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?
She grew up with the Rolling Stones
Playing through her stereo phone
She lies in the bed
Wishing she was there at the show
Her daddy come home screaming again
Her mama fights back but she can't win
Daddy's little girl
The daughter of a street fighting man
She sings angels are coming to save me
Angels are coming to see me through
So take me away on your jet plane
Take me around the world
Cause ain't that what angels do
Ten years down the road
She got a job that she can't hold
She married to a man
He ain't worth a damn and she knows
She cries as she packs her bag
Finds and old record to scratch
She rolls though the den
Put's it on and spins to the past
She sings angels are coming to save me
Angels are coming to see me through
So take me away on your jet plane
Take me around the world
Cause ain't that what angels do
All right, yeaaaaaa
Yeaaaaaah
Angels are coming to save me
Angels are coming to see me through
So take me away on your jet plane
Take me around the world
Cause ain't that what angels do
She grew up with the Rolling Stones
Playing through her stereo phone
She lies in the bed
Wishing she was there at the show
Playing through her stereo phone
She lies in the bed
Wishing she was there at the show
Her daddy come home screaming again
Her mama fights back but she can't win
Daddy's little girl
The daughter of a street fighting man
She sings angels are coming to save me
Angels are coming to see me through
So take me away on your jet plane
Take me around the world
Cause ain't that what angels do
Ten years down the road
She got a job that she can't hold
She married to a man
He ain't worth a damn and she knows
She cries as she packs her bag
Finds and old record to scratch
She rolls though the den
Put's it on and spins to the past
She sings angels are coming to save me
Angels are coming to see me through
So take me away on your jet plane
Take me around the world
Cause ain't that what angels do
All right, yeaaaaaa
Yeaaaaaah
Angels are coming to save me
Angels are coming to see me through
So take me away on your jet plane
Take me around the world
Cause ain't that what angels do
She grew up with the Rolling Stones
Playing through her stereo phone
She lies in the bed
Wishing she was there at the show
Lyrics submitted by ChubbyHuggs
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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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Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Lyrics are not all right - should be She grew up with the Rolling Stones Playing through her stereo phone She lies in the bed Wishing she was there AT the show
Her daddy come HOME screaming again Her mama fights BACK but she can't win Daddy's little girl The daughter of a street fighting man
She sings angels are coming to save me Angels are coming to see me through So take me away on your jet PLANE Take me around the world Cause ain't that what angels do
Ten years down the road She got a job that she can't hold She married to a man He ain't worth a damn and she knows
She cries as she packs her bag FINDS AN OLD RECORD to scratch She rolls though the den Puts it on AND SPINS THROUGH the past
She sings angels are coming to save me Angels are coming to see me through So take me away on your jet PLANE Take me around the world Cause ain't that what angels do
All right, yeaaaaaa Yeaaaaaah
Angels are coming to save me Angels are coming to see me through So take me away on your jet PLANE Take me around the world Cause ain't that what angels do
She grew up with the Rolling Stones Playing through her stereo phone She lies in the bed Wishing she was there AT the show
Lyrics are not all right - should be She grew up with the Rolling Stones Playing through her stereo phone She lies in the bed Wishing she was there AT the show
Her daddy come HOME screaming again Her mama fights BACK but she can't win Daddy's little girl The daughter of a street fighting man
She sings angels are coming to save me Angels are coming to see me through So take me away on your jet PLANE Take me around the world Cause ain't that what angels do
Ten years down the road She got a job that she can't hold She married to a man He ain't worth a damn and she knows
She cries as she packs her bag FINDS AN OLD RECORD to scratch She rolls though the den Puts it on AND SPINS THROUGH the past
She sings angels are coming to save me Angels are coming to see me through So take me away on your jet PLANE Take me around the world Cause ain't that what angels do
All right, yeaaaaaa Yeaaaaaah
Angels are coming to save me Angels are coming to see me through So take me away on your jet PLANE Take me around the world Cause ain't that what angels do
She grew up with the Rolling Stones Playing through her stereo phone She lies in the bed Wishing she was there AT the show
Thanks, I did most of these lyrics by ear in the middle of the night, so I was pretty sure most of them came out wrong. Then I just copy and pasted my choruses over, because I'm lazy.