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?
What were you thinking-Years ago
When you did what you did-And said I didn't know
Well I'm here now-My only chance gone
Seems funny to me-How you've changed your song
(Chorus) But you can't take back-The things you said
And you can't take back-The things you did
Strange how you change-When you get older
Funny how the past-Comes back to haunt you
You had the support-And the support was you
I tried to make it work-I wish you had tried too
Like a Dali abstract-It was all fucked up
Now I'm dyin' in the gutter-Down on my luck
(Chorus)
Stop what you're doing-and think for a minute-If only for a moment-Its better than nothing-And you'll see that we've got something-Won't you see- That we've got something
(Chorus)
Maybe someday-We can heal the wounds
I'd like to think- Tha we could do that soon
Times have changed-The good times gone
But we can make it work-If we'll admit we're wrong-Yeah
(Chorus x2)
When you did what you did-And said I didn't know
Well I'm here now-My only chance gone
Seems funny to me-How you've changed your song
(Chorus) But you can't take back-The things you said
And you can't take back-The things you did
Strange how you change-When you get older
Funny how the past-Comes back to haunt you
You had the support-And the support was you
I tried to make it work-I wish you had tried too
Like a Dali abstract-It was all fucked up
Now I'm dyin' in the gutter-Down on my luck
(Chorus)
Stop what you're doing-and think for a minute-If only for a moment-Its better than nothing-And you'll see that we've got something-Won't you see- That we've got something
(Chorus)
Maybe someday-We can heal the wounds
I'd like to think- Tha we could do that soon
Times have changed-The good times gone
But we can make it work-If we'll admit we're wrong-Yeah
(Chorus x2)
Lyrics submitted by antiheropunk
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