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.
Poisoning a drink, bleeding in a sink
Choking with a link, killing with a stink
Just your mother's ho
Bleeding in a sink, poisoning a drink
Burning up, my sweet Clementine
Trampling a shrink, bleeding in a sink
Hallelujah wink, getting on the brink
Just your mother's ho
Hallelujah wink, murdering a shrink
Burning up
Oh, my sweet revenge
Will be yours for the taking
It's in the making, baby, oh
My sweet revenge
Will be yours for the taking
It's in the making, baby, oh
Killing with stink, bleeding in a sink
Poisoning a drink, getting on the brink
Just your mother's ho
Bleeding in a sink, trampling a shrink
Burning up, my sweet Clementine
Poisoning a drink, bleeding in a sink
Choking with a link, killing with a stink
Just your mother's ho
Poisoning a drink, bleeding in a sink
Burning up
My sweet revenge
Will be yours for the taking
It's in the making, baby, oh
My sweet revenge
Will be yours for the taking
It's in the making, baby, oh
I saw her laugh
Then she said
"Go away"
I saw her laugh
Then she said, then she said
"Go away," away
Oh, oh, oh
My sweet revenge
Will be yours for the taking
It's in the making, baby, oh
My sweet revenge
Will be yours, it's in the making
It's in the taking, making, baking, taking, faking, oh
Ho
My sweet Clementine
Ho
Shoulda been, coulda been, woulda been, woulda been you
Shoulda been, coulda been, woulda been, woulda been you
Choking with a link, killing with a stink
Just your mother's ho
Bleeding in a sink, poisoning a drink
Burning up, my sweet Clementine
Trampling a shrink, bleeding in a sink
Hallelujah wink, getting on the brink
Just your mother's ho
Hallelujah wink, murdering a shrink
Burning up
Oh, my sweet revenge
Will be yours for the taking
It's in the making, baby, oh
My sweet revenge
Will be yours for the taking
It's in the making, baby, oh
Killing with stink, bleeding in a sink
Poisoning a drink, getting on the brink
Just your mother's ho
Bleeding in a sink, trampling a shrink
Burning up, my sweet Clementine
Poisoning a drink, bleeding in a sink
Choking with a link, killing with a stink
Just your mother's ho
Poisoning a drink, bleeding in a sink
Burning up
My sweet revenge
Will be yours for the taking
It's in the making, baby, oh
My sweet revenge
Will be yours for the taking
It's in the making, baby, oh
I saw her laugh
Then she said
"Go away"
I saw her laugh
Then she said, then she said
"Go away," away
Oh, oh, oh
My sweet revenge
Will be yours for the taking
It's in the making, baby, oh
My sweet revenge
Will be yours, it's in the making
It's in the taking, making, baking, taking, faking, oh
Ho
My sweet Clementine
Ho
Shoulda been, coulda been, woulda been, woulda been you
Shoulda been, coulda been, woulda been, woulda been you
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Now it should make a bit more sense to some of you.
And it's a great song too, btw.
It is Clementine. I've listened to this song enough to know. Definitely digging the guitar solo towards the end, too.
Are these lyrics right?? i'm sure it says valentine not clementine.... anyway, brill song. almost got a ska drum beat to it, with eastern European styles mixed in!
yes its clementine and the song really is wat it says right to the point but wat they want revenge on is the question! lol pun
@VodkaLix if you listen closely, you can hear "clementine" not "valentine"<br /> still a fire song though, love it
yes, its Clementine. awesome song. its cool how it first starts out all fast and then it slows down to a melodic state claming they will seek revenge.
This song remids me a lot of the Japanese Novel. Battle Royale. Some people seek revenge on others. Others are there just to slaughter.
i love this song, how come im the 5th person to comment. a great song. im not to familiar with system of a downs lyrical metaphors and stuff, so i don't know whether this is about a girl who broke and used the love of a guy'. and the is feeling crappy and depressed and these are his thoughts. i think im rambling.
Great song though. Love it.
Well, obviously this song has to do with getting revenge on someone, and here i think it's getting revenge on a cheating girlfriend or something like that. I'm not sure if this is right but atleast its what I think. My sweet clementine could be the name maybe and poisoning clementine's drink and watching her suffer is getting revenge. The lines about her saying, "Go away," could be her trying to break up. And the lines "should have been....etc." means that if you didn't screw up the relationship, you would have been the one.
Just my interpretation
Well, all of the 'Posining a drink" "Bleading in a Sink" and all of that such, is ment for ways to kill. Apparently, the character they created, or the person who went through that, asked somebody out who they really liked.. possably even loved.. They laughed, then coldly said "go away" so the person is planing on getting Revenge. Although it says here, in the booklet that comes with the CD, yes it does say Clemintine, but it doesn't say just you mothers HO, it says your.. not you. Easy mistake to make.. ^^;
The person would have given the girl everything, "shoulda been you!" part... and the "Just your mothers HO" means that the girl is just a ho, and mother really only states it as like mother fucker, or son of a bitch, or something of the such like that. Just to add more.. "It's in the making, baby!" means, they're planing on it now.. They're deciding what to do. Clemintine, is I'm assuming the girl, because "Burning Up" then directly after that it's "My Sweet Clemintine" put it together, "Burning Up My Sweet Clemintine" as another way to kill her.
the " i saw her laugh go away" part and guitar part following that is absolutely brilliant, or perhaps its just me
The guitar solo you guys are referring to is actually taken from the norwegian black metal band Emperor. It's the theme from "I am the Black Wizards" (no, that's not a typo!) which is from their 1994 album "In the Nightside Eclipse". I was kinda surprised to hear it in a SOAD song, but not surprised most people didn't recognize it/know it's origin.