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?
So what we did
Would redefine
The perfect function
To realize
Some kind of
Potential...
And underneath
The paper dress
She knows we're different
Shoulders and a neck
Shrug away this distance
Now in my home
And in my car
I can't help but
Hold my thoughts
Eventually
Drink back to this day
Wherever we go
Wherever we go
This ghost will follow
Wherever we go
Wherever we go
This ghost will follow
Wherever we go
Wherever we go
This ghost...
AAYYEAHH!!!
Would redefine
The perfect function
To realize
Some kind of
Potential...
And underneath
The paper dress
She knows we're different
Shoulders and a neck
Shrug away this distance
Now in my home
And in my car
I can't help but
Hold my thoughts
Eventually
Drink back to this day
Wherever we go
Wherever we go
This ghost will follow
Wherever we go
Wherever we go
This ghost will follow
Wherever we go
Wherever we go
This ghost...
AAYYEAHH!!!
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Paper Dress Lyrics as written by Graeme Charles Revell Graeme Revell
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