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 cross the oceans
I cross the seas
I cross the mountains
Like a newer disease
I cross the borders
I cross the line
Never tell, see the light
Till the end of time
I've seen the canyons
I've seen the cities
I've seen the prisons
Takes such pity
When it comes to you
When it come to me
It's just money
Set's you free
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
Take a look at the earth, from a plane
You'll see the earth, cut up and plain
Take a look at L.A., from the sky
What you see, should make you cry
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I am my cancer
I'm the scum of the earth...
I am my cancer
I'm the scum of the earth...
I am my cancer
I'm the scum of the earth...
I am my cancer
I'm the scum of the earth...
I am humanity
I am humanity
I am humanity
I am humanity
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
I cross the seas
I cross the mountains
Like a newer disease
I cross the borders
I cross the line
Never tell, see the light
Till the end of time
I've seen the canyons
I've seen the cities
I've seen the prisons
Takes such pity
When it comes to you
When it come to me
It's just money
Set's you free
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
Take a look at the earth, from a plane
You'll see the earth, cut up and plain
Take a look at L.A., from the sky
What you see, should make you cry
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I'm the scum of the earth...
I am my cancer
I'm the scum of the earth...
I am my cancer
I'm the scum of the earth...
I am my cancer
I'm the scum of the earth...
I am my cancer
I'm the scum of the earth...
I am humanity
I am humanity
I am humanity
I am humanity
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
hey my children...
What seems important, won't last forever
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Cancer Lyrics as written by Richard Michael Patrick
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