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?
Look at me
Stand up straight
Interrupt the things that don't make
Any sense at all
Any sense at all
Don't take long
Now it's gone
In between the lines and spaces
Now that it's been said
Face is turning red
You get so tired all the time
And I get so wired all the time
But you keep asking why
You're my only hope
Hold me up, stand me up straight
My only hope
Is it just a subtle joke
My only hope
Press the bruise
Beg or choose
Feelin' like a shadow
Of my former self again
Broken badly bent
Cut my nose off my face
In spite of myself
There must be something in the way
Something in the way
You get so tired all the time
And I get so wired all the time
But you keep asking why, I won't comply
I can't deny
You're my only hope
Hold me up, stand me up straight
My only hope
Is it just a subtle joke
My only hope
With a secret smile
On an empty stomach
And the fish bowl feel
That you get for nothing
When you tie it on
And it pulls you under
Goin' down the drain
Is it all for nothing?
You're my only hope
Hold me up, stand me up straight
My only hope
Is it just a subtle joke
My only hope
You're my only hope
Hold me up, stand me up straight
My only hope
Is it just a subtle joke
My only hope
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
Stand up straight
Interrupt the things that don't make
Any sense at all
Any sense at all
Don't take long
Now it's gone
In between the lines and spaces
Now that it's been said
Face is turning red
You get so tired all the time
And I get so wired all the time
But you keep asking why
You're my only hope
Hold me up, stand me up straight
My only hope
Is it just a subtle joke
My only hope
Press the bruise
Beg or choose
Feelin' like a shadow
Of my former self again
Broken badly bent
Cut my nose off my face
In spite of myself
There must be something in the way
Something in the way
You get so tired all the time
And I get so wired all the time
But you keep asking why, I won't comply
I can't deny
You're my only hope
Hold me up, stand me up straight
My only hope
Is it just a subtle joke
My only hope
With a secret smile
On an empty stomach
And the fish bowl feel
That you get for nothing
When you tie it on
And it pulls you under
Goin' down the drain
Is it all for nothing?
You're my only hope
Hold me up, stand me up straight
My only hope
Is it just a subtle joke
My only hope
You're my only hope
Hold me up, stand me up straight
My only hope
Is it just a subtle joke
My only hope
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
There's somethin' in the way
Lyrics submitted by hellfirecan
My Only Hope Lyrics as written by Terry Sawchuk Jason Miller
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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