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.
Oh you bastard
No
No
No
I hate you
Everything
Everything
Everything
Is wrong
Yeah
I don't wanna fight
I don't know what's even right
But I'll do anything to get some fucking sleep tonight
And I can't even eat
And I can't even fucking piss
All I've been doing is to hear the God of doom infinity
Fucking kill you!
Now
You fucking listen to me
Every one of you in my motherfucking life
All I've been looking for is an excuse to feel this way
And now I know
Now I know
I'm in control of the infinite mind
And I control infinite power
Every block fits
Self control is something I've learned
But don't think I won't do it
Don't you ever forget
If you want crazy
If you want fucking crazy
I'll show you how to be crazy
Fuck
Oh..
Amazed
All this time I thought you wanted me to be like you
You don't want me to be like you
Now your sins are made
Crazy
Crazy
Crazy
Oh fuck
Fuck
I hate me
I hate me
Now
Now
Now I fucking hate myself
Everything
Everything
Everything about this is fucked
Now it's silence
Silence
Silence
Oh yes
Yes
Yeah
Love...
No
No
No
I hate you
Everything
Everything
Everything
Is wrong
Yeah
I don't wanna fight
I don't know what's even right
But I'll do anything to get some fucking sleep tonight
And I can't even eat
And I can't even fucking piss
All I've been doing is to hear the God of doom infinity
Fucking kill you!
Now
You fucking listen to me
Every one of you in my motherfucking life
All I've been looking for is an excuse to feel this way
And now I know
Now I know
I'm in control of the infinite mind
And I control infinite power
Every block fits
Self control is something I've learned
But don't think I won't do it
Don't you ever forget
If you want crazy
If you want fucking crazy
I'll show you how to be crazy
Fuck
Oh..
Amazed
All this time I thought you wanted me to be like you
You don't want me to be like you
Now your sins are made
Crazy
Crazy
Crazy
Oh fuck
Fuck
I hate me
I hate me
Now
Now
Now I fucking hate myself
Everything
Everything
Everything about this is fucked
Now it's silence
Silence
Silence
Oh yes
Yes
Yeah
Love...
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