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?
Once there was this kid who
Got into an accident and couldn't come to school
But when he finally came back
His hair had turned from black into bright white
He said that it was from when
The cars had smashed him so hard
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Once there was this girl who
Wouldn't go and change with the girls in the change room
And when they finally made her
They saw birthmarks all over her body
She couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just been there
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
But both girl and boy were glad
'Cause one kid had it worse than that
'Cause then there was this boy whose
Parents made him come directly home right after school
And when they went to their church
They shook and lurched all over the church floor
He couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just gone there
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Got into an accident and couldn't come to school
But when he finally came back
His hair had turned from black into bright white
He said that it was from when
The cars had smashed him so hard
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Once there was this girl who
Wouldn't go and change with the girls in the change room
And when they finally made her
They saw birthmarks all over her body
She couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just been there
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
But both girl and boy were glad
'Cause one kid had it worse than that
'Cause then there was this boy whose
Parents made him come directly home right after school
And when they went to their church
They shook and lurched all over the church floor
He couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just gone there
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
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I really dunno exactly what the meaning of this song is...but what i get from it, is that people put more importance in how other people (in particular their parents) make them look than they put importance in how they look themselves...He tells the stories of two young people that are different in some way...one has white hair, the other has birthmarks all over her body...but both of them are glad that their parents aren't weird, like this other kids...so yeah, i dunno...someone give me some other ideas...
I believe that it IS about child abuse. The first two verses and chorus are explained nearly perfectly (ESPECIALLY the chorus) - the thrid verse is explained as follows (in my humble opinion, natch): When the parents go to church, God violently shakes them, as punishment, shock, surprise, to draw attention to them, etc. God does this as "punishment" for the horrible, literally unspeakable transgressions they commit against their child. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
Hmm. I am wondering why you had chosen to have the alias "Arch Angel Azrael"?<br /> I was wondering why because I would have almost believed that by now, you and other people alike should admit how wrong it was and how wrong it still is and how wrong it will always be, that a human being assume himself/herself to be an archangel. It's also but it's even more wrong to assume oneself to be some one other than who you truly were and are and will be. The people who became hypocrites became hypocrites out of one reason being that those people had assumed themselves to be "God", and when they did so, they ended up hurting humanity and made God look and sound "bad" in the process. Therefore, assuming yourself (even if it's subliminally) to be an archangel, especially one named "Azrael" is something that a hypocrite would do. I do not know you at all and whatever good and evil you've ever done and will ever do while you're on earth would only give the real Azrael a false image because angels and archangels are not humans and they have their own unique identities that they themselves built themselves up to be. As an example, would not also be fraudulent if I (or someone else) had assumed themselves to be "the Crash Test Dummies"? Yes. Further more, as example only, if the crash test dummies committed 356 evils and 421 goods, and you came along and assumed yourself to be one of them, then not only are you trying to make yourself appear as if you've committed the same 356 evils and 421 goods, but you're also making it appear as if the crash test dummies had committed your own goods and evils too.<br /> <br /> I hope that you take my message lightly and I hope that you refrain in assuming yourself to be one whom you're not because you were never an archangel and you'll never be an archangel. Also, you were never Azrael and you'll never be Azrael. Also, you were never archangel Azrael and you'll never be archangel Azrael. My message to you is a positive one and so please don't take it harshly. We are all individually unique and different, including angels.<br /> <br /> I am simply giving you a small warning message because you should show the example that you're as equally intelligent as a most people by showing that you know the difference between humans and archangels. As example, you know that angels were born in heaven while humans were born on earth... However, you assuming yourself to have the alias "Arch Angel Azrael" does not reflect that intelligence that you know that fact. Also, because you've chosen the alias "Arch Angel Azrael" of your own free will, you've contributed towards adding a bad name towards "free will" while the suggestion that others do the same as you is also there too.<br /> <br /> Humans had never been and will never be archangels and nor will they be angels. Likewise, angels and archangels had never been humans and will never be humans. However, thanks to Jesus Christ's information given from Jesus Christ from God, a number of human beings had been and are and will be what's called "angelic", which in other words is the same as being a "saint".<br /> <br /> And so, it's thanks to Jesus Christ and to God, that a certain number of angels and archangels and human beings have had and have and will always have a table that they sit at together where that table has a circle of equal unity which is called "sainthood". However and again, simply because those ones will always be saints, that does not signify that they are all exactly all one and the same beings.
Also, you're own comment suggested that you had a concern about how people make themselves "look" and/or "sound". And so, ask yourself what it is that you're doing wrong then by when you make Archangel Azrael "look" and "sound" like you while at the same time you make yourself "look" and "sound" like Archangel Azrael? I'm not suggesting that you're from the Devil when I say this, but because it's the Devil who deceives all, it's true that this must be said: it was always and originally the Devil who assumed himself to be God to throw the following lies onto earth:<br /> 1) God was/is/will be the Devil<br /> 2) The Devil was/is/will be God<br /> 3) God and the Devil were/are/will be the same entity<br /> 4) The Devil was not/is not/will not be the Devil<br /> 5) God was not/is not/will not be God<br /> <br /> <br /> And so, you can see and hear now simply how largely of an evil prick the Devil has been and will be?<br /> <br /> The fact that the Devil committed this evil crime and continues to do so (only a short time longer) also explains why some people who had resented had resented God in the first place. Therefore, it's not God's fault because God and the Devil are not one and the same entity.<br /> <br /> God never did and never will go around assuming himself to be one other than who he always truly was and is and will be. God never required to sink down to such a bad level because God has always been and will always be very wise and very understanding. The same applies about Jesus Christ too as well as the Spirit of God.<br /> <br /> I hope that the information that I have now given to you (and to other people here) has helped you and other people here in a good way because I simply gave this good information to do no other than help in a good way.
...are you fucking serious? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS dclark1973!?!?!?!?! you just wrote the dumbest fuckin shit ANYONE has ever thought of. The Arch-Angel Azrael is a fictional charter from a computer game diablo, and he looks bad the fuck ass as a angel. Why the fuck would you care if he used that as a USERNAME on the internet, I'm pretty sure he aint going around town saying "Hey ladies, I'm a fuckin Arch-Angel, lets fuck." No, he is not, so your just being a goddamn idiot that makes all the non-fuckin-retarded-awesome-christians look bad. Please for the sake of God and your own religion, SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMBASS.