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?
How I survived the massacre
I'll never understand
I fought as hard and strong as any other man
Yet I return as hero
And they return as ghosts
A heavy burden on the hearts of those they love the most
Take me
Back to the place where I used to be
Before I lost a lifetime
Show me
All of the love that I used to see
In the eyes of the lonely lover of mine
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
Now my reward is peace and quiet
Of both I'm never sure
The sound of silence scares me senseless
Ever since the war
I drink away my memories
Too vivid to be told
The hollow heart I carry now is no good for my soul
So take me
Back to the place where I used to be
Before I lived a lifetime
Show me
All of the love that I used to see
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine, yes
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
Take me
Back to the place where I used to be
Before I lived a lifetime
Show me
All of the love that I used to see
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine, yes
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
I'll never understand
I fought as hard and strong as any other man
Yet I return as hero
And they return as ghosts
A heavy burden on the hearts of those they love the most
Take me
Back to the place where I used to be
Before I lost a lifetime
Show me
All of the love that I used to see
In the eyes of the lonely lover of mine
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
Now my reward is peace and quiet
Of both I'm never sure
The sound of silence scares me senseless
Ever since the war
I drink away my memories
Too vivid to be told
The hollow heart I carry now is no good for my soul
So take me
Back to the place where I used to be
Before I lived a lifetime
Show me
All of the love that I used to see
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine, yes
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
Take me
Back to the place where I used to be
Before I lived a lifetime
Show me
All of the love that I used to see
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine, yes
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
Lyrics submitted by Dasgupta
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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This reminds me a great novel by E.Hemingway, "farewell to arms"
The song shows that a soldier has come back to his motherland and it seems they won the war.but as all we should know, war has no real winner he say that now he scares of all thing and just regret the past.dreadfully and desperately he wishes to go back where there was no war but...
So sad...
Peace...