I am waiting on a mountaintop
For the moment that the sky will strike
My apologies are forever lost
Soon to ashes in a flash of light
Miles away from me
Hope is fading soon
Gone forever is a waste of time
My intentions like this waiting room
Only bring to me a fading light
Locked up forever inside
I look to the stars and ask why
Oh, if they could just change my dark heart to feel
All our self away
Thrown away
I am waiting like the single bloom
Lost forever in the storm of life
My intentions like this waiting room
Only bring to me a fading light
Locked up forever inside
I look to the stars and ask why
Oh if they could just show these wounds how to heal
Here I am (Oohh...Why?)
My last stand (Oohh...Why?)
And I know for all the rising and falling there's nothing to show
Throw me down, throw me down, throw me down...
It's been raining
And I will pay
World must come to me
I am a lightning rod
I am waiting
On a mountaintop
World above me
He will strike me
Locked up forever inside
I look to the stars and ask why
Oh if they could just change my dark heart to feel
All I am (Oohh...Why?)
My last stand (Oohh...Why?)
And I know for all the rising and falling there's nothing to show
For the moment that the sky will strike
My apologies are forever lost
Soon to ashes in a flash of light
Miles away from me
Hope is fading soon
Gone forever is a waste of time
My intentions like this waiting room
Only bring to me a fading light
Locked up forever inside
I look to the stars and ask why
Oh, if they could just change my dark heart to feel
All our self away
Thrown away
I am waiting like the single bloom
Lost forever in the storm of life
My intentions like this waiting room
Only bring to me a fading light
Locked up forever inside
I look to the stars and ask why
Oh if they could just show these wounds how to heal
Here I am (Oohh...Why?)
My last stand (Oohh...Why?)
And I know for all the rising and falling there's nothing to show
Throw me down, throw me down, throw me down...
It's been raining
And I will pay
World must come to me
I am a lightning rod
I am waiting
On a mountaintop
World above me
He will strike me
Locked up forever inside
I look to the stars and ask why
Oh if they could just change my dark heart to feel
All I am (Oohh...Why?)
My last stand (Oohh...Why?)
And I know for all the rising and falling there's nothing to show
Lyrics submitted by Shmeeper
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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.
Simply put,it's about life.He's been through a lot,he's taken a lot,and he himself has done things wrong,thou the apologies he gives mean nothing and are gone as soon as they are given He's given up on home on life ever going the right way,but still it lingers on,he feels like wasting time on that little of it what is left His good intention don't shine within so much dark hes locking within himself,contemplating himself He is asking why life was the way it was,and why his heart has become dark and cold The him he could have been,he has thrown away
But still,he is waiting for that one boom,the one that can either bring him back or destroy him His waiting for thunderstrike(emotion) strong enough to bright him back to life or put him out of it It's raining,its been a long time coming,and he is willing to pay,either way it goes he feels the world will come up with and deliver him one big hit..the he(maybe god) For all the hits he has taken so far,and got back up he has nothing,life is to him is not worth much So he is ready to risk everything this time,the last stand,live or die Let the thunder strike,he is the lightning rod
I think this song is a metaphor for the feeling that the world is out to get you. I know the feeling - I've had a good 6 month long run of bad luck lately, and sometimes it really does feel like I'm standing on a mountain, waiting for the next strike of lightning to knock me down. Oh yeah - the intro to this song is kick-ass too.
I think it's about a guy who's been a hurt a lot and has effectively shut himself off from the world, but now he wants a second chance at life.
Is he committing suicide or does he just feel that the world is against him and that he is making one final effort "My last stand"?
I think this song means that all the problems end up going towards you and that you're stuck and can't do anything about it. KICKASS SONG!!!
I think it's about a guy about to be punished for doing something bad. If you read the first verse, it sort of makes sense
Well it does sound like it's about some guy ding on a hill waiting to be struck by lightning, but I agree that it's probably a metaphor for something
God is out to punish him. He tries and just keeps trying, but he cant get anywhere.
"All the rising and falling...theres nothing to show"
I think that explains the song perfectly and what they are trying to get across.
WHAT THE... so little comments? This song and "Race Against Myself" = best on Splinter!
I agree with crimsonlotus 100% on this. One of the best songs on the album :)