I've tried to stop the rain
Did you read about it?
Did you think about it?
Did you cry but nothing came?
Nothing matters again
I didn't think it'd last that long
But I'm just sittin' on this merry-go-round
And the music is too loud
It's just a game that we used to play
I didn't think we'd take it all the way
It kills me just because it can't be erased
We're married
Hello, it's late
I know we tried to win the game
Did you hear about it?
Did you dream about it?
I know you cried but nothing changed
Nothing matters again
I didn't think we'd last that long
But I'm just sittin' on this merry-go-round
And the music is too loud
It's just a game that we used to play
I didn't think we'd take it all the way
It kills me just because it can't be erased
We're married, married
But I'm just sittin' on this merry-go-round
And the music is too loud
It's just a game that we used to play
I didn't think we'd take it all the way
It kills me just because it can't be erased
We're married, married, married, married
You know I've tried to stop the rain
Did you read about it?
Did you think about it?
Did you cry but nothing came?
Nothing matters again
I didn't think it'd last that long
But I'm just sittin' on this merry-go-round
And the music is too loud
It's just a game that we used to play
I didn't think we'd take it all the way
It kills me just because it can't be erased
We're married
Hello, it's late
I know we tried to win the game
Did you hear about it?
Did you dream about it?
I know you cried but nothing changed
Nothing matters again
I didn't think we'd last that long
But I'm just sittin' on this merry-go-round
And the music is too loud
It's just a game that we used to play
I didn't think we'd take it all the way
It kills me just because it can't be erased
We're married, married
But I'm just sittin' on this merry-go-round
And the music is too loud
It's just a game that we used to play
I didn't think we'd take it all the way
It kills me just because it can't be erased
We're married, married, married, married
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33
Hello It's Late Lyrics as written by Robert Emile Deleo Dean Deleo
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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