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You are the lighthouse, the seamark
The tempests created this tide
I'm pulled to the black silver ocean
Where the current and the heavens collide
You are the brick
I am so unpredictable
Led by the current away
Your solid stage is so necessary to save
All those who stray
You are the navigator who never could lead
We were lost in the silver sea
I was the ship who was too proud to ever sink.
I am your thought but the water is amnesia
My name is on the tip of your tongue
My image is slipping
But your memory is gripping it
This is my breath in your lungs
You are the navigator who never could lead
We were lost in the silver sea
I was the ship who was too proud to ever sink.
Echo, my voice is an echo
Of places I don't know
And stories I've been told
Echo. We all are connected
A lighthouse a voyage
For history's sake,
Will you please take notice?
The tempests created this tide
I'm pulled to the black silver ocean
Where the current and the heavens collide
You are the brick
I am so unpredictable
Led by the current away
Your solid stage is so necessary to save
All those who stray
You are the navigator who never could lead
We were lost in the silver sea
I was the ship who was too proud to ever sink.
I am your thought but the water is amnesia
My name is on the tip of your tongue
My image is slipping
But your memory is gripping it
This is my breath in your lungs
You are the navigator who never could lead
We were lost in the silver sea
I was the ship who was too proud to ever sink.
Echo, my voice is an echo
Of places I don't know
And stories I've been told
Echo. We all are connected
A lighthouse a voyage
For history's sake,
Will you please take notice?
Lyrics submitted by thatgirlnamedbiz
Echo Lyrics as written by Rocky Morris Jade Caswell
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
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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.
One of the Hush Sound's most beautiful songs. It can be interpreted in a number of ways. Personally, I think of it as someone trying to start a relationship with someone, but can't quite make it happen. She keeps trying, but he doesn't quite pick up on it. "I am your thought but the water is amnesia" and "For history's sake, would you please take notice?" I love how everything is related to ships and the ocean, it creates a wonderful metaphor. The Hush Sound's lyrics are amazing, they give you so much to think about!