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?
When I look around at all my friends
And I think of what I said to them
And I guess for once I can't pretend
So I hold my breath
What a perfect chance to start again
Through the TV set, we don't need it
And I guess for once I can't pretend
So I hold my breath, whoa oh oh oh
When I look around and I am not at home
From the TV set, you're not alone
And I guess for once I got no regrets
So I hold my breath
Stop looking out for someone else
When you are inside there is no reason
And I guess for once I can't pretend
So I hold my breath, so I hold my breath
Take some money from the joint account
I know, I know I know I am running out but
I found a woman in a photograph
Good guess, good guess, good guess so
I hold my breath
Take some money from the joint account
I know, I know I know I am running out but
I found a woman in a photograph
Good guess, good guess, good guess so
I hold my breath
Take some money from the joint account
I know, I know I know I am running out but
I found a woman in a photograph
Good guess, good guess, good guess so
I hold my breath
Take some money from the joint account
I know, I know I know I am running out but
I found a woman in a photograph
Good guess, good guess, good guess so
I hold my breath
Take some money from the joint account
I know, I know I know I am running out but
I found a woman in a photograph
Good guess, good guess, good guess so I
And I think of what I said to them
And I guess for once I can't pretend
So I hold my breath
What a perfect chance to start again
Through the TV set, we don't need it
And I guess for once I can't pretend
So I hold my breath, whoa oh oh oh
When I look around and I am not at home
From the TV set, you're not alone
And I guess for once I got no regrets
So I hold my breath
Stop looking out for someone else
When you are inside there is no reason
And I guess for once I can't pretend
So I hold my breath, so I hold my breath
Take some money from the joint account
I know, I know I know I am running out but
I found a woman in a photograph
Good guess, good guess, good guess so
I hold my breath
Take some money from the joint account
I know, I know I know I am running out but
I found a woman in a photograph
Good guess, good guess, good guess so
I hold my breath
Take some money from the joint account
I know, I know I know I am running out but
I found a woman in a photograph
Good guess, good guess, good guess so
I hold my breath
Take some money from the joint account
I know, I know I know I am running out but
I found a woman in a photograph
Good guess, good guess, good guess so
I hold my breath
Take some money from the joint account
I know, I know I know I am running out but
I found a woman in a photograph
Good guess, good guess, good guess so I
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Just a lyric edit: In the second verse, the first 'chains' is meant to be 'trains' (could have sworn I'd written it right when I typed it up originally)!