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?
Hey, Orpheus!
I'm behind you
Don't turn around
I can find you
Just wait until it's over
Wait until it's through
And if I call for you
Oh, Orpheus!
Just sing for me all night
We'll wait until it's over
Wait until it's through
You say it's not me, it's you
Hey, Orpheus!
De l'autre côté de l'eau
Comme un écho
Just wait until it's over
Wait until it's through
And if I shout for you
Never doubt
Don't turn around too soon
Just wait until it's over
Wait until it's through
It seems so important now
But you will get over
Seems so important now
But you will get over
And when you get over
And when you get older
Then you will remember
Why it was so important then
Seems like a big deal now
But you will get over
Seems like a big deal now
You will get over
When you get over
When you get older
Then you will discover
That it's never over
Hey, Eurydice!
Can you see me?
I will sing your name
Till you're sick of me
Just wait until it's over
Just wait until it's through
And if you call for me
This frozen sea
It melts beneath me
Just wait until it's over
Wait until it's through
Seems like a big deal now
You will get over
Seems like a big deal now
You will get over
And when you get over
When you get older
You will remember
He told you he'd wake you up
When it was over
He told you he'd wake you up
When it was over
Now that it's over
Now that you're older
Then you will discover
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
Sometime (Sometime)
Sometime (Sometime)
Boy, they're gonna eat you alive (eat you alive)
But it's never gonna happen now
We'll figure it out somehow
Sometime (Sometime)
Sometime (Sometime)
Boy, they're gonna eat you alive (eat you alive)
But it's never gonna happen now
We'll figure it out somehow
'Cause it's never over
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
And it's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
We stood beside
A frozen sea
I saw you out
In front of me
Reflected light
A hollow moon
Oh Orpheus, Eurydice
Its over too soon
I'm behind you
Don't turn around
I can find you
Just wait until it's over
Wait until it's through
And if I call for you
Oh, Orpheus!
Just sing for me all night
We'll wait until it's over
Wait until it's through
You say it's not me, it's you
Hey, Orpheus!
De l'autre côté de l'eau
Comme un écho
Just wait until it's over
Wait until it's through
And if I shout for you
Never doubt
Don't turn around too soon
Just wait until it's over
Wait until it's through
It seems so important now
But you will get over
Seems so important now
But you will get over
And when you get over
And when you get older
Then you will remember
Why it was so important then
Seems like a big deal now
But you will get over
Seems like a big deal now
You will get over
When you get over
When you get older
Then you will discover
That it's never over
Hey, Eurydice!
Can you see me?
I will sing your name
Till you're sick of me
Just wait until it's over
Just wait until it's through
And if you call for me
This frozen sea
It melts beneath me
Just wait until it's over
Wait until it's through
Seems like a big deal now
You will get over
Seems like a big deal now
You will get over
And when you get over
When you get older
You will remember
He told you he'd wake you up
When it was over
He told you he'd wake you up
When it was over
Now that it's over
Now that you're older
Then you will discover
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
Sometime (Sometime)
Sometime (Sometime)
Boy, they're gonna eat you alive (eat you alive)
But it's never gonna happen now
We'll figure it out somehow
Sometime (Sometime)
Sometime (Sometime)
Boy, they're gonna eat you alive (eat you alive)
But it's never gonna happen now
We'll figure it out somehow
'Cause it's never over
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
And it's never over (it's never over)
It's never over (it's never over)
We stood beside
A frozen sea
I saw you out
In front of me
Reflected light
A hollow moon
Oh Orpheus, Eurydice
Its over too soon
Lyrics submitted by jtk1993, edited by Mellow_Harsher, niteflite01, AwfulSound
It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus) Lyrics as written by Regine Chassagne Jeremy Gara
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Orpheus is a figure in Greek mythology; a musician whose capabilities are so masterful that he is said to have brought his deceased wife Eurydice back to life, after entering Hades to rescue her and charming all he meets along the way with his music and song.
The Gods allow him to rescue her on the condition that she walks behind him and that he does not look back at her until they have left Hades. Unfortunately, just as they leave Hades he forgets, overcome with joy, and turns to look at Eurydice, condemning her to Hades for eternity. Orpheus never has relations with another woman, remaining heartbroken forever.
Indeed therefore it is Eurydice who provides the viewpoint from which the first few verses of this song are sung. Orpheus finally takes over the protagonists role in the verse "Hey, Eurydice! / Can you see me? / I will sing your name / Until you're sick of me".
The lines in the second verse, "De l'autre côté de l'eau/ Comme un écho" translate approximately to "On the other side of the water / Like an echo" which probably refers to River Styx, part of the Orpheus/Eurydice story, a river (Styx comes from the Greek word stugein which means"hate") which marks the boundary between the living and the dead and which encircles Hades. Here Eurydice waited, weeping, for Orpheus to rescue her, and latterly the river would provide the block to him returning to rescue her a second time.
This verse also encompasses one of the recurring themes on Reflektor; the thin pane of glass or mirror like state of being that exists between the living and the dead. This is also referred to here and in other tracks as the frozen sea, mirror-like and reflective.
The chorus lines "Seems like a big deal now / But you will get over" and "It seems so important now / But you will get over" provide comfort musically and lyrically. Reassurance. Perhaps that is Eurydice reassuring Orpheus from beyond the grave. Or perhaps in these parts of the song Win is singing to Regine or to himself. Perhaps the band and being on the road and part of the music industry machine seems so important now, but now that they have a family perhaps it's time to "get over it" and leave it behind.
Nailed it. A+
@niteflite01 Awesome Interpretation and as i read it, I was listening to the song and it was in perfect timing