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?
It was a weight on my shoulders
A strain on my back
But I love to have you, right there by my side
(You couldn't take it)
(You couldn't take it)
It used to be, when we are alone
We shared such beautiful moments
(But lately it's been such a mix)
(You couldn't take it)
(You couldn't take it)
Go on and say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I need to hear you say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I came home to see you, you weren't around
Excuses were one right after the other
(You couldn't take it)
(You couldn't take it)
You woke up from another dream, another fight you didn't mean
Still, time after time
I came running to get you
(You couldn't take it)
(You couldn't take it)
Go on and say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I need to hear you say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
(You couldn't take it)
Another heart, another day
So much time just thrown away
(You couldn't take it)
You know I love to be in love
(You couldn't take it)
So tired of trying to show you
I worked so hard
Go on and say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I need to hear you say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I guess you never knew
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I guess you never knew
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I guess you never knew
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I guess you never knew
I guess you never knew what was good for you
A strain on my back
But I love to have you, right there by my side
(You couldn't take it)
(You couldn't take it)
It used to be, when we are alone
We shared such beautiful moments
(But lately it's been such a mix)
(You couldn't take it)
(You couldn't take it)
Go on and say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I need to hear you say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I came home to see you, you weren't around
Excuses were one right after the other
(You couldn't take it)
(You couldn't take it)
You woke up from another dream, another fight you didn't mean
Still, time after time
I came running to get you
(You couldn't take it)
(You couldn't take it)
Go on and say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I need to hear you say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
(You couldn't take it)
Another heart, another day
So much time just thrown away
(You couldn't take it)
You know I love to be in love
(You couldn't take it)
So tired of trying to show you
I worked so hard
Go on and say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I need to hear you say it
Was my love too much for you to take?
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Don't keep me waiting, say the words that you're too scared to say
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I guess you never knew
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I guess you never knew
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I guess you never knew
I guess you never knew what was good for you
I guess you never knew
I guess you never knew what was good for you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
You Never Knew Lyrics as written by Ariel Zvi Rechtshaid Alana Mychal Haim
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, BMG Rights Management
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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The narrator has been neglected by her lover, and is resentful for being underappreciated. The opening two lines make it clear that she realizes the relationship is not in a good place. She is self-aware enough to know that now she just loves having him "right there by my side"; maybe she doesn't necessarily love him anymore. "Lately it's been such a mix" and she is tired of being let down constantly.
Her significant other can't handle how much she wants from him ("Was my love too much for you to take?"). Her love is the all-consuming kind where she wants to spend every moment with him, but he thinks he doesn't love the same way. She knows better, she knows that after they break up, he will realize that she was "what was good for" him.
She has been picking up on hints from him that he is over her ("you weren't around"). He had "another dream" of something (another woman, them breaking up?) and started "another fight you didn't mean". But when she confronts him, "Excuses were one right after the other". She is tired of his excuses and of him being "too scared to say" the truth. "I need to hear you say it", that he is done and they are over so that she can move on. She resents him for not appreciating her, and also for hiding his true feelings and not being honest.
She also resents herself for treating him so well ("Still, time after time I came running to get you") despite how he neglected her. "Another heart, another day... So much time just thrown away... You know I love to be in love ... So tired of trying to show you ... I worked so hard". She can't believe that she put so much effort into something that he is just throwing away. He took advantage of her loving to be in love, and took her for granted.
The song ends with her repeating that he doesn't understand how good he has it. He "never knew what was good for" him, he is taking her for granted and he will lose her because of it. If he doesn't man up and tell her how he feels, she will step up and end it for them both. Then he will be sorry, once she is gone he will realize how good he had it.