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 saw you sitting at the center of a circle
Everybody
Everybody wanted something from you
I saw you sitting there
I saw you swaying to the rhythm of the music
Caught you playing
Caught you praying to the voice inside you
I saw you swaying there
I don't care what you want to be
I go back so far, I'm in front of me
It doesn't matter what they say
They're giving the game away, hey, hey
I can see the world tonight
Look into the future
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
I heard you listening to a secret conversation
You were crying
You were trying not to let them hear you
I heard you listening in
Never mind what they want to do
You got a right to your point of view
It doesn't matter what they say
They're giving the game away, hey, hey
I can see the world tonight
Look into the future
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
(I can see the world tonight)
I saw you hiding from a flock of paparazzi
You were hoping
You were hoping that the ground would swallow you
I saw you hiding there
I don't care what you want to be
I go back so far, I'm in front of me
It doesn't matter what they say
They're giving the game away, hey, hey
I can see the world tonight
Look into the future
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
Look into the future
I can see the world tonight
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
I can see the world tonight
Everybody
Everybody wanted something from you
I saw you sitting there
I saw you swaying to the rhythm of the music
Caught you playing
Caught you praying to the voice inside you
I saw you swaying there
I don't care what you want to be
I go back so far, I'm in front of me
It doesn't matter what they say
They're giving the game away, hey, hey
I can see the world tonight
Look into the future
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
I heard you listening to a secret conversation
You were crying
You were trying not to let them hear you
I heard you listening in
Never mind what they want to do
You got a right to your point of view
It doesn't matter what they say
They're giving the game away, hey, hey
I can see the world tonight
Look into the future
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
(I can see the world tonight)
I saw you hiding from a flock of paparazzi
You were hoping
You were hoping that the ground would swallow you
I saw you hiding there
I don't care what you want to be
I go back so far, I'm in front of me
It doesn't matter what they say
They're giving the game away, hey, hey
I can see the world tonight
Look into the future
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
Look into the future
I can see the world tonight
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
I can see the world tonight
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
The World Tonight Lyrics as written by Paul Mccartney
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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