1
I've had a fire burnin'
Since the holidays began
I hear it's cold out where you're livin'
But any colder than I've been?
I've been an animal since you left me
I need you wrapped under my tree
My Christmas cheer is here and ready
But where are you to set it free
I sit alone
By the fire inside our home
Outside the snow is fallin'
And I'm singing
Wish as I may
Wish as I might
Grant me this one small wish
On Christmas night
'Cuz I don't need candy
Or the toys from my youth
I just want you oh darlin'
I just want you
I've had a candle burnin'
Hopin' you'll come back to me
I think this may be more than anything
Mr.Santa Claus can bring
I was adorable when you met me
I'm on the naughty list this year
A lump of coal won't do it justice
It's all the loneliness I fear
I sit alone
by the gifts in our own home
You're not a single one
And now I'm singing
Wish as I may
Wish as I might
Grant me this one small wish
On Christmas night
'Cuz I don't need candy
Or the toys from my youth
I just want you oh darlin'
I just want you
I'm not the Grinch
I'm not Mr. Scrooge
My heart just needs your light
Only thing I'm doin' is cryin'
In my room and singin'
I wish my baby
Would be with me tonight
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh I've been so lonely
Wish as I may
Wish as I might
Grant me this one small wish
On Christmas night
'Cuz I don't need candy
Or the toys from my youth
I just want you oh darlin'
I just want you
Oh oh oh
I just want you oh darlin'
I just want you
Oh oh oh
I just want you oh darlin'
I just want you
Since the holidays began
I hear it's cold out where you're livin'
But any colder than I've been?
I've been an animal since you left me
I need you wrapped under my tree
My Christmas cheer is here and ready
But where are you to set it free
I sit alone
By the fire inside our home
Outside the snow is fallin'
And I'm singing
Wish as I may
Wish as I might
Grant me this one small wish
On Christmas night
'Cuz I don't need candy
Or the toys from my youth
I just want you oh darlin'
I just want you
I've had a candle burnin'
Hopin' you'll come back to me
I think this may be more than anything
Mr.Santa Claus can bring
I was adorable when you met me
I'm on the naughty list this year
A lump of coal won't do it justice
It's all the loneliness I fear
I sit alone
by the gifts in our own home
You're not a single one
And now I'm singing
Wish as I may
Wish as I might
Grant me this one small wish
On Christmas night
'Cuz I don't need candy
Or the toys from my youth
I just want you oh darlin'
I just want you
I'm not the Grinch
I'm not Mr. Scrooge
My heart just needs your light
Only thing I'm doin' is cryin'
In my room and singin'
I wish my baby
Would be with me tonight
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh I've been so lonely
Wish as I may
Wish as I might
Grant me this one small wish
On Christmas night
'Cuz I don't need candy
Or the toys from my youth
I just want you oh darlin'
I just want you
Oh oh oh
I just want you oh darlin'
I just want you
Oh oh oh
I just want you oh darlin'
I just want you
Lyrics submitted by Bamboobie
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
ive lost time in this stupid life of mine
Camacazi Helmets
Camacazi Helmets
Wide Open Eyes
Try.fail.try
Try.fail.try
1
this ain't for everyone
Pas/cal
Pas/cal
1
Du var inte där för mig
Lisa Ekdahl
Lisa Ekdahl
1
Love in a Vacuum
'Til Tuesday
'Til Tuesday
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.
I downloaded this for free on iTunes and I'm so glad I did. I've listened to it so many, many times. I love the "I dont need candy; or the toys from my youth; I just want you" part. Clearly its about a guy whos depressed over a breakup and he can't get into the Christmas spirit because all he can think about is getting the girl back.
The song's lyrics, about longing to be with loved ones during Christmas, were inspired by US troops serving overseas. "When you're in a band, you go out on tour and think, 'Oh, I've been gone for three weeks, boo-hoo,'" Campbell explained, "and then there's people like that who are gone for so long. I could just imagine that if they could have anything, especially at that time of the year, it would be those people they love."