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?
You dress me up in a nurse's outfit
It rides and sticks to my thighs and my hips
You put me in a teacher's little denim skirt
Ruler and desk so I can make it hurt
But I keep you on your best behavior
Honey, I can't be your savior
Love you to the grave and farther
Honey, I am not your martyr
You dress me in a nun's black outfit
Hail Mary past, 'cause you know I grab it
Hand me a badge, and a little billy club
Like I'm supposed to book you on a hit-and-run
Adore you to the grave and farther
Honey, I can't be your martyr
Maybe it's just human nature
But honey, I can't be your savior
But then you say, "Please"
Then you say, "Please"
Dress me in leather
Oh, that's a little better
But that's still not it
None of this shit fits
But I keep you on your best behavior
Honey, I can't be your savior
Love you to the grave and farther
Honey, I am not your martyr
But then you say, "Please"
Then you say, "Please"
"Please"
"Please"
"Please" (They call me a strange girl, and they speak to me in verses)
"Please" (I got 'em tryin' to save the world, they said, "girl, you're not Jesus")
"Please" (They call me a strange girl, and they speak to me in verses)
(I got 'em tryin' to save the world, they said, "girl, you're not Jesus")
"Please" (They call me a strange girl, and they speak to me in verses)
I got 'em tryin' to save the world, they said, "girl, you're not Jesus"
"Please" (I got 'em tryin' to save the world)
"Please" (They call me a strange girl, and they speak to me in verses)
"Please" (I got 'em tryin' to save the world, they said, "girl, you're not Jesus")
It rides and sticks to my thighs and my hips
You put me in a teacher's little denim skirt
Ruler and desk so I can make it hurt
But I keep you on your best behavior
Honey, I can't be your savior
Love you to the grave and farther
Honey, I am not your martyr
You dress me in a nun's black outfit
Hail Mary past, 'cause you know I grab it
Hand me a badge, and a little billy club
Like I'm supposed to book you on a hit-and-run
Adore you to the grave and farther
Honey, I can't be your martyr
Maybe it's just human nature
But honey, I can't be your savior
But then you say, "Please"
Then you say, "Please"
Dress me in leather
Oh, that's a little better
But that's still not it
None of this shit fits
But I keep you on your best behavior
Honey, I can't be your savior
Love you to the grave and farther
Honey, I am not your martyr
But then you say, "Please"
Then you say, "Please"
"Please"
"Please"
"Please" (They call me a strange girl, and they speak to me in verses)
"Please" (I got 'em tryin' to save the world, they said, "girl, you're not Jesus")
"Please" (They call me a strange girl, and they speak to me in verses)
(I got 'em tryin' to save the world, they said, "girl, you're not Jesus")
"Please" (They call me a strange girl, and they speak to me in verses)
I got 'em tryin' to save the world, they said, "girl, you're not Jesus"
"Please" (I got 'em tryin' to save the world)
"Please" (They call me a strange girl, and they speak to me in verses)
"Please" (I got 'em tryin' to save the world, they said, "girl, you're not Jesus")
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Savior Lyrics as written by Annie Clark
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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