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?
I swam to the bottom of the sea
For you
I climbed to the top of the trees
For you
I swam to the bottom of the sea
For you
I climbed to the top of the trees
For you
Farewell my lovely
Your face has shriveled up
In the heat of the sun
Yeah I said so long, bye to thee
No more of your ugly ways
And not a word to no one
I tried hard to be a different freak
For you
Oh I got up so early just for you
For you
Yeah I swam to the bottom of the sea
For you
I climbed to the top of the trees
For you
Farewell my lovely
No more of your ugly words
You little bitch
Yeah I said so long bye to thee
You don't know how much I hated your presence here
There is a sound
A dusty sound
That smothers 'round you
Tries to shroud your thinking somehow
And there's a heart, a broken heart
Inside it's molten rock
It split and ran down my chest
There is a sound, a dusty sound
That smothers when you
Tries to shroud your thinking somehow
There is a heart, a broken heart
Inside it's molten rock
It split and ran down my chest
I say well bye farewell so long to thee
And no more of you
You little witch
Oh I say farewell my lovely
You don't know how much I hated your presence here
Yeah I say so long, bye to thee
No more of your ugly ways and ugly words
Yeah I say bye, farewell, so long to thee
No more of you, you little witch
I swam to the bottom of the sea for you
I climbed to top of the trees
For you
For you
I climbed to the top of the trees
For you
I swam to the bottom of the sea
For you
I climbed to the top of the trees
For you
Farewell my lovely
Your face has shriveled up
In the heat of the sun
Yeah I said so long, bye to thee
No more of your ugly ways
And not a word to no one
I tried hard to be a different freak
For you
Oh I got up so early just for you
For you
Yeah I swam to the bottom of the sea
For you
I climbed to the top of the trees
For you
Farewell my lovely
No more of your ugly words
You little bitch
Yeah I said so long bye to thee
You don't know how much I hated your presence here
There is a sound
A dusty sound
That smothers 'round you
Tries to shroud your thinking somehow
And there's a heart, a broken heart
Inside it's molten rock
It split and ran down my chest
There is a sound, a dusty sound
That smothers when you
Tries to shroud your thinking somehow
There is a heart, a broken heart
Inside it's molten rock
It split and ran down my chest
I say well bye farewell so long to thee
And no more of you
You little witch
Oh I say farewell my lovely
You don't know how much I hated your presence here
Yeah I say so long, bye to thee
No more of your ugly ways and ugly words
Yeah I say bye, farewell, so long to thee
No more of you, you little witch
I swam to the bottom of the sea for you
I climbed to top of the trees
For you
Lyrics submitted by BuccaneerLouie
Bottom of the Sea Lyrics as written by Liela Rosemary Sadie Louise Moss Daniel Liam Higgins
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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