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?
The red poison of your lips
The red poison of your eyes
Is where I kissed the blood from
Just that corner of your mouth where I can see the
White of your smile
Up to my neck
When I'm breathing without you
Without you
Up to my eyes
And I'm seeing without you
Without you
We'll start a fire
And burn some bridges
And make it out of here tonight
We need some leverage
We can't seem to open up
The locks are far too tight
And the chains are far too strong
Far too strong
Up to my eyes
When I'm seeing without you, without you
Up to my heart
When I'm bleeding without you, without you
We'll start a fire
And burn some bridges
And make it out of here tonight
Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
With a hundred thousand lights
Timing as everything will
With a hundred thousand lights
Timing, timing is everything to me
Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
It's everything, it's everything
Timing is everything, it's everything
The red poison of your eyes
Is where I kissed the blood from
Just that corner of your mouth where I can see the
White of your smile
Up to my neck
When I'm breathing without you
Without you
Up to my eyes
And I'm seeing without you
Without you
We'll start a fire
And burn some bridges
And make it out of here tonight
We need some leverage
We can't seem to open up
The locks are far too tight
And the chains are far too strong
Far too strong
Up to my eyes
When I'm seeing without you, without you
Up to my heart
When I'm bleeding without you, without you
We'll start a fire
And burn some bridges
And make it out of here tonight
Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
With a hundred thousand lights
Timing as everything will
With a hundred thousand lights
Timing, timing is everything to me
Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
It's everything, it's everything
Timing is everything, it's everything
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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Techno Ted
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Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
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This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
This is one of my favorite songs by them, because it's amazing. I think it is about a relationship being over and getting along with out the person.
I love this song.