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?
Found a place where I can be
All the things I want you to see
Take my head into your hands
'Cause I come to you from another land
And I don't need to know your
Favorite aunt's name
And I don't need to know what
Woman's felt the same
And I don't need to see you
Every single day
But I'd like to
Break my heart back into place
'Cause I've come to understand you more lately
And I've found a man inside your chest
Some will tear him up and I'll lay him to rest
Rest
And I don't need to know the
Details of your past
And I don't need to know when
You thought of me last
And I don't have to say if
I'm the sail then you're the mast
And we've caught a good wind, the mast
Because you know me more than any before
'Cause you found the clues between me and you
You know me more than any before
'Cause you found the clues between me and you
All the things I want you to see
Take my head into your hands
'Cause I come to you from another land
And I don't need to know your
Favorite aunt's name
And I don't need to know what
Woman's felt the same
And I don't need to see you
Every single day
But I'd like to
Break my heart back into place
'Cause I've come to understand you more lately
And I've found a man inside your chest
Some will tear him up and I'll lay him to rest
Rest
And I don't need to know the
Details of your past
And I don't need to know when
You thought of me last
And I don't have to say if
I'm the sail then you're the mast
And we've caught a good wind, the mast
Because you know me more than any before
'Cause you found the clues between me and you
You know me more than any before
'Cause you found the clues between me and you
Lyrics submitted by myslumberingheart
The Mast Lyrics as written by Leslie Feist
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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this song's so prettyyyyy. i think it's pretty straight-forward.
i love this song. does anyone know where to get the cd that has this song on it? The Monarch i think its called... something like that. i can't find it anywhere i look. and my mom would kill me if i bought something off of ebay ahahha
This song makes my heart drop, it's so beautiful.
It's so soothing and lyrical. :) Love the poetryy. And most of the lines are true for me.
i looove how the guitar builds up. and everything else about this song too.. and rose it is called Monarch, but it went out of print a while ago. so the only copies you can get are used or off the internet. maybe they'll do a re-release some day.
i think this is maybe the most beautiful feist song ever. gorgeous.