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.
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
Narcotic this window meth merchant
Shippin' and handlin' your life supply
Time to get up and wipe the eye boogers out my eye
What y'all tryna buy pimpin', why'know it's kinda dry
Yeah, I only gotta couple of pies left
That'll last me through the year
Doula, ice cream candy
Man, that shit be comin' in handy
It's real walkie talkie
I got that from the DB's, my cousin, work dirty
If you want 'em, I got 'em, you up to cop it
You better be about your grit
Devour any cowards, sours slippery at the lip
Beast up, suck up to none, don't be no sucker
Be a block monster, be a reputable motherfucka
Real mash with my Spanish
If ain't about no gouda, partner, you can vanish
Don't get put up in your place
Give me 40 feet and an ounce of space
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
Now-A-Later's, Gum Drops, Jelly Beans
Lollipops and triple beams
Blue Carpet, yeah, that's Tha Treatment
Candy so sweet, got everybody eatin' it
Bigg Snoop Dogg, I'm the star of this
So go on and get yourself a bar of this
No change, man, gimme the bucks
The kinda candy I sell, they call it 'Deez Nutz'
I'm almond with the caramel insides
You appear frontin' with the French fries
How it feel, man? What it look like?
I'm in your neighborhood, pullin' on some Bud Light
Sweet and sticky, take it out the wrapper
Now put it in your mouth
To the beat of the drum, it'll be fun
And I bet you can't just eat one, candy
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
I'm in the hood with the six-trey candy paint
Lil' somethin' to chunk, make the *** all faint
If you know when to beep, jump my baby rate
When I grip round her butt, I hold her steady
Yeah, she my one and only
Quick to keep back haters who don't know me
I feel good about candy
My gangstas understand me
Shake it, baby, don't break it baby
Now can you make it clap?
Tryna fit this work in your gap
Drop it like it water pagoda, get my hustle on
I get it from you, then I step on it to bubble on
It's gettin' sweeter than a sugar cane
Here come that sugar daddy, black, rollin' on gold thangs
Fo'shigiddy, he turned it into somethin', boy
'Cause I can't leave this filthy game without my Almond Joy
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
It's like candy, candy
Get it how you want it
Whip it, twist it, pop your whip up on the corner
While I tadaa check out this bizarre
The D A T, the N I double G, the D A Z
Again, it's up in the wind, feel the breeze for s***
Goddamn, you already know who I am
Chrome on chrome, blue on blue, frost colors switches
Hit the gas, hit the brake, y'all really burn rubber?
Dip, drop, drop, dip
Stop, dip, ghost ride the whip
Yeah, *** shot caller
It's America's number one baller
Man, I don't give a *** like, "*** it"
High riders, slide in the bucket
Little momma all up on a *** like a coat
I got the perfect thang that'll coat her throat
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
Three thousand **** pieces, you understand me?
I wish a *** would come in this ***
If I see Suge right now, I'd tell him, "Hey, how you doin', Suge?"
I didn't even know you were standin' there, *** my bad
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
Narcotic this window meth merchant
Shippin' and handlin' your life supply
Time to get up and wipe the eye boogers out my eye
What y'all tryna buy pimpin', why'know it's kinda dry
Yeah, I only gotta couple of pies left
That'll last me through the year
Doula, ice cream candy
Man, that shit be comin' in handy
It's real walkie talkie
I got that from the DB's, my cousin, work dirty
If you want 'em, I got 'em, you up to cop it
You better be about your grit
Devour any cowards, sours slippery at the lip
Beast up, suck up to none, don't be no sucker
Be a block monster, be a reputable motherfucka
Real mash with my Spanish
If ain't about no gouda, partner, you can vanish
Don't get put up in your place
Give me 40 feet and an ounce of space
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
Now-A-Later's, Gum Drops, Jelly Beans
Lollipops and triple beams
Blue Carpet, yeah, that's Tha Treatment
Candy so sweet, got everybody eatin' it
Bigg Snoop Dogg, I'm the star of this
So go on and get yourself a bar of this
No change, man, gimme the bucks
The kinda candy I sell, they call it 'Deez Nutz'
I'm almond with the caramel insides
You appear frontin' with the French fries
How it feel, man? What it look like?
I'm in your neighborhood, pullin' on some Bud Light
Sweet and sticky, take it out the wrapper
Now put it in your mouth
To the beat of the drum, it'll be fun
And I bet you can't just eat one, candy
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
I'm in the hood with the six-trey candy paint
Lil' somethin' to chunk, make the *** all faint
If you know when to beep, jump my baby rate
When I grip round her butt, I hold her steady
Yeah, she my one and only
Quick to keep back haters who don't know me
I feel good about candy
My gangstas understand me
Shake it, baby, don't break it baby
Now can you make it clap?
Tryna fit this work in your gap
Drop it like it water pagoda, get my hustle on
I get it from you, then I step on it to bubble on
It's gettin' sweeter than a sugar cane
Here come that sugar daddy, black, rollin' on gold thangs
Fo'shigiddy, he turned it into somethin', boy
'Cause I can't leave this filthy game without my Almond Joy
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
It's like candy, candy
Get it how you want it
Whip it, twist it, pop your whip up on the corner
While I tadaa check out this bizarre
The D A T, the N I double G, the D A Z
Again, it's up in the wind, feel the breeze for s***
Goddamn, you already know who I am
Chrome on chrome, blue on blue, frost colors switches
Hit the gas, hit the brake, y'all really burn rubber?
Dip, drop, drop, dip
Stop, dip, ghost ride the whip
Yeah, *** shot caller
It's America's number one baller
Man, I don't give a *** like, "*** it"
High riders, slide in the bucket
Little momma all up on a *** like a coat
I got the perfect thang that'll coat her throat
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
You want 'em? I got 'em drippin' like water
Three thousand **** pieces, you understand me?
I wish a *** would come in this ***
If I see Suge right now, I'd tell him, "Hey, how you doin', Suge?"
I didn't even know you were standin' there, *** my bad
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