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?
From my seat I see the fields move by,
Coulours strong, it's been a long, long time.
It's the first time I see summer on the Westhill.
I lean back and let my eyes just go
Floating now where they want to float.
They seem to take to the horizon.
Now I know there is a world beyond
The small place I was coming from.
I feel at home here in the middle of nowhere.
I will never know the names
Of these places that I travel through
To reach the coastline-
I've been told I will be there in time.
Please oceancloud,
Let there be no storm on the crossing below.
Coulours strong, it's been a long, long time.
It's the first time I see summer on the Westhill.
I lean back and let my eyes just go
Floating now where they want to float.
They seem to take to the horizon.
Now I know there is a world beyond
The small place I was coming from.
I feel at home here in the middle of nowhere.
I will never know the names
Of these places that I travel through
To reach the coastline-
I've been told I will be there in time.
Please oceancloud,
Let there be no storm on the crossing below.
Lyrics submitted by BlackEyedAngels
Summer on the Westhill Lyrics as written by Erlend Otre Oeye Eirik Glambek Boe
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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