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.
Thinking of tomorrow
With the sunset in your eyes
I feel everything and sorrow
So I have to say goodbye
Didn't think that we would love like this
I never thought that I would care
Slowly now I read the writing
It can free us if we dare
If there is
New love
New ways
New changes in our lives
Those times will last forever
If there is
New love
New ways
New changes in our lives
Those times will last forever
And ever
Didn't think that we could love like this
I never thought that I would care
Slowly now I read the writing
It will free us if we dare
If there is
New love
New ways
New faces in our lives
Those times will last forever
If there are
New loves
New ways
New faces in our lives
Those times will last forever
And ever
With the sunset in your eyes
I feel everything and sorrow
So I have to say goodbye
Didn't think that we would love like this
I never thought that I would care
Slowly now I read the writing
It can free us if we dare
If there is
New love
New ways
New changes in our lives
Those times will last forever
If there is
New love
New ways
New changes in our lives
Those times will last forever
And ever
Didn't think that we could love like this
I never thought that I would care
Slowly now I read the writing
It will free us if we dare
If there is
New love
New ways
New faces in our lives
Those times will last forever
If there are
New loves
New ways
New faces in our lives
Those times will last forever
And ever
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I believe the title of this is actually "Adios Ayer 2001". Adios Ayer is more instrumental, and only has the first verse repeated.
I'm thinking "I feel everything and sorrow" is actually "I fill everything with sorrow". Or maybe "I feel everything with sorrow". It sounds like that to me and makes more sense.
I think it's about a relationship that he didn't think would last or be anything important - "Didn't think that we would love like this; I never thought that I would care" - and now he realizes how important she is to him. He feels that he is emotionally damaged - "I feel everything with sorrow" - and because of this he's leaving her - "So I have to say goodbye". He wants her to be happy and feels that he is dragging her down with what I think is probably depression - "Thinking of tomorrow; With the sunset in your eyes." - and he's talking about how he's thinking about her being happy/alive (??) "tomorrow" watching the sun setting.
"Slowly now I read the writing; It will free us if we dare." I think he's saying that he realizes that he needs to leave, the relationship's over, and they can be free if they dare to let go.
"If there is new love new ways; New faces in our lives; Those times will last forever". He's telling her that they both need to go on living and as long as they do, their times together will always be in their memories. Maybe?
This is all just my take, but I get the vibe that maybe he's depressed and she's suicidal, and they're making it worse by being together. Maybe he blames her being suicidal on his depression? Or maybe he's the suicidal one and it's bringing her down, so he's leaving and the last verse is him telling himself not to do anything stupid, not her.
Anyways.... thoughts?
I guess that would be it.
@cutewhensedated it's about "moving on" and leaving yesterday behind like an old life for a new life in the present moment looking forward with confidence of a fresh start - it could be a relationship with someone or something but it's like our relationships in general
The key verse both lyrically and instrumentally in terms of crescendo is "if there is new love, new ways, new faces in our lives, those times will last forever" which is a manifesto for happiness. Say no more!
@dermot1037 we can only live in the present and not the past and it's that realisation and to make fresh memories rather than dwell on the past and start living life to the full - Adios Ayer translates as Goodbye Yesterday which also could mean more literally bidding farewell to the past and living in the moment