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?
The young stale memories of
Play the role to your part
Librarian, find me the pole
The one that kicks your head in
To my own time
Roll your own innocence by
Grab on to my sleeve
The one that grabs at your ankle
Debate to understand that we all have a flaw
Then fail to represent your life as you know it
God grant you one wish
To turn back the time
Correct and create
Making sense of
Me and my star
Matthew, goodnight
You know by lord
When you'll be forgiven
Maria my star, Matthew, goodnight
You know by lord
When you'll be forgiven
So they pulled your confidence down
With those verbal discrepancies
Now and then you'll gain what they've lost
Through a challenge of unpronounced
Pain is only a pulse, if you stop feeling it
You might be able to use
The very thing that makes us up
Me and my star
Matthew, goodnight
You know by lord
When you'll be forgiven
Maria my star, Matthew, goodnight
You know my lord
Wait, now, here
When will you believe?
I'm merely asking you to help me
When did I say to murder?
Wait now, here
Please hear me out
Time consumer, time consuming
Consume me
Down and out, now
Me and my star
Matthew, goodnight
You know by lord
When you'll be forgiven
Maria my star, Matthew, goodnight
You know by lord
When you'll be forgiven
You know, goodnight
And I'll promise you that
You know, goodnight
And I'll promise you that
Play the role to your part
Librarian, find me the pole
The one that kicks your head in
To my own time
Roll your own innocence by
Grab on to my sleeve
The one that grabs at your ankle
Debate to understand that we all have a flaw
Then fail to represent your life as you know it
God grant you one wish
To turn back the time
Correct and create
Making sense of
Me and my star
Matthew, goodnight
You know by lord
When you'll be forgiven
Maria my star, Matthew, goodnight
You know by lord
When you'll be forgiven
So they pulled your confidence down
With those verbal discrepancies
Now and then you'll gain what they've lost
Through a challenge of unpronounced
Pain is only a pulse, if you stop feeling it
You might be able to use
The very thing that makes us up
Me and my star
Matthew, goodnight
You know by lord
When you'll be forgiven
Maria my star, Matthew, goodnight
You know my lord
Wait, now, here
When will you believe?
I'm merely asking you to help me
When did I say to murder?
Wait now, here
Please hear me out
Time consumer, time consuming
Consume me
Down and out, now
Me and my star
Matthew, goodnight
You know by lord
When you'll be forgiven
Maria my star, Matthew, goodnight
You know by lord
When you'll be forgiven
You know, goodnight
And I'll promise you that
You know, goodnight
And I'll promise you that
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Time Consumer Lyrics as written by Travis Stever Claudio Sanchez
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