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.
Eu quis cantar minha canção iluminada de sol
Soltei os panos sobre os mastros no ar
Soltei os tigres e os leões nos quintais
Mas as pessoas na sala de jantar
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Mandei fazer de puro aço luminoso um punhal
Para matar o meu amor e matei
Às cinco horas na avenida central
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Mandei plantar folhas de sonhos no jardim do solar
As folhas sabem procurar pelo sol
E as raízes procurar, procurar
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
São as pessoas da sala de jantar
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala
Me passa a salada por favor
O pão por favor, só mais um pedacinho
Soltei os panos sobre os mastros no ar
Soltei os tigres e os leões nos quintais
Mas as pessoas na sala de jantar
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Mandei fazer de puro aço luminoso um punhal
Para matar o meu amor e matei
Às cinco horas na avenida central
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Mandei plantar folhas de sonhos no jardim do solar
As folhas sabem procurar pelo sol
E as raízes procurar, procurar
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
São as pessoas da sala de jantar
Mas as pessoas da sala de jantar
São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala de jantar
Essas pessoas da sala
Me passa a salada por favor
O pão por favor, só mais um pedacinho
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Panis et Circenses Lyrics as written by Caetano Emmanuel Viana Telles Veloso Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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"I wanted to sing a song enlightened by the sun I've left the clothes upon the flag poles in the air I've the tigers and lions out in the backyard But the people in the dinning room are busy at getting born and dying I ordered a pure-steel bright dagger to kill my love and i did at 5 o'clock on the central avenue But the people in the dinner room are busy at getting born and dying I ordered they to plant dream leaves in the solar garden the leaves know how to look for teh sun and the root, look for, look for but the people in the dinning room those people in the dinning room but the people in the dinning room are busy getting born and dying.
well, i tried to translate it... but as you can see, my english sucks hard. well, i tried... pretty good for a self-taught, huh? no? okay... ^^
dear junin,<br /> only 3.5 years late! <br /> your english is perfect, only it's "dining room", not "dinning room". <br /> thanks for your excellent translation!
@junin Great translation! I agree your English is much better than sucky! :-) Here is my translation. Just a few updates.<br /> <br /> I wanted to sing a song filled with sunlight<br /> I set free sails into the air<br /> I set free tigers and the lions in the yard<br /> But the people in the dining room<br /> Are busy being born and dying<br /> I ordered a pure, bright steel dagger<br /> To kill my love, and I killed<br /> At 5 o’clock on Main Street<br /> But the people in the dining room<br /> Are busy being born and dying<br /> I planted herbs(??) in the greenhouse<br /> The leaves know how to find the sun<br /> And the roots search and search<br /> But the people in the dining room<br /> Are busy being born and dying<br /> But the people in the dining room<br /> Are busy being born and dying
This is, clearly, about people who don't care to think. The title is about the roman empire story, which relates to the rest of the song as the 'people in the dining room' are satisfyied with borning and dying. They don't think. They think, but about futile things like sex, money, etc. Actually they don't care to think, they are alienated.
the strophe which says- Eu quis cantar Minha canção iluminada de sol Soltei os panos sobre os mastros no ar Soltei os tigres e os leões nos quintais Mas as pessoas na sala de jantar São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
and
Mandei fazer De puro aço luminoso um punhal Para matar o meu amor e matei Às cinco horas na Avenida Central Mas as pessoas na sala de jantar São ocupadas em nascer e morrer
The writter, although trying to write a intelligent song, although singing his 'canção iluminada de sol' and although 'killing his love at 5:00 in the central avenue', can't get any merit, because the people on the dining room won't think about it. They are all occupied in borning and dying.
@cacachanel Yup! My interpretation is right on with yours. I think once you get the Roman reference in the title the meaning of the song comes together.
this song is far too gorgeous for its own good.
Bread and circuses. The people don't care what nasty stuff their leaders are doing because they have their cheap entertainment or whatever.
Look out for old clips of Os Mutantes on Brazilian TV shows and remember the military junta of the time. Then go forth and be subversive!
Great song.I think it's about someone looking for more interesting things in life,freedom,somethinhg out of ordinary,these kinds of things,but the government(pessoas da sala de jantar) does everything they can to make you an ordinary person,with ordinary,stupid and foolish thoughts."nascer e morrer" = "be born and die" = in my understanding,it is to be ordinary,be the kind of human being,they show in Science books.
ok...so i'll start, i guess. this song starts off with a horns! then some vocals sounding like somebody sleeping (snores and zzzzz's) then we're cast off into melododious....melody of a verse. this melody is sticking to me. this melody has been stuck to me. then mas as pessoas da sala de jantas/mas as pessoas de sala de jantar/mas as pessoas de sala de jantar/mas as pessoas de sala de jantar which i am truely grateful for. you have no idea. the end gets a bit beatle-ish and i'm cool with it.
as to the meaning of the song....i don't get portugese and i won't go babelfishing either.
This song, this song got me into Os Mutantes. Before this song I was lost :)
this song is SO fantastic
Yeah jantar is the dinner verb in Portuguese.
thanks Junin, along with the google translation, your translation was very helpful.
Here's how google translated:
I wanted to sing a song of sunshine illuminated Soltei the panels on the masts in the air Soltei the tigers and lions in backyards But people in the dining room They are employed in birth and death Mandei make a bright pure steel dagger To kill my love and killed At five o'clock in the central avenue But people in the dining room They are employed in birth and death Mandei plant leaves in the garden of dreams of solar Leaves know for by the sun And the roots look, look But people in the dining room These people in the dining room But people in the dining room They are employed in birth and death
I guess "Mandei" meand "I ordered" which google missed.
A very interesting band- I wish I could understand more portuguese, because they definitely seem to deliver some interesting lyrics from translations and the english "baby." This stuff remains relevant- "Tigers and Lions in the backyard while people are busy in the dining room getting born and dying" "Bread and Circuses" "WalMart and WWF"
don't trust google translation. junin's translation is just fine ;)