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it's seven, an early morning.
the only sound is my breathing
as i lay awake not knowing
where it will be i'm going.
but i know time moves slow.
at 12:59, i sing lullabies,
and if you want me to sing you a song,
i know that there's a 12:59 lullabye tonight.
i will see the next hour through.
it falls to the next so soon,
but my guitar waits for her, too.
where have the songs played gone to?
and i know time moves slow
at 12:59, i sing lullabies,
and if you want me to sing you a song,
i know that there's a 1259 lullabye tonight.
and if you want me to sing you a song,
i know that there's a 1259 lullabye tonight.
the only sound is my breathing
as i lay awake not knowing
where it will be i'm going.
but i know time moves slow.
at 12:59, i sing lullabies,
and if you want me to sing you a song,
i know that there's a 12:59 lullabye tonight.
i will see the next hour through.
it falls to the next so soon,
but my guitar waits for her, too.
where have the songs played gone to?
and i know time moves slow
at 12:59, i sing lullabies,
and if you want me to sing you a song,
i know that there's a 1259 lullabye tonight.
and if you want me to sing you a song,
i know that there's a 1259 lullabye tonight.
Lyrics submitted by belle1313
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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.
this song conjures up images of hawaiian beaches, and hammocks, and swaying palm trees... i think it's about waiting for inspiration to strike.
it's so sweeet.. Love Mc Dreamy(*)
I recently got into their music and this song is awesome! Very dreamy...
to me this is about being happy for a short period and just enjoying simple, beautiful, everyday events by ones self. makes me think of watching the sunrise before my family wakes. deinetly one of my current favs. great band.
this song deserves more credit then it receives. one of my favorites
This song is amazing. I can really just imagine someone laying in bed and trying to sing themselves to sleep. It's sweet.
yeah man, way to ruin the feel good mood we had going here.
it's 12:59 lullaby, not lullabye =]
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This song is so sweet. I love Jays voice! I love the video to.
such a pretty song, it gets me to sleep everynight haha i love it :)