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?
The footprints over the snow
The fabric of all the lonely
C-Covering only
The fables and hands
The rest is out in the cold
Holding the last of the season
F-f-f-freezin' yeah
My, my, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice
We're walkin' into the fields
We're walkin' into the forest
The moon is before us
Up above
We're holdin' hands in the rain
S-sayin' words like I love you
D-d-do you love me? Yeah
My, my, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice
Mother Mary heard us approaching her door
Although we didn't make a sound
There's nothing like finding gold
Within the rocks hard and cold
I'm so surprised to find more
Always surprised to find more
I won't look back anymore
I left the people that do
It's not the chase that I love
It's me following you
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice
My, my heart like a kick drum
The fabric of all the lonely
C-Covering only
The fables and hands
The rest is out in the cold
Holding the last of the season
F-f-f-freezin' yeah
My, my, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice
We're walkin' into the fields
We're walkin' into the forest
The moon is before us
Up above
We're holdin' hands in the rain
S-sayin' words like I love you
D-d-do you love me? Yeah
My, my, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice
Mother Mary heard us approaching her door
Although we didn't make a sound
There's nothing like finding gold
Within the rocks hard and cold
I'm so surprised to find more
Always surprised to find more
I won't look back anymore
I left the people that do
It's not the chase that I love
It's me following you
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my heart like a kick drum
My, my love like a voice
My, my heart like a kick drum
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