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.
Maybe if my heart stops
Beating it won't hurt this much
And never will I have to
Answer again to anyone
Please don't get me wrong
Because I'll never let this go,
But I can't find the words to tell you
I don't wanna be alone,
But now I feel like I don't know you
One day you'll get sick of saying
That everything's alright
And by then I'm sure I'll be
Pretending just like I am tonight
Please don't get me wrong
Because I'll never let this go,
But I can't find the words to tell you
I don't wanna be alone,
But now I feel like I don't know you
Let this go,
Let this go
I'll never let this go,
But I can't find the words to tell you
I don't wanna be alone,
But now I feel like I don't know you
And I'll never let this go,
But I can't find the words to tell you
That now I feel like I don't know you
Beating it won't hurt this much
And never will I have to
Answer again to anyone
Please don't get me wrong
Because I'll never let this go,
But I can't find the words to tell you
I don't wanna be alone,
But now I feel like I don't know you
One day you'll get sick of saying
That everything's alright
And by then I'm sure I'll be
Pretending just like I am tonight
Please don't get me wrong
Because I'll never let this go,
But I can't find the words to tell you
I don't wanna be alone,
But now I feel like I don't know you
Let this go,
Let this go
I'll never let this go,
But I can't find the words to tell you
I don't wanna be alone,
But now I feel like I don't know you
And I'll never let this go,
But I can't find the words to tell you
That now I feel like I don't know you
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208, edited by fp252, Mellow_Harsher
Never Let This Go Lyrics as written by Joshua Neil Farro Hayley Nichole Williams
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i think it could be just about losing a friend and the depression that comes along with it. not all songs are always about boy and girl relationships...it could be that too but i just dont identify wih some of those songs as much.
I agree with IsThisAllADream completely. Everyone assumes every song is about a bf/gf, but when I think of this song, I think more of losing a friend. It pretty much explains my life right now, because one of my friends and I are on rough terms with each other. He said something hurtful to me, and I yelled at him. Things got better, but now he's starting to ignore me, and I don't know why. So it hurts that he's ignoring me, and because he's ignoring me, and because of what he said, I can't let it go. Some of my other friends are telling me he's a jerk and I should move on and find new friends, but I CAN'T. I don't want to move on and be alone, but I don't like what he's done...