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?
I want you to remember
A love so full it could send us all ways
I want you to surrender
All my feelings rose today
And I want you to remain
The power of children can amaze
I'll try not to complain
I know that's a pisser baby
The chemicals between us
The walls that lie between us
Lying in this bed
The chemicals displaced
There is no lonelier place
Than lying in this bed
I want you to remember
Everything you said
Every driven word
Like a hammer, held, to my head
The chemicals between us
There is no lonelier place
Then lying in this bed
The chemicals displaced
There is no lonelier place
Than lying in this bed
The chemicals between us
The chemicals between us
Lying in this bed
We're of the hollow men
We are the naked ones
We never meant you harm
Never meant you wrong
I'd like to thank
All of my lovers, lovers, lovers
The chemicals between us
The army of achievers
Lying in this bed
The chemicals displaced
There is no lonelier face
Than lying in this bed
The chemicals between us
The chemicals between us
The chemicals
The chemicals between us
A love so full it could send us all ways
I want you to surrender
All my feelings rose today
And I want you to remain
The power of children can amaze
I'll try not to complain
I know that's a pisser baby
The chemicals between us
The walls that lie between us
Lying in this bed
The chemicals displaced
There is no lonelier place
Than lying in this bed
I want you to remember
Everything you said
Every driven word
Like a hammer, held, to my head
The chemicals between us
There is no lonelier place
Then lying in this bed
The chemicals displaced
There is no lonelier place
Than lying in this bed
The chemicals between us
The chemicals between us
Lying in this bed
We're of the hollow men
We are the naked ones
We never meant you harm
Never meant you wrong
I'd like to thank
All of my lovers, lovers, lovers
The chemicals between us
The army of achievers
Lying in this bed
The chemicals displaced
There is no lonelier face
Than lying in this bed
The chemicals between us
The chemicals between us
The chemicals
The chemicals between us
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The Chemicals Between Us Lyrics as written by Gavin Rossdale
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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.
The song is about the difference between love and lust. He talks about two different partners. The first partner. "All my feelings rose today" his feelings rose after he saw her, he is physically attracted to her. "The chemicals between us" the hormones they each give off. "The walls that lie between us Lying in this bed" after they have sex they don't have anything to say to each other because they only have that physical connection. "The chemicals displaced There is no lonelier place Than lying in this bed" the chemicals are different after they get past the lust. There is no lonelier place then the bed, because they don't not feel a connection with a human other then through sex.
The second partner. "I want you to remember Everything you said Every driven word Like a hammer, held, to my head" he finally found love but she isn't ready for it and dumps him. He is hurt from the break up. "The chemicals between us There is no lonelier place Then lying in this bed " the girl isn't there anymore he misses he human connection they had. "The chemicals displaced There is no lonelier place Than lying in this bed" the chemicals changed.
"We're of the hollow men" We are the naked ones" we are the men who don't feel and don't care about love, but we are the ones that are "naked" and vulnerable when they can not have a human connection. "We never meant you harm Never meant you wrong" he apologizes and says he never meant to hurt them but he now realizes that it was for the best that the events occurred as they did. "I'd like to thank All of my lovers, lovers, lovers" he wants to thank all of this lovers for opening his eyes.