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Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Come on try and tell me what you're talkin' about
Those things you're dealing with, you're living a lie
Every time I see you it makes me wanna cry
Sometimes we laughed and talked, seems like yesterday
Then you let the white horse come and take you away
They came to get you, it was cold and black
The wheels were in motion, there was no turning back
Runnin' from an angel, runnin' to the devil, devil, yeah
Runnin' from an angel, runnin' to the devil
I gave up on you a long time ago
But there's something I want you to know
Your lyin' and cheatin' really tore us apart
Please don't come home if you're gonna break my momma's heart
Runnin' from an angel, runnin' to the devil, devil, yeah
Runnin' from an angel, runnin' to the devil
Runnin', runnin', runnin', yeah
Don't make me cry again, no, no, oh
Love that stayin' by
Love that you make me cry
You're runnin', you're runnin'
You're runnin', runnin, runnin', runnin'
Oh no, oh no, no, no, no, no, no
Runnin' from an angel
Runnin' to the devil, devil, devil, devil
Runnin' from an angel
Time is singing by, time you made me cry, oh, oh
You'll do what you gotta do, I still love you
Come on try and tell me what you're talkin' about
Those things you're dealing with, you're living a lie
Every time I see you it makes me wanna cry
Sometimes we laughed and talked, seems like yesterday
Then you let the white horse come and take you away
They came to get you, it was cold and black
The wheels were in motion, there was no turning back
Runnin' from an angel, runnin' to the devil, devil, yeah
Runnin' from an angel, runnin' to the devil
I gave up on you a long time ago
But there's something I want you to know
Your lyin' and cheatin' really tore us apart
Please don't come home if you're gonna break my momma's heart
Runnin' from an angel, runnin' to the devil, devil, yeah
Runnin' from an angel, runnin' to the devil
Runnin', runnin', runnin', yeah
Don't make me cry again, no, no, oh
Love that stayin' by
Love that you make me cry
You're runnin', you're runnin'
You're runnin', runnin, runnin', runnin'
Oh no, oh no, no, no, no, no, no
Runnin' from an angel
Runnin' to the devil, devil, devil, devil
Runnin' from an angel
Time is singing by, time you made me cry, oh, oh
You'll do what you gotta do, I still love you
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Well, in my opinion this song is about being a young & maybe a little naive &/or introverted girl and finding yourself loving a man who is at first very charming, carefree & outgoing, and seems at first to be without limits, as in
"There was a time
you opened up every doorway
you didn't mind if everything
wasn't your way"
then that man starts to gradually become more introverted & shows their more possessive/obsessive side to you as the relationship progresses, even while they keep up the appearance of being carefree & outgoing to everyone else,
"Don't pull away
that goes against what you told me
I look in your eyes
I realize what you've sold me
is love in a vacuum"
so you confront them about the way they're acting and of course they deny it,
"I think you've changed
but you insist that
that's not true"
quite possibly they are an addict of some sort, my guess would be cocaine, &/or showing very obsessive behavior towards you (early on in the video for this song we see the man hanging a picture up, it is a very large portrait of Aimee & it is prominently displayed in his/their apartment for the duration of the song), thus their "love in a vacuum",
"You look so strange, so distant
that you're hardly you
Now I can see
how you have been acting different
You say it's me
but I know
that it isn't
it's love in a vacuum"
but still you are in love with them and don't want to leave them and you know that they are truly in love with you and they don't want you to leave them either, maybe they are convinced you can save them from themself, maybe they are so broken that the possibility of an overdose &/or suicide attempt is very real and you want to get through to them that their behavior not only dangerous but it is also just pissing you off and if they don't wise up they run the risk of loosing you, as in the lines
"You will be lonely
if you leave me alone", so you want to save them but can't get through to them due to the addiction &/or emotional problems they have,
"Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
if you leave me alone
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough"
you want them to understand that the love they are giving you is not enough when it is filtered through the vacuum of their drug addiction &/or emotional impairment,
"You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough
and just wait
you will be lonely
Love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
Love in a vacuum".
'Love In A Vacuum' for me is a hauntingly truthful acute argument on the loneliness of obsession and almost inevitable loss of love that follows people who are broken in some way or another; the obsessives, the coke heads, the drunks, addicts or the just-plain-old emotionally broken; a razor sharp, lyrically driven, deceptively poppy, yet ultimately-depressing-in-the-best-way song.
Quintessential Aimee Mann.
I always felt this was about his dad and drug addiction.
"Sometimes we’d laugh and talk, seems like yesterday Then you let the white horse come and take you away "
Cocaine addiction.
"They came to get you, it was cold and black The wheels were in motion, there was no turning back "
Over dosing.
"Your lying and cheating really tore us apart Please don’t come home if you’re gonna break my momma’s heart "
I interpert that as he is telling his dad dont come home if he isnt clean because it will only break his mothers heart.
I think I heard Darius say it was about his brother and his addiction..
This one is about the one he loved, who always seemed to betray him. I think it broke his heart to have this happen, but he still loves her. He just doesn't want her to come back if she's going to break his heart again.
Heard him say about 20 years ago it's definitely about his older brother who was a drug addict at the time.
I used to think this was about a father leaving his wife and children for another woman. The children would see their mother as an angel and the other woman as the devil. However, the reference to the white horse changes everything. There are stories of Darius having a sibling who got hooked on heroine.
White horse = heroine
Drug addicts lie and steal. They break promises. They can clean up and come home, and they break hearts when they go out again. Not judging, just saying that's what they do. I've seen it up close and it's ugly.
But when they get it together, miracles can happen. So if Darius has a brother with addiction, I pray that he got clean.