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?
Was it more than attraction and a physical lust?
Her loins, my imagination, that first inconceivable touch
That I was planning er, I mean wishing
How embarrassed I'd been if you'd knew what I was thinking
And woah when it started, my first thought was love
Not just lust, 'cause when I heard you speak I felt warm
In the evening I saw you, you were warming your face up
Your hair covered your face up
I was acting indifferent at the merch booth putting on makeup
We met up at a party in a swamp on a yacht
I spun the helm but we were docked
I crossed my fingers but I didn't beg
'Cause I knew you knew
'Cause I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew it
But I figured desperate guys never had a chance with you
I figured desperate guys never had a chance with you
Close to you wishing we're conjoined at the tongue
Can you hear me thinking? I should stop
I crossed my fingers but I didn't beg
'Cause I knew you knew
'Cause I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew it
But I figured desperate guys never had a chance
I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew it
But I figured desperate guys never had a chance with you
I figured desperate guys never had a chance with you
I knew that desperate guys would never have a chance with you
I knew you knew I liked you, I knew you knew it
I knew you knew I liked you, I knew you knew it
Her loins, my imagination, that first inconceivable touch
That I was planning er, I mean wishing
How embarrassed I'd been if you'd knew what I was thinking
And woah when it started, my first thought was love
Not just lust, 'cause when I heard you speak I felt warm
In the evening I saw you, you were warming your face up
Your hair covered your face up
I was acting indifferent at the merch booth putting on makeup
We met up at a party in a swamp on a yacht
I spun the helm but we were docked
I crossed my fingers but I didn't beg
'Cause I knew you knew
'Cause I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew it
But I figured desperate guys never had a chance with you
I figured desperate guys never had a chance with you
Close to you wishing we're conjoined at the tongue
Can you hear me thinking? I should stop
I crossed my fingers but I didn't beg
'Cause I knew you knew
'Cause I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew it
But I figured desperate guys never had a chance
I knew you knew I liked you
I knew you knew it
But I figured desperate guys never had a chance with you
I figured desperate guys never had a chance with you
I knew that desperate guys would never have a chance with you
I knew you knew I liked you, I knew you knew it
I knew you knew I liked you, I knew you knew it
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this is best song by far!
I love the Faint, and I often feel EXACTLY like the guy in this song.
I figured desperate guys never had a chance with you
I love the indifference to keeping the vocals in time with the music.
yea great song.....
"i was acting indifferent at the merch booth putting on makeup"
Heh, I love that part.
it's not "our eyes from the album were dots".
it's i spun the helm but we were docked.
great song.
HAHA i wish it was "our eyes from the album were dots"
that gives me the most fucked up mental image ever.
anyway. i like this song. i'm seeing them monday with bright eyes in cleveland.
these guys were great live. I saw them at coachella and they blew me away. this song is one of my favorites.
!!!!!!!!! AMAZING
totally catchy.. loving it