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.
In this park they play
They let the pigeons stay
They give them names and feed them bread
They live in Philadelphia
You have no chance, old man
Your queen is cornered, I'd say
Shoot a bird off the board
Don't need your cane for this job
Click y our heels, dance dance
Grab a girl, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
Clap your hands, dance dance
Feed the birds, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
You're out of breath, I see
You need a rest, maybe?
A little afternoon nap?
Let's tear the lid off this thing
One more step to go
One last dip and that's it
I've got more people to see
My friends, it breaks my heart
Click y our heels, dance dance
Grab a girl, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
Clap your hands, dance dance
Feed the birds, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
Move through the grass
On your hands and your knees
These things change, my old friends
Times change, don't they?
Float through the air
Let your heart carry you up up and up
Let's lay you down
Click y our heels, dance dance
Grab a girl, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
Clap your hands, dance dance
Feed the birds, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
They let the pigeons stay
They give them names and feed them bread
They live in Philadelphia
You have no chance, old man
Your queen is cornered, I'd say
Shoot a bird off the board
Don't need your cane for this job
Click y our heels, dance dance
Grab a girl, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
Clap your hands, dance dance
Feed the birds, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
You're out of breath, I see
You need a rest, maybe?
A little afternoon nap?
Let's tear the lid off this thing
One more step to go
One last dip and that's it
I've got more people to see
My friends, it breaks my heart
Click y our heels, dance dance
Grab a girl, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
Clap your hands, dance dance
Feed the birds, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
Move through the grass
On your hands and your knees
These things change, my old friends
Times change, don't they?
Float through the air
Let your heart carry you up up and up
Let's lay you down
Click y our heels, dance dance
Grab a girl, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
Clap your hands, dance dance
Feed the birds, dance dance
And don't remind me
Why I'm here, dance dance
Lyrics submitted by airwolf queen
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I think this is about people who try to forget their worries and problems ("And don't remind me why I'm here") in small but absorbing tasks like dancing, feeding pigeons and "grabbing a girl".
The lines that have always gotten me are: "You're out of breath, I see You need a rest, maybe? A little afternoon nap? Let's tear the lid off this thing
One more step to go One last dip and that's it I've got more people to see My friends, it breaks my heart"
I think it's about how we get wrapped up in menial tasks we forget the real world is out there, i.e., we have to face our problems. We can escape them for a little while ("A little afternoon nap?") but in the end you have to face whatever's worrying you ("my friends it breaks my heart.")
Just my opinion. Fabulous song, I love it.
The imegry I get is that of an old man in his last moments of life.<br /> perhaps passing away in a park, here to die but still trying to enjoy his last moments.<br /> You can kinda connect all the lyrics to that theme.<br /> <br /> Examples<br /> <br /> "need a nap?"<br /> Old age, tired, etc.<br /> <br /> <br /> "Float through the air<br /> let your heart carry you up up and up"<br /> afterlife<br /> "lets lay you down"<br /> Bury him.<br /> <br /> Just my view, awesome song =)
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