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?
There's so much more about you that you never let them see
You turn away
But not to me
And I know how they tried to take you
Held you up and meant to break you down
But you can't be
For so long I tried to reach you
I know I'm almost there
I'm close enough for you to see
You've been hiding in the shadows
Have you forgotten how we used to dream
Let me remind you
The light doesn't blind you at all
It just helps you see
Can you see
Yeah, you have become
Yeah, you have become beautiful
And I can't be the stranger that's been sleeping in your bed
Just turn around
And come to me
I feel all the pain inside
And everything you-ve been denied you feel
It's all you feel
You've been hiding in the shadows
Have you forgotten how we used to dream
But let me remind you
The light doesn't blind you at all
It just helps you see
Can you see
Yeah, you have become
Yeah, you have become beautiful
Yeah, you have become
Yeah, you have become beautiful
Brush back your hair and look around you
Feeling like the truth has found you here
You're here with me
Let love become the mirror
With no fear where you're from
You have become
Yeah, you have become
Beautiful
You turn away
But not to me
And I know how they tried to take you
Held you up and meant to break you down
But you can't be
For so long I tried to reach you
I know I'm almost there
I'm close enough for you to see
You've been hiding in the shadows
Have you forgotten how we used to dream
Let me remind you
The light doesn't blind you at all
It just helps you see
Can you see
Yeah, you have become
Yeah, you have become beautiful
And I can't be the stranger that's been sleeping in your bed
Just turn around
And come to me
I feel all the pain inside
And everything you-ve been denied you feel
It's all you feel
You've been hiding in the shadows
Have you forgotten how we used to dream
But let me remind you
The light doesn't blind you at all
It just helps you see
Can you see
Yeah, you have become
Yeah, you have become beautiful
Yeah, you have become
Yeah, you have become beautiful
Brush back your hair and look around you
Feeling like the truth has found you here
You're here with me
Let love become the mirror
With no fear where you're from
You have become
Yeah, you have become
Beautiful
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Become Lyrics as written by John Rzeznik Glen Ballard
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I think kdiddy33 is pretty spot on with this song. I definitely think that he loves this girl and he is wanting her to come back to him, because she left him, mentally. She's worked hard to get to the top and people tear her down over and over. She used to trust only him and come to him with all her problems but she's been broken so many times she isn't even going back to him for her crutch. She's stronger now and feels like she doesn't need him and their relationship is struggling. She's beautiful in the sense that she is strong and has gotten through it all, but at the same time he misses being her comfort and protector and wants her to come back to him. It's as if all the troubles she's fought through has made her lose her spirit and love and he wants her to see the light and learn to love again. She doesn't have to be so strong and fight away all the pain and disappointment because she has him and love is all that matters.
This is my all time fave song I personally think its about a girl who has been sexually abused for years and the guy is in love with her and is basically saying you dont have to feel dirty anymore because you have become beautiful and you dont have to fear me because im reaching out to you she has her defenses up and he is trying to get thru to her and he almost has...