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You've got style, You've got class
You've got a boyfriend that wants to kick my ass
I made him angry, I made him annoyed
When I sent him dirty pictures from my polaroid
Sorry about the tracks in your yard
For taking out the tree and for hitting your barn
I didn't see it coming, it was moving to fast
Here's a hundred dollars for the bodycast
We could get married in Las Vegas
I know that my mom will take us
Put it all on black and let it ride
I saw you at the club downtown
We danced together till you turned around
And saw me in my Gibraltar pose
Then you kicked me in the nuts and ya broke my nose
We could get married in Las Vegas
I know that my mom will take us
Put it all on black and let it ride
Cause it's so hard being me
Victim of your no loser policy
And I know that one day you will see
That your so damn lucky to be with a guy like me
What can I say, feeling lonely
So do you think we could hang around, you get to know me
Tell me things you'd like to show me,
Tie me up like I'm a pony,
Ride me to the moon, you can spank me till I'm black and blue
And bleeding too and begging you to stop!
We could get married in Las Vegas
I know that my mom will take us
Put it all on black and let it ride
Cause it's so hard being me
Victim of your no loser policy
And I know that one day you will see
That your so damn lucky to be
So Damn Lucky to be with a guy like me
You've got a boyfriend that wants to kick my ass
I made him angry, I made him annoyed
When I sent him dirty pictures from my polaroid
Sorry about the tracks in your yard
For taking out the tree and for hitting your barn
I didn't see it coming, it was moving to fast
Here's a hundred dollars for the bodycast
We could get married in Las Vegas
I know that my mom will take us
Put it all on black and let it ride
I saw you at the club downtown
We danced together till you turned around
And saw me in my Gibraltar pose
Then you kicked me in the nuts and ya broke my nose
We could get married in Las Vegas
I know that my mom will take us
Put it all on black and let it ride
Cause it's so hard being me
Victim of your no loser policy
And I know that one day you will see
That your so damn lucky to be with a guy like me
What can I say, feeling lonely
So do you think we could hang around, you get to know me
Tell me things you'd like to show me,
Tie me up like I'm a pony,
Ride me to the moon, you can spank me till I'm black and blue
And bleeding too and begging you to stop!
We could get married in Las Vegas
I know that my mom will take us
Put it all on black and let it ride
Cause it's so hard being me
Victim of your no loser policy
And I know that one day you will see
That your so damn lucky to be
So Damn Lucky to be with a guy like me
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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.
Lyric corrections: (1) Sorry about the tracks ON YOUR LAWN; (2) saw me in my TRAVOLTA pose; (3) for hitting your DOG, I didn't see HIM coming, HE was moving too fast.