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"Surrounded By Spies"

I saw you jump from a burning building
I saw you jump from a burning building
I've seen you move like Elvis set on fire
I've seen you move like Elvis set on fire
This search for meaning is killing me
This search for meaning is killing me
This search for meaning is killing me
This search for meaning

Ping pong ball at the back of my throat
Ping pong ball at the back of my throat
And I won't be spoken to like that
And I won't be spoken to like that

Suspicious bag on the platform
Suspicious bag on the platform
Suspicious bag on the platform
Suspicious bag on the platform

Ex-drummer's nose stuck in the past
Ex-drummer's nose stuck in the past
Found dead behind the wheel of a car
Found dead behind the wheel of a car

World leader going under the knife
World leader going under the knife
Stage four
Stage two
Stage three
Stage four
Stage two
Stage three

We go to Sweden in the back of a cab
We go to Sweden in the back of a cab

And every picture house is empty
And every picture house is empty

I gave my heart
Now I want it back
I gave my heart
Now I want it back
I gave my heart
Now I want it back
I gave my heart
Now I want it back

I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies

Dead fly on the national anthem
Dead fly on the national anthem
Dead fly on the national anthem
Dead fly on the national anthem

I see faces on the bathroom floor
I see faces on the bathroom floor
I see faces on the bathroom floor
Come on over and I'll show you more

Where are you now
When I need you the most
(Shut up)
Where are you now
When I need you the most
(Shut up)
Where are you now
When I need you the most
(Shut up)
Where are you now
When I need you the most
(Shut up)

I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies
I am surrounded by spies

Spies
Spies
Spies

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Writer(s): Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal

"Surrounded By Spies" was released via SO Recordings on the 9th of November, 2021. Brian Molko said of the song, "It's a true story told through a lens of paranoia, complete disgust for modern society's values and the deification of surveillance capitalism. The narrator is at the end of their tether, hopeless and afraid, completely at odds with our newfound progress and the god of money."

Frontman Brian Molko co-wrote this song with Stefan Olsdal. Molko was inspired by his discovery that his neighbours were spying on him. He explained the matter as such, "I then began to ponder the countless ways in which our privacy has been eroded and stolen since the introduction of worldwide CCTV cameras that now employ racist facial recognition technologies; the rise of the Internet and the cellphone, which has turned practically every user into a paparazzo and spectators in their own lives, and how we have mostly all offered up personal information to enormous multinationals whose sole intent is to exploit us."

album: "Never Let Me Go" (2022)

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