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Drink up, baby, down
Mmm, are you in or are you out?
Leave your things behind
'Cause it's all going off without you
Excuse me, too busy
You're writing your tragedy
These mishaps you bubble wrap
When you've no idea what you're like
So let go, let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Let go, let go, just get in
Yeah, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
It gains the more it gives
And then it rises with the fall
So hand me that remote
Can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow?
Such boundless pleasure
We've no time for later, now
You can't await your own arrival
Twenty seconds to comply
So let go, let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Let go, yeah, let go, just get in
Yeah, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Yeah, hey, yeah, hey
Yeah, hey, yeah, hey
Yeah, hey
Yeah, hey, yeah, hey
Yeah, hey, yeah, hey
Yeah, hey
So let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Let go, let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
The breakdown
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So amazing here
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Mmm, are you in or are you out?
Leave your things behind
'Cause it's all going off without you
Excuse me, too busy
You're writing your tragedy
These mishaps you bubble wrap
When you've no idea what you're like
So let go, let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Let go, let go, just get in
Yeah, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
It gains the more it gives
And then it rises with the fall
So hand me that remote
Can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow?
Such boundless pleasure
We've no time for later, now
You can't await your own arrival
Twenty seconds to comply
So let go, let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Let go, yeah, let go, just get in
Yeah, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Yeah, hey, yeah, hey
Yeah, hey, yeah, hey
Yeah, hey
Yeah, hey, yeah, hey
Yeah, hey, yeah, hey
Yeah, hey
So let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Let go, let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
The breakdown
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So amazing here
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
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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.
nevermind i found it
This is a great song
I love this song. It's been stuck in my head since the first time I heard it.
its one of the best cover songs ever
ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!
EXCELLENT cover of the song!!!! i love love love it!!
Martin Johnson makes the vocal sound so hard to sing, but if you try to sing it yourself you can see that this song's pretty easy to sing.
I love this cover song!
The keys are all perfect! None too low or too high!
Wheee!
I'm sorry...
I'm just real tired.
Hahaha...
Whoo!
wow.
He did pretty well covering but I still think the original is the best.
this cover is actually really, really good.