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.
Sitting on the edge of an armchair
Me seatbelt un-fastened
Shoelaces not tied
Letting the wind mess my hair
Make up all smudged
wake up all blurry-eyed
It's too early in the morning
For my words to come out right
Just getting used to sunlight
Squinting in the light
And it looks like
A perfect day
Just too get away
On this Monday
Has brought out the rebel I was born to be
And it feels like
The perfect time
Just to break away
This is my life
It's Soujourn from the norm
Ohhhhhh
Hey, yeah
I'm an uncomformised
I like doing stupid things
Like laughing on a train
Or falling in love again
Television, magazines
To tell you how to live your life
But not how to use your brain
It's too early in the morning
For my words to come out right
Just getting used to sunshine
I'm still squinting in the light
And it looks like
A perfect day
Just too get away
On this Monday
Has brought out the rebel I was born to be
And it feels like
The perfect time
Just to break away
This is my life
It's Soujourn from the norm
Ohhhhhhhh, hey, yeah, yeah
I wanna do something I've never done
Dip my toes beneath the surface of a sea,
That I've never seen the bottom of
I'm not perfect
Don't have to be
I can walk around in just bare feet
I'm comfortable in my own skin
My confidence starts within
Oh, and it looks like
A perfect day
Just too get away
On this Monday
Has brought out the rebel I was born to be
And it feels like
The perfect time
Just to break away
This is my life
It's Soujourn from the norm
Soujourn from the norm
Me seatbelt un-fastened
Shoelaces not tied
Letting the wind mess my hair
Make up all smudged
wake up all blurry-eyed
It's too early in the morning
For my words to come out right
Just getting used to sunlight
Squinting in the light
And it looks like
A perfect day
Just too get away
On this Monday
Has brought out the rebel I was born to be
And it feels like
The perfect time
Just to break away
This is my life
It's Soujourn from the norm
Ohhhhhh
Hey, yeah
I'm an uncomformised
I like doing stupid things
Like laughing on a train
Or falling in love again
Television, magazines
To tell you how to live your life
But not how to use your brain
It's too early in the morning
For my words to come out right
Just getting used to sunshine
I'm still squinting in the light
And it looks like
A perfect day
Just too get away
On this Monday
Has brought out the rebel I was born to be
And it feels like
The perfect time
Just to break away
This is my life
It's Soujourn from the norm
Ohhhhhhhh, hey, yeah, yeah
I wanna do something I've never done
Dip my toes beneath the surface of a sea,
That I've never seen the bottom of
I'm not perfect
Don't have to be
I can walk around in just bare feet
I'm comfortable in my own skin
My confidence starts within
Oh, and it looks like
A perfect day
Just too get away
On this Monday
Has brought out the rebel I was born to be
And it feels like
The perfect time
Just to break away
This is my life
It's Soujourn from the norm
Soujourn from the norm
Lyrics submitted by sparklefairy
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First comment! What a privelege! this is a nice summery song. not that special, just nice.
It's called Sojourn and it's "sojourn from the norm," not "sision from the north".
Crikey, these lyrics are bad.
Sitting on the edge of an armchair Me seatbelt un-fastened Shoelaces not tied
Letting the wind mess my hair Make up all smudged wake up all blurry-eyed
It's too early in the morning For my words to come out right Just getting used to sunlight Squinting in the light
And it looks like A perfect day Just too get away All this mundane Has brought out the rebel I was born to be
And it feels like The perfect time Just to break away This is my life It's Soujourn from the norm
Ohhhhhh Hey, yeah
I'm an uncomformised I like doing stupid things Like laughing on a train Or falling in love again Television, magazines tell you how to live your life But not how to use your brain
It's too early in the morning For my words to come out right Just getting used to sunshine I'm still squinting in the light
And it looks like A perfect day Just too get away All this mundane Has brought out the rebel I was born to be
And it feels like The perfect time Just to break away This is my life It's Soujourn from the norm
Ohhhhhhhh, hey, yeah, yeah
I wanna do something I've never done Dip my toes beneath the surface of a sea, That I've never seen the bottom of
I'm not perfect Don't have to be I can walk around in just bare feet I'm comfortable in my own skin My confidence starts within
Oh, and it looks like A perfect day Just too get away All this mundane Has brought out the rebel I was born to be
And it feels like The perfect time Just to break away This is my life It's Soujourn from the norm
Soujourn from the norm
Love this song. Too bad someone had to get the lyrics wrong.
seriously crazynloviniti i 'gree with u she needs 2 better prnonce(did i spell that righ W/e) or theirs going to be bloddy hell to pay