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.
Well my friends hate me, for what I’ve become. You see I’ve been trying love, and not focusing on my life.
But this morning, I took off all of my clothes and cleaned my skin clear, but the stench of you, no it doesn’t disappear,
So I just wait, in my lonely house, no no no I have no clout to put your pictures up in an art gallery.
So I go out, and place my feet downtown, and the people watch me drink myself to bars and death constantly.
And then, ask "why you’re doing this boy? When there’s so much more to prove"
Well, she's never coming back, but I have to finish this half, because I paid four bucks a glass.
And it's also the only thing that could be, sticking around.
And I bought cocaine from my friend just the other day, you know just to let my memory fade so when you come to my place....
My heart will beat, just as loud as a kick drum; cause you know when you talk to much it's like music playing.
And it only crossed in my thoughts when you left; you see I get so depressed, when you’re lying to my face. And I think we'd be were cheap
If you just let me hold you then we could spell out the truth.
And if you do this to me again, I might have a childish fit.
And you won’t find me attractive as you did; no you need a man, someone on their feet, with high self esteem...
And never blames depression, for the way he's feeling... because that's how I’m feeling.
So if I, told you... I found another love... well you know, just this once it was right after you ran to his heart wire house.
We were dancing or drinking downtown, the lights were blinking so loud, that for once I couldn’t hear what a girl adored.
and I collapsed, into the gutter of K street... that’s when I knew my mistakes made me, and I found you’re more than incomplete.
So if all this lie was just all a bit of truth, would you still chase me like I do, when you’re constantly wrapped in the sheets?
We are a fairy tale that failed, and I constantly keep reading it.
So I am the ugliest thing that could ever grow up to be of some kind of thing...
And you know how perfect we could be...
But this morning, I took off all of my clothes and cleaned my skin clear, but the stench of you, no it doesn’t disappear,
So I just wait, in my lonely house, no no no I have no clout to put your pictures up in an art gallery.
So I go out, and place my feet downtown, and the people watch me drink myself to bars and death constantly.
And then, ask "why you’re doing this boy? When there’s so much more to prove"
Well, she's never coming back, but I have to finish this half, because I paid four bucks a glass.
And it's also the only thing that could be, sticking around.
And I bought cocaine from my friend just the other day, you know just to let my memory fade so when you come to my place....
My heart will beat, just as loud as a kick drum; cause you know when you talk to much it's like music playing.
And it only crossed in my thoughts when you left; you see I get so depressed, when you’re lying to my face. And I think we'd be were cheap
If you just let me hold you then we could spell out the truth.
And if you do this to me again, I might have a childish fit.
And you won’t find me attractive as you did; no you need a man, someone on their feet, with high self esteem...
And never blames depression, for the way he's feeling... because that's how I’m feeling.
So if I, told you... I found another love... well you know, just this once it was right after you ran to his heart wire house.
We were dancing or drinking downtown, the lights were blinking so loud, that for once I couldn’t hear what a girl adored.
and I collapsed, into the gutter of K street... that’s when I knew my mistakes made me, and I found you’re more than incomplete.
So if all this lie was just all a bit of truth, would you still chase me like I do, when you’re constantly wrapped in the sheets?
We are a fairy tale that failed, and I constantly keep reading it.
So I am the ugliest thing that could ever grow up to be of some kind of thing...
And you know how perfect we could be...
Lyrics submitted by i rock
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Eurgh :\
& if I see another "I COPIED OFF MY FRIEND WHO ALSO HAS THIS SCREENAME AND I ONLY LIKE TWO SONGS BUT I'M! At the disco"... I will have to rip someone's head off.