Lyrics to
The Spy

This version of The Spy was released by The Doors in 1970.

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I’m a spy in the house of love
I know the dream, that you’re dreamin’ of
I know the word that you long to hear
I know your deepest, secret fear
I’m a spy in the house of love
I know the dream, that you’re dreamin’ of
I know the word that you long to hear
I know your deepest, secret fear
I know everything
Everything you do
Everywhere you go
Everyone you know

I’m a spy in the house of love
I know the dream, that you’re dreamin’ of
I know the word that you long to hear
I know your deepest, secret fear
I know your deepest, secret fear
I know your deepest, secret fear
I’m a spy, I can see
What you do
And I know

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About Lyrics and The Spy by The Doors

When you decide to study the lyrics to The Spy, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by The Doors. Some of the lyrics to The Spy have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Doors and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to The Spy if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to The Spy" means the words set to the music of The Spy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doors. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to The Spy and the lyrics to The Spy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doors who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Spy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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