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.
If you got Jack in your cup
Go raise it up (go raise it up, go raise it up)
If you ain't got enough
Go fill it up (go fill it up, go fill it up)
I'm gonna chase this whiskey with Patrón
I wanna girl on my lap and a Jägerbomb
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And I'ma make it rain on the girl who serves me
I drink a fifth of vodka 'til it's gone
And if it feels so good then it can't be wrong
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And we be taking shots, and if not, you're nerdy
We only leave a pre-party to go party some more
I'm already shit faced before I walk in the door
This girl's rubbin' on my leg, I never met her before
And now she's making her way down to my gentleman sword
Might be the drugs talking or the shots of Patron
But these bitches look like models and they're ready to bone
I'll take 'em back to my parents house, we'll be home alone
I'll slap em' chicks and have 'em yelling like Macaulay Culkin
She's tearing it up, yeah, she's dancing her ass off
This girl's like a Mac the way she's riding my laptop
I'm trying to get my rocks off so don't try to cock-block
I'll grab my sawed off and I'll blow your cock off
You know we drink so much, we're getting drunk for weeks
We drink so much Goose, we're turning into geese
Me and my crew flap a V through VIP
These bitches play my skin flute like they're Kenny G
I'm gonna chase this whiskey with Patrón
I wanna girl on my lap and a Jägerbomb
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And I'ma make it rain on the girl who serves me
I drink a fifth of vodka 'til it's gone
And if it feels so good then it can't be wrong
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And we be taking shots and if not, you're nerdy
If you got Jack in your cup, go raise it up
If you ain't got enough, go fill it up
If you had too much, don't throw it up
And if you ain't got shit, throw your hands up
Get gone with it, there's nothing wrong with it
Take shots, don't stop, sing along with it
I wanna feel you bounce, girl, go up and down
Take shots, won't stop 'til I'm passing out
So girl, get down, you can have more
And you can shake your hips around on my man sword
You're gonna have to rock this house, I'm your landlord
So let your sweat drip down on the dance floor
I ain't trying to go home with nolla, nolla
We can hit the dance floor when you wanna, wanna
Girl, you know you're feeling me so holla, holla
'Cause everyone compared to me is nada, nada
Okay, dawg, this has gone on for way long
Can't quit my day job 'til I'm played on K-ROQ
It's chaos, I'm in the club with my shades on
And I'm about to smack that like I'm Akon
I'm gonna chase this whiskey with Patrón
I wanna girl on my lap and a Jägerbomb
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And I'ma make it rain on the girl who serves me
I drink a fifth of vodka 'til it's gone
And if it feels so good then it can't be wrong
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And we be taking shots and if not you nerdy
If you got Jack in your cup, go raise it up
If you ain't got enough, go fill it up
If you had too much, don't throw it up
And if you ain't got shit, throw your hands up
If you got Jack in your cup, go raise it up
If you ain't got enough, go fill it up
If you had too much, don't throw it up
And if you ain't got shit, throw your hands up
I'm gonna chase this whiskey with Patrón
I wanna girl on my lap and a JÁgerbomb
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And I'ma make it rain on the girl who serves me
I drink a fifth of vodka 'til it's gone
And if it feels so good then it can't be wrong
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And we be taking shots and if not you nerdy
If you got Jack in your cup
Go raise it up (Go raise it up, go raise it up)
If you ain't got enough
Go fill it up (Go fill it up, go fill it up)
If you got Jack in your cup
Go raise it up (Go raise it up, go raise it up)
If you ain't got enough
Go fill it up (Go fill it up, go fill it up)
Go raise it up (go raise it up, go raise it up)
If you ain't got enough
Go fill it up (go fill it up, go fill it up)
I'm gonna chase this whiskey with Patrón
I wanna girl on my lap and a Jägerbomb
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And I'ma make it rain on the girl who serves me
I drink a fifth of vodka 'til it's gone
And if it feels so good then it can't be wrong
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And we be taking shots, and if not, you're nerdy
We only leave a pre-party to go party some more
I'm already shit faced before I walk in the door
This girl's rubbin' on my leg, I never met her before
And now she's making her way down to my gentleman sword
Might be the drugs talking or the shots of Patron
But these bitches look like models and they're ready to bone
I'll take 'em back to my parents house, we'll be home alone
I'll slap em' chicks and have 'em yelling like Macaulay Culkin
She's tearing it up, yeah, she's dancing her ass off
This girl's like a Mac the way she's riding my laptop
I'm trying to get my rocks off so don't try to cock-block
I'll grab my sawed off and I'll blow your cock off
You know we drink so much, we're getting drunk for weeks
We drink so much Goose, we're turning into geese
Me and my crew flap a V through VIP
These bitches play my skin flute like they're Kenny G
I'm gonna chase this whiskey with Patrón
I wanna girl on my lap and a Jägerbomb
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And I'ma make it rain on the girl who serves me
I drink a fifth of vodka 'til it's gone
And if it feels so good then it can't be wrong
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And we be taking shots and if not, you're nerdy
If you got Jack in your cup, go raise it up
If you ain't got enough, go fill it up
If you had too much, don't throw it up
And if you ain't got shit, throw your hands up
Get gone with it, there's nothing wrong with it
Take shots, don't stop, sing along with it
I wanna feel you bounce, girl, go up and down
Take shots, won't stop 'til I'm passing out
So girl, get down, you can have more
And you can shake your hips around on my man sword
You're gonna have to rock this house, I'm your landlord
So let your sweat drip down on the dance floor
I ain't trying to go home with nolla, nolla
We can hit the dance floor when you wanna, wanna
Girl, you know you're feeling me so holla, holla
'Cause everyone compared to me is nada, nada
Okay, dawg, this has gone on for way long
Can't quit my day job 'til I'm played on K-ROQ
It's chaos, I'm in the club with my shades on
And I'm about to smack that like I'm Akon
I'm gonna chase this whiskey with Patrón
I wanna girl on my lap and a Jägerbomb
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And I'ma make it rain on the girl who serves me
I drink a fifth of vodka 'til it's gone
And if it feels so good then it can't be wrong
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And we be taking shots and if not you nerdy
If you got Jack in your cup, go raise it up
If you ain't got enough, go fill it up
If you had too much, don't throw it up
And if you ain't got shit, throw your hands up
If you got Jack in your cup, go raise it up
If you ain't got enough, go fill it up
If you had too much, don't throw it up
And if you ain't got shit, throw your hands up
I'm gonna chase this whiskey with Patrón
I wanna girl on my lap and a JÁgerbomb
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And I'ma make it rain on the girl who serves me
I drink a fifth of vodka 'til it's gone
And if it feels so good then it can't be wrong
I'm comin' in hot, you heard me
And we be taking shots and if not you nerdy
If you got Jack in your cup
Go raise it up (Go raise it up, go raise it up)
If you ain't got enough
Go fill it up (Go fill it up, go fill it up)
If you got Jack in your cup
Go raise it up (Go raise it up, go raise it up)
If you ain't got enough
Go fill it up (Go fill it up, go fill it up)
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