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.
So if you're lonely
You know I'm here waiting for you
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot away from you
And if you leave here
You leave me broken, shattered, I lie
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot, then we can die
Ahh-ahh-ah
I know I won't be leaving here with you
I say, "Don't you know?"
You say you don't know
I say, "Take me out"
I say, "You don't show"
Don't move, time is slow
I say, "Take me out"
I say, "You don't know"
You say you don't go
I say, "Take me out"
If I move, this could die
If eyes move, this could die
I want you to take me out
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here with you
I say, "Don't you know?"
You say you don't know
I say, "Take me out"
If I wane, this could die
If I wait, this could die
I want you to take me out
If I move, this could die
Eyes move, this can die
Come on, take me out
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here with you
You know I'm here waiting for you
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot away from you
And if you leave here
You leave me broken, shattered, I lie
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot, then we can die
Ahh-ahh-ah
I know I won't be leaving here with you
I say, "Don't you know?"
You say you don't know
I say, "Take me out"
I say, "You don't show"
Don't move, time is slow
I say, "Take me out"
I say, "You don't know"
You say you don't go
I say, "Take me out"
If I move, this could die
If eyes move, this could die
I want you to take me out
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here with you
I say, "Don't you know?"
You say you don't know
I say, "Take me out"
If I wane, this could die
If I wait, this could die
I want you to take me out
If I move, this could die
Eyes move, this can die
Come on, take me out
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here with you
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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?
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reading back on the comments, i agree that it's shit when underground bands you love get really famous, but as long as you continue to enjoy the music and what the band stands for, just be happy for them. few bands start out wanting to remain unheard of. and it's not exactly new fan's fault if they only heard of the band when they got radio plays, i hate it when you don't get considered a true fan unless you've been there since the beginning.
anyway, i think i prefer the biffy clyro version of this. i think it translates the lyrics more meaningfully?