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?
Sink the eight ball
Buy the lady a drink
And nobody knows my name
Bodies float up
From the bottom of the river
Like bubbles in fine champagne
He's the one, no doubt
Walkin' on a tightrope
He's the one, no doubt
Got a gash on my head
And a grin on my face
And a shadow called danger
Hidin' in the sheets and on the streets
In the heart of every stranger
Here he comes, look out
We're depending on you
Here he comes, look out
(Hey)
Sweat on the brow and a tap on the phone
And lives are on the line
Pick up the briefcase
On a high speed chase
Breathin' by the roll of the dice
Reachin' up to the top
Teach the world a lesson
Reachin' up to the top
In regards to my usage of the drug
It modified my personality
To the extent that I was highly irritable
I was like a crack Hitler
Keep up the fight
And in the wink of an eye (never give up)
Oh ah look out
Buy the lady a drink
And nobody knows my name
Bodies float up
From the bottom of the river
Like bubbles in fine champagne
He's the one, no doubt
Walkin' on a tightrope
He's the one, no doubt
Got a gash on my head
And a grin on my face
And a shadow called danger
Hidin' in the sheets and on the streets
In the heart of every stranger
Here he comes, look out
We're depending on you
Here he comes, look out
(Hey)
Sweat on the brow and a tap on the phone
And lives are on the line
Pick up the briefcase
On a high speed chase
Breathin' by the roll of the dice
Reachin' up to the top
Teach the world a lesson
Reachin' up to the top
In regards to my usage of the drug
It modified my personality
To the extent that I was highly irritable
I was like a crack Hitler
Keep up the fight
And in the wink of an eye (never give up)
Oh ah look out
Lyrics submitted by jt, edited by QueenBithynia
Crack Hitler Lyrics as written by James Blanco Martin Bill Gould
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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I noticed similarities between the bass/drum pattern in the first part of "Crack Hitler" and the bass/drum pattern in "Heritage" from Bill Laswell\'s band Material. (However there are different versions of this Material song and the bass cannot be heard on all of them. I am referring to the version on "Temporary Music".) \n\nHowever, I guess that arrangement is something you\'d come with very easily during a jam session, so I don\'t want to imply that i Billy Gould stole that bassline from Bill Laswell.