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.
Let's make it a day where we do what they wishing we don't, hell we can make it a year
Let's do a lifetime where we step on the opps for the king and I'm making it clear
I live in battle tension so that soldier inside got no choice but to take it to here
We live in Babel remnants where the listeners silent
'Cause noise overtaking the ear, fading in fear
Ain't got no room for the vibe, can't mix the truth with a lie
Look in the sky, soak in the blue with ya eye
What if the sun didn't shine?
It gotta rise and give off the energy needed, if not then we wouldn't survive
I'm on the grind to pick up the wisdom we needing 'cause knowledge the fruit of the life
Can't let my people perish so I'm stepping on necks while I'm seeking clearance, okay
I'm tryna see the clearest so I study the text while I'm eating carrots all day
Ain't 'bout to beef with parrots
You just say what you heard from a feeble message, no way
I'm tryna seek forbearance while I go through the test
'Cause it keep occurring and it go 'til I get to the grave
Grateful that I got my savior, He always leading my way
Living this life while I wait for heaven and go through the gates
Bet I won't fold on my faith, I seek the look on they face, aw
I know they rather me fake than show up to say that
He rose from the dead like a phantom
Holes in His hand, heaven band 'boutta blow like a candle
Only need the manna, holy be the manners
Sow the seed and watch just how the holy king expand it, fasho
Ain't gon' cap, put that old to the back of me
You think you wise bet I cast down that blasphemy
Work for Jesus happily, serving G like Applebee's
Surf the sea with love, joy, & peace and now they asking me:
How you go through the furnace and don't get a scratch?
'Cause I been putting that trust in my Father and He got my back
Try not to fall when a demon attack
If Satan start it I bring out the strap, boom
Putting his head in his lap
Walk with that water, ain't needing the tap
We in the fourth quarter just know that it's wraps, just know that it's wraps
Yeah, yeah
Y'all should already know what time it is man
We in the end times if you ain't already know, you know now
He on the way, get ready
Let's do a lifetime where we step on the opps for the king and I'm making it clear
I live in battle tension so that soldier inside got no choice but to take it to here
We live in Babel remnants where the listeners silent
'Cause noise overtaking the ear, fading in fear
Ain't got no room for the vibe, can't mix the truth with a lie
Look in the sky, soak in the blue with ya eye
What if the sun didn't shine?
It gotta rise and give off the energy needed, if not then we wouldn't survive
I'm on the grind to pick up the wisdom we needing 'cause knowledge the fruit of the life
Can't let my people perish so I'm stepping on necks while I'm seeking clearance, okay
I'm tryna see the clearest so I study the text while I'm eating carrots all day
Ain't 'bout to beef with parrots
You just say what you heard from a feeble message, no way
I'm tryna seek forbearance while I go through the test
'Cause it keep occurring and it go 'til I get to the grave
Grateful that I got my savior, He always leading my way
Living this life while I wait for heaven and go through the gates
Bet I won't fold on my faith, I seek the look on they face, aw
I know they rather me fake than show up to say that
He rose from the dead like a phantom
Holes in His hand, heaven band 'boutta blow like a candle
Only need the manna, holy be the manners
Sow the seed and watch just how the holy king expand it, fasho
Ain't gon' cap, put that old to the back of me
You think you wise bet I cast down that blasphemy
Work for Jesus happily, serving G like Applebee's
Surf the sea with love, joy, & peace and now they asking me:
How you go through the furnace and don't get a scratch?
'Cause I been putting that trust in my Father and He got my back
Try not to fall when a demon attack
If Satan start it I bring out the strap, boom
Putting his head in his lap
Walk with that water, ain't needing the tap
We in the fourth quarter just know that it's wraps, just know that it's wraps
Yeah, yeah
Y'all should already know what time it is man
We in the end times if you ain't already know, you know now
He on the way, get ready
Lyrics submitted by Legion1349
WARFARE. Lyrics as written by Cameron Moore
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
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I'll just add to yours as I with you on most. Mine is all in CAPITALS
you say this is a wonderful world we live in i dont DENY IT, THIS IS A wonderful world the more i LOOK AT people, the more i hate them because i know......manipulate(?)..... ................ i hate every body I PAINT BLACK THE WORLD? I HATE EVERYTHING other guy shed blood, total war,
i hate every body I PAINT BLACK THE WORLD? I HATE EVERYTHING i hate, everything nothing..... nothing can.....PAIN-DRENCHED KILLING SOMEone, something, WITHout REASON IT MAKES YOU A GOD?
war, DEATH, DECAY war DEATH, DECAY god is dead (completely unintelligible for a couple sentences) TO RECOGNIZE THAT I WOULD BE REBORN, AND THOSE I KILL, THOSE I MAKE MY SLAVES .............. you don't understand, anything you're not, capable OF IT I"M BEYOND YOUR EXPERIENCE I"M BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL
LEGION OF THE NIGHT NIGHT BREED SHOW NO MERCY! SHOW NO MERCY! SHOW NO MERCY! SHOW NO MERCY!
war is good AIDS is good mass murder is good gang violence is good crack cocaine is good anything that contributes to depopulating the earth is good.