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.
(Quiero ser tu héroe)
Si una vez yo pudiera llegar
A erizar de frio tu piel
A quemar que sé yo, tu boca
Y morirme allí después
Y si entonces
Temblaras por mi
Lloraras al verme sufrir
Ay sin dudar tu vida entera dar
Como yo la doy por ti
Si pudiera ser tu héroe
Si pudiera ser tu dios
Que salvarte a ti mil veces
Puede ser mi salvación
Si supieras
La locura que llevo
Que me hiere
Y me mata por dentro
Y que más da
Mira que al final
Lo que importa es que te quiero
Si pudiera ser tu héroe
Si pudiera ser tu dios
Que salvarte a ti mil veces
Puede ser mi salvación
Ah déjame tocarte
Quiero acariciarte
Una vez más
Mira que al final
Lo que importa es que te quiero
Si pudiera ser tu héroe
Si pudiera ser tu dios
Que salvarte a ti mil veces
Puede ser mi salvación
Quiero ser tu héroe
Si pudiera ser tu dios
Porque salvarte a ti mil veces
Puede ser mi salvación
Puede ser mi salvación
Quiero ser tu héroe
Si una vez yo pudiera llegar
A erizar de frio tu piel
A quemar que sé yo, tu boca
Y morirme allí después
Y si entonces
Temblaras por mi
Lloraras al verme sufrir
Ay sin dudar tu vida entera dar
Como yo la doy por ti
Si pudiera ser tu héroe
Si pudiera ser tu dios
Que salvarte a ti mil veces
Puede ser mi salvación
Si supieras
La locura que llevo
Que me hiere
Y me mata por dentro
Y que más da
Mira que al final
Lo que importa es que te quiero
Si pudiera ser tu héroe
Si pudiera ser tu dios
Que salvarte a ti mil veces
Puede ser mi salvación
Ah déjame tocarte
Quiero acariciarte
Una vez más
Mira que al final
Lo que importa es que te quiero
Si pudiera ser tu héroe
Si pudiera ser tu dios
Que salvarte a ti mil veces
Puede ser mi salvación
Quiero ser tu héroe
Si pudiera ser tu dios
Porque salvarte a ti mil veces
Puede ser mi salvación
Puede ser mi salvación
Quiero ser tu héroe
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Incredible song! I believe the man does want to be her hero, but he's also posing questions to her that are very relevant to what a TRUE love relationship requires, yet doing so with an apparent vulnerability based on the alternatives he gives when asking the question that would make it something more than just "the here and now".
The words... "Am I in to deep? Have I lost my mind? I don't care you're here tonight." Signify to me that though he's feeling vulnerable, he's also feeling that even if this is all he is to have...it's worth it to him because he truly loves her. You know...the old saying of..."It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all".
When you truly love someone you do cry inside when you see them crying, you would do anything to save their soul, you would die for them, (though not in a physical sense, but to self agandas and ambitions), you do tremble when they touch you in the way "touched your lips" comes across, you would swear that you'll always be with them, stand by them forever, yet at the same time...question if you are in too deep due to the overwhelming need you have to, for, and with that one person. Anytime something is that real, that much a part of you...there is an incredible sense of vulnerability at hand due to the risk you take of losing, not only that person, but also part of yourself which that one person carries with them always.
To me, and I know words can be interpreted differently, when he says... "I will stand by you forever You can take my breath away" He is telling her that he is in it for the long haul, that he is totally and completely devoted to her and their love. That when he dies, it will be with her right there beside him, taking the last breath from his body.
Here is the Spanish version Translated dirctly:
Si una vez yo pudiera llegar = If, once, I could manage A erizar de frio tu piel = to make your skin bristle with cold A quemar que se yo, tu boca = to burn, I don't know, your mouth Y morirme alli despues = and there die afterwards Y si entonces = and if, after that, Temblaras por mi = you trembled for me Lloraras al verme sufrir = and cried upon seeing me suffer, Hay sin dudar tu vida entera dar = you would have, without doubt, all your life to give Como yo la doy por ti. = as I give mine for you.
Si supieras = If you knew La locura que llevo = the madness I bear Que me hiere = that hurts me Y me mata por dentro = and kills me inside Y que mas da = and what more gives (?) Mira que al final = see that in the end Lo que importa es que te quiero = what matters is that I love you
Si pudiera ser tu heroe = If I could be your hero Si pudiera ser tu dios = If I could be your god Que salvarte a ti mil veces = to save you a thousand times Puede ser mi salvacion =can be my salvation
Dejame tocarte, quiero acariciarte = let me touch you, I want to caress you Una vez mas, mira que al final = one more time, see that in the end Lo que importa es que te quiero = what matters is that I want you
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For women "Hero" is like chocolate in music form.
For men "Hero" is like shopping with their wife/girlfriend.
For me "Hero" is shopping for chocolate.
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This is a very powerful song. Men can be emotional and sensetive too.
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