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?
Car crash East side of town,
The waters deep here you can feel your own Strength fading,
You're beginning to let go,
The bubbles rise as we go down,
Underwater, overwhelmed,
Can't fight the current here It's starting to take hold
But high above me I can see the surface now,
The picture perfect life is fading out of view,
And high above me I can feel the world,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
I just need you,
I just need you
Then you grow colder like a dream,
I can't believe the practical things,
They're always out of reach,
And I know you're not really here,
These visions fly so quickly on the edge,
They're starting to take hold
But high above me I can see the surface now,
The picture perfect life is fading out of view,
And high above me I can feel the world,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
Won't you help me with this loneliness?
'Cause I don't know what's wrong or right,
Underneath the truth,
Won't you help me with this bitterness,
'Cause I can't seem to walk outside
Car crash East side of town,
The waters deep here I can feel your own Strength fading,
You're beginning to let go,
The bubbles rise as we go down,
Underwater, overwhelmed,
Can't fight the current here It's starting to take hold
But high above me I can see the surface now,
The picture perfect life is fading out of view,
And high above me I can feel the world,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
I just need you,
I just need you,
I just need you,
I just need you.
The waters deep here you can feel your own Strength fading,
You're beginning to let go,
The bubbles rise as we go down,
Underwater, overwhelmed,
Can't fight the current here It's starting to take hold
But high above me I can see the surface now,
The picture perfect life is fading out of view,
And high above me I can feel the world,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
I just need you,
I just need you
Then you grow colder like a dream,
I can't believe the practical things,
They're always out of reach,
And I know you're not really here,
These visions fly so quickly on the edge,
They're starting to take hold
But high above me I can see the surface now,
The picture perfect life is fading out of view,
And high above me I can feel the world,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
Won't you help me with this loneliness?
'Cause I don't know what's wrong or right,
Underneath the truth,
Won't you help me with this bitterness,
'Cause I can't seem to walk outside
Car crash East side of town,
The waters deep here I can feel your own Strength fading,
You're beginning to let go,
The bubbles rise as we go down,
Underwater, overwhelmed,
Can't fight the current here It's starting to take hold
But high above me I can see the surface now,
The picture perfect life is fading out of view,
And high above me I can feel the world,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
But I don't need it,
I just need you,
I just need you,
I just need you,
I just need you.
Lyrics submitted by jenniwilliams
Surfacing Lyrics as written by David Usher
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Okay i think the guy in the song was in a car crash and he's drowning. Then again the car crash and drowning could just be a metaphor for life getting you down. But I think he means it literally. So hes drowning but he doesn't care. Life is meaningless to him and he doesn't want it and he doesn't need it. All he needs is this one person. If he does live this person is the only reason why.