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.
Harry, it's good of you to stay
Hear every word I say
And not just duck away
God, these drinks are something warm and watered down
Barkeep, how 'bout some ice
Hey, Harry sit back down
Say, that little thing there's fine from behind
They all look good after three or four,
So drink Harry, drink Harry,
Drink 'til you can't see no more
Of anything, no more of anything
Drink Harry, drink Harry, drink 'til you can't see no more
For months, for years,
Tits were once a source of fun and games at home
And now she says, tits are only there to feed our little Joe
So that he'll grow
Harry, it's really rough at home
I've caught her on the phone
Hey, who's that on the phone?
"Oh, that's no one dear",
The standard sort of line
Harry, you know me well,
You know that I'm not blind
Hey, you ain't been drinking
Don't you know I'm buying?
They all taste good after three or four
So drink Harry, drink Harry, drink 'til you can't drink no more
Of anything, no more of anything
Drink Harry, drink 'til you can't drink no more
How well I know
Tits were only there for fun and games at home
And now she says, tits are only there to feed our little Joe
So that he'll grow
God, the room is spinning round
Hey, drive me home old pal
God, you sure get around
Harry, I know it's you who's breaking up my home
Harry, don't say a word, just drop me off at home
Harry, forgive me Harry, let's have just one more
It's all so good after three or four
It's all so good after three or four
It's all so good after three or four
So let's drink Harry, drink 'til we can't drink no more
Of anything, no more of anything
Drink Harry, drink Harry, drink 'til we can't drink no more
How well I know
Tits were once a source of fun and games at home
And now she says, tits are only there to feed our little Joe
So that he'll grow into a man
So let's drink Harry, drink 'til we can't see no more
Hear every word I say
And not just duck away
God, these drinks are something warm and watered down
Barkeep, how 'bout some ice
Hey, Harry sit back down
Say, that little thing there's fine from behind
They all look good after three or four,
So drink Harry, drink Harry,
Drink 'til you can't see no more
Of anything, no more of anything
Drink Harry, drink Harry, drink 'til you can't see no more
For months, for years,
Tits were once a source of fun and games at home
And now she says, tits are only there to feed our little Joe
So that he'll grow
Harry, it's really rough at home
I've caught her on the phone
Hey, who's that on the phone?
"Oh, that's no one dear",
The standard sort of line
Harry, you know me well,
You know that I'm not blind
Hey, you ain't been drinking
Don't you know I'm buying?
They all taste good after three or four
So drink Harry, drink Harry, drink 'til you can't drink no more
Of anything, no more of anything
Drink Harry, drink 'til you can't drink no more
How well I know
Tits were only there for fun and games at home
And now she says, tits are only there to feed our little Joe
So that he'll grow
God, the room is spinning round
Hey, drive me home old pal
God, you sure get around
Harry, I know it's you who's breaking up my home
Harry, don't say a word, just drop me off at home
Harry, forgive me Harry, let's have just one more
It's all so good after three or four
It's all so good after three or four
It's all so good after three or four
So let's drink Harry, drink 'til we can't drink no more
Of anything, no more of anything
Drink Harry, drink Harry, drink 'til we can't drink no more
How well I know
Tits were once a source of fun and games at home
And now she says, tits are only there to feed our little Joe
So that he'll grow into a man
So let's drink Harry, drink 'til we can't see no more
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
I don't believe it's just about being drunk and silly
Look at this line: "Tits were only there for fun and games at home And now she says, tits are only there to feed our little Joe" The couple used to have a healthy relationship, there were fun and games (with tits apparently) but now that little baby Joe is in the picture she doesn't care for fun and games anymore. The couple parted and resulted in the sad scenario of an alcoholic husband and a cheating wife. It's quite a sad song, in that Sparks-sort of way ;)
What Triggerfit said. It's about parenting and its effect on a marriage.
The inebriated gentleman is telling his buddy that he and his wife had a great sex life until the birth of their son. Now that they have a baby son, the wife has become all "Mommy" and no "love partner"
fun song. haha
It's a fun song about a drunk guy and his friend and the drunk guys wife is cheating on him, or so he thinks. I reckon its just about being drunk and silly.
Nirvana In Mystic's response is so hilariously out of touch with the lyrics. That's not a diss or anything, it made me laugh hard.
It's about a man and his wife growing apart after the birth of their son, yes, but nobody has mentioned the man's accusations of his friend, Harry, whom he drinks with, yet.
He has caught his wife on the phone, supposedly with another man. "Harry, it's really rough at home / I've caught her on the phone / Hey, who's that on the phone? / 'Oh, that's no one dear'" and then in the next verse, the man says to Harry, "Hey, you ain't been drinking / Don't you know I'm buying?" Harry isn't drinking because he's anxious about being around the man whose wife he's cheating on.
Later, when asking Harry to drive him home after a night of drinking, the man says to Harry, "Harry, I know it's you who's breaking up my home / Harry, don't say a word, just drop me off at home / Harry, forgive me Harry, let's have just one more" Meaning, he has figured out that his wife is cheating on him with his friend, Harry, but then the man realizes that he's probably wrong and drunk and takes it back, so as to save their friendship and also because being in denial of this affair could keep him feeling less horrible about himself and his life than he could be if he just accepted it.
TLDR: A man and his wife are no longer romantic after having a child; man becomes alcoholic and drinks with his friend, Harry; Harry is secretly having an affair with the man's wife
RevAndroid has it right but I always wondered if there's more, especially considering the bitterness that pervades the whole Indiscreet album this comes from: Why does he want Harry to keep drinking. He knows Harry is cheating with his wife, could he be poisoning the drinks?
I agree with many of the previous comments - an alcoholic husband who finds out his wife is cheating on him.
Over the hundreds of times I've listened to this song, I go back and forth before thinking that Harry is in fact the person the wife is cheating with, to thinking that the narrator is just accusing Harry while in a drunken stupor, but really doesn't think Harry is involved.
I don't think the narrator is poisoning Harry! I think the narrator is just happier getting and being drunk with his friend, and dreads going back home, to where things are so different since the birth of their child. So the narrator just wants to keep drinking, until they can't drink any more.....
lmao. I don't even get the point of the songs. It's just about tits.