So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
[Keri:]
I miss him more right now, Feeling kinda stuck these days (because of you)
And I'd be on the highway, if only I could leave my place(because of you)
I used to be on top but I aint got nothing better to say(because of you)
I been trying to hide it but its written all over my face(because of you)
So I
(I really thought you were the one, the only one)
I guess that I was wrong
(But it turned out you wasnt it..the opposite)
Of everything I thought
What do you do after love? (after love)
What can you say when its said and done(nothing at all)
Cos u cant fight a heartbreak
And you cant stop your tears from falling down
So what do you do? What do you do?
After love. (Oeww. after love. it hurts so bad)
After Love.
[Diddy:]
I remember first day that I saw her face
The feeling I had sorta felt like my birthday
Beautiful I must say
She was my earthquake
Cute face, nice shape,she made my earth shake
Ima try keep the faith, do it like the church say
She the one for me and I don't care what him or her say
Thought I had a home run
But I'm just at first base
I found out the long run
Just another heart break
So how much can my heart take
You was like air to me
You know I wouldn't leave, I needed you to breath
See life is but a dream
So is love and I believe
If you ever been in love you will know what I mean
So Lord help me please I wanna see the light She keep telling me im wrong but I know im right
I'm trying to ignore cuz' i dont wanna fight
I know I made mistakes
But still I need her in my life
[Keri:]
Tell me how im supposed to heal this open wound
And tell me who would have thought that id be trying to get over you
Im stuck in the moment, of memories of me and you
And I can get over it, but i aint sure if I want to
Because you done made your bed, now u gotta lie in it (you gotta lie in it babe)
Now all the things u said don't mean a thing (dont mean a thing to me now)
I cant believe I gave u one last shot
I let it ride now baby its your stop
Oh so silly...now the jokes on me
It took a while to finally come to my senses
What do you do after love? (what do you do after love..oeew)
What can you say (what can you say) when its said and done
(when its over)
Cos u cant fight a heart break
When you cant stop your tears from falling down
So what do you do? What do you do?
After love. (After Love yea yea)
[Diddy:]
This is what you need to do
Pay attention
Cuz you know who i'm talking to, and I know u listening
I think about you all the time, if not every minute
I promise hurting you was never my intention
Something bout your style, the way that you presented
Every fantasy i ever had you was in it
I apologize for every time that you might've cried
Theres not enough words to describe how I feel inside
Guardian angel sent from the skies
I always knew you would have made a beautiful bride
And that's why
I wish you could of stayed, so much
But I fucked up and went and betrayed your trust
You know theres no more
Dolce and gabbana, Gucci and prada, trips to Nevada
And I admit what you heard is probably true
But out of all these girls the only one i loved was you
I love you
I miss him more right now, Feeling kinda stuck these days (because of you)
And I'd be on the highway, if only I could leave my place(because of you)
I used to be on top but I aint got nothing better to say(because of you)
I been trying to hide it but its written all over my face(because of you)
So I
(I really thought you were the one, the only one)
I guess that I was wrong
(But it turned out you wasnt it..the opposite)
Of everything I thought
What do you do after love? (after love)
What can you say when its said and done(nothing at all)
Cos u cant fight a heartbreak
And you cant stop your tears from falling down
So what do you do? What do you do?
After love. (Oeww. after love. it hurts so bad)
After Love.
[Diddy:]
I remember first day that I saw her face
The feeling I had sorta felt like my birthday
Beautiful I must say
She was my earthquake
Cute face, nice shape,she made my earth shake
Ima try keep the faith, do it like the church say
She the one for me and I don't care what him or her say
Thought I had a home run
But I'm just at first base
I found out the long run
Just another heart break
So how much can my heart take
You was like air to me
You know I wouldn't leave, I needed you to breath
See life is but a dream
So is love and I believe
If you ever been in love you will know what I mean
So Lord help me please I wanna see the light She keep telling me im wrong but I know im right
I'm trying to ignore cuz' i dont wanna fight
I know I made mistakes
But still I need her in my life
[Keri:]
Tell me how im supposed to heal this open wound
And tell me who would have thought that id be trying to get over you
Im stuck in the moment, of memories of me and you
And I can get over it, but i aint sure if I want to
Because you done made your bed, now u gotta lie in it (you gotta lie in it babe)
Now all the things u said don't mean a thing (dont mean a thing to me now)
I cant believe I gave u one last shot
I let it ride now baby its your stop
Oh so silly...now the jokes on me
It took a while to finally come to my senses
What do you do after love? (what do you do after love..oeew)
What can you say (what can you say) when its said and done
(when its over)
Cos u cant fight a heart break
When you cant stop your tears from falling down
So what do you do? What do you do?
After love. (After Love yea yea)
[Diddy:]
This is what you need to do
Pay attention
Cuz you know who i'm talking to, and I know u listening
I think about you all the time, if not every minute
I promise hurting you was never my intention
Something bout your style, the way that you presented
Every fantasy i ever had you was in it
I apologize for every time that you might've cried
Theres not enough words to describe how I feel inside
Guardian angel sent from the skies
I always knew you would have made a beautiful bride
And that's why
I wish you could of stayed, so much
But I fucked up and went and betrayed your trust
You know theres no more
Dolce and gabbana, Gucci and prada, trips to Nevada
And I admit what you heard is probably true
But out of all these girls the only one i loved was you
I love you
Lyrics submitted by liz_rulez
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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
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you opened up every doorway
you didn't mind if everything
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"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".
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Quintessential Aimee Mann.
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