Maybe you remember this song by the Police.
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching youEvery single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I’ll be watching youO can’t you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches with every step you takeEvery move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I’ll be watching you
I wonder if this is now the theme song for the NSA. Although Every Breath You Take was primarily about a jealous lover (a stalker?), Sting had surveillance in mind as he wrote it.
I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting. It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn’t realize at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control.
Fitting for these times, isn’t it?
Related articles
- Every Breath You Take (trangmoschino.wordpress.com)
- NSA and GCHQ: the flawed psychology of government mass surveillance | Chris Chambers (theguardian.com)
- Every Breath You Take – The Police (Part 1) (artstageasia.typepad.com)
