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You don't know about me
And you don't care what affair still haunts me
And you don't know what it is about me
And I don't care, I don't care if you love me
Tonight we'll be whoever we like
Tonight we'll leave our troubles behind
Tonight in each other we'll hide
Tonight will be alright...
And I don't know about you
And I don't care about the girl behind you
And I don't know what it is about you
It makes me want to run and jump inside you
Tonight in each other we'll hide
Tonight we'll leave our troubles behind
Tonight we'll be whoever we like
Tonight, tonight will be alright...
You don't understand why my heart feels bad
From the love you hold out in your hand
And you offer it without command
I just don't know why I can't get you inside,
Why I need you tonight...
Cause you don't know about me,
And you don't care how this affair will break me.
And why should I care about you, if you don't care,
You don't care that I love you?
And you don't care what affair still haunts me
And you don't know what it is about me
And I don't care, I don't care if you love me
Tonight we'll be whoever we like
Tonight we'll leave our troubles behind
Tonight in each other we'll hide
Tonight will be alright...
And I don't know about you
And I don't care about the girl behind you
And I don't know what it is about you
It makes me want to run and jump inside you
Tonight in each other we'll hide
Tonight we'll leave our troubles behind
Tonight we'll be whoever we like
Tonight, tonight will be alright...
You don't understand why my heart feels bad
From the love you hold out in your hand
And you offer it without command
I just don't know why I can't get you inside,
Why I need you tonight...
Cause you don't know about me,
And you don't care how this affair will break me.
And why should I care about you, if you don't care,
You don't care that I love you?
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Tonight Lyrics as written by Kate Walsh
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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 is about a one night stand, Kate Walsh reveals as much at her gigs
I think she loves him, but he doesn't love or cre about her Then she realizes that if he doesn't love her, why should she love him I don't know...
Its seems to me like she's talking about having an affair, and ends up falling for the guy.
"And I don't care about the girl behind you." - Her not thinking about the 'girl behind him' makes me think of his wife.
Her heart feels bad because she can't have anymore than what he's giving. He will never truely be hers.
"And you don't care how this affair will break me." - She loves him, but knows that sooner or later the thing between the two will be over, and that its going to devastate her.
i agree, i think it's about an affair. maybe not an actual physical affair, but definetly someone who is already with someone, but who's heart is with someone else, who doesn't care (and you don't care, you don't care if i love you.)
i think this is about a couple who are already in a relationship, and he cheats on her (you don't care what affair still haunts me) but she still finds herself loving him, regardless of the shit he puts her through.
This song is about a one night stand, Kate Walsh reveals as much at her gigs
I'm pretty sure its Kate Walsh trying to explain how in the beginning of the affair, she didn't care if he loved her. But as the song progresses, as well as the affair, it turns to how she doesn't care about the girl he's with and how she really does love him and wants to be with him, but he [like she was in the beginning] still doesn't care. It's such a creative song that shows the differences people have and how a person, man or woman, can enter an affair thinking it won't affect their heart, but in the end their heart gets way too involved, unlike their partner.
Perfect song, just like life.
Similar thread to "Bury My Head"
i always thought it was about a one night stand...about people who had their own troubles in love but decide to have one night of mindless sex to escape the rubbish they're going through.
And why should I care about you, WHEN you don't care, You don't care IF i love you.
Definitely with regards to a one night stand. Both have troubles and seek refuge in each other.