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 only note spending time away
I only note the truth is spoken
Best when brutally so honestly
I'll let you know you set
The standards lyrically for me
One single middle finger
Say raise it up
My speech will always be free
Like Martin Luther King
You had meaning to me
Single-handedly saving music starving industry
A hip hop legend was skinned like invisible ink
Like even though he was whiter than me
He was the first to be colorless
Speaking for all of us
Then you let us into your family
Mother father brother sister wife daughter
Damn right in front of me
That's when I miss my daughter desperately
Your mocking bird puts dents in me
While touring press and reliving my song "Hate Me"
I was losing custody
I never even saw that shit
How she played me
And planned and sought it fit
To turn that trick and financially she would benefit
My first and probably only billboard hit
Was gonna pay for my two year old's college
I should have hid that shit
So she couldn't spend that shit
It took twenty years of working
Just to earn that shit
Now word for word I've listened
heard and I'm done
Done
Like you don't know
You act like you believe it
That you're in control
It's just your legal system though
They don't think about it
No they don't care about it
Now every man in America take back your control
So I kept my business quiet
Just like my lawyer said
And I tried to focus on
My anger and my work instead
I was succeeding at self reliant
But inside my soul is dead
I had to be the sole provider
But not allowed to be the dad
Literally they took her from me
Legally they did! They did!
But I'm not a fucking book
So fuck your book and leaking I said
Fuck the judge. Fuck that county
Fuck your family too
Yeah fuck everybody that took my baby girl, Blue
I'm way too strong
I work my ass off all day long
And I'm gone for months at a time
And you keep sitting there in line
Bitching "Come back home"
I hate you, hate you! God!
And then you came back home
And filed for another fucking divorce
I'm sick of her I'm sick of you
I'm not sick up in my head
Any other man in American can get screwed just like me
Like you don't know
You act like you believe it
That you're in control
It's just your legal system though
They don't think about it
No, they don't care about it
Now every man in America take back your control
(Ray C):
You won't understand, probably never will
Listen slowly I'll let you know the deal
Lying ass play the judge with your crying ass
You had your nose wide open when you saw the cash
Grimy bitch growing tired of you trying shit
Women run the courts, men provide the chips
Well eat up bitch until you had enough bitch
But take my kids, you can kiss both my nuts bitch
Telling lies cause daddy's always on the road
But you the one fucking like a groupie at a show
Money hungry so you try to take my youngest from me
You a dummy honey I'll chase you across the country
Bring the drama to you mama and you mama's mama
Cause we all know you chasing after commas
Couple checks few houses and Gucci blouses
You changing dicks like you changing outfits
Constitution now a day's got the daddies losing
Lot of fathers getting fucked by the constitution
Like you don't know
You act like you believe it
That you're in control
It's just your legal system though
They don't think about it
No, they don't care about it
Now every man in America take back your control
I only note the truth is spoken
Best when brutally so honestly
I'll let you know you set
The standards lyrically for me
One single middle finger
Say raise it up
My speech will always be free
Like Martin Luther King
You had meaning to me
Single-handedly saving music starving industry
A hip hop legend was skinned like invisible ink
Like even though he was whiter than me
He was the first to be colorless
Speaking for all of us
Then you let us into your family
Mother father brother sister wife daughter
Damn right in front of me
That's when I miss my daughter desperately
Your mocking bird puts dents in me
While touring press and reliving my song "Hate Me"
I was losing custody
I never even saw that shit
How she played me
And planned and sought it fit
To turn that trick and financially she would benefit
My first and probably only billboard hit
Was gonna pay for my two year old's college
I should have hid that shit
So she couldn't spend that shit
It took twenty years of working
Just to earn that shit
Now word for word I've listened
heard and I'm done
Done
Like you don't know
You act like you believe it
That you're in control
It's just your legal system though
They don't think about it
No they don't care about it
Now every man in America take back your control
So I kept my business quiet
Just like my lawyer said
And I tried to focus on
My anger and my work instead
I was succeeding at self reliant
But inside my soul is dead
I had to be the sole provider
But not allowed to be the dad
Literally they took her from me
Legally they did! They did!
But I'm not a fucking book
So fuck your book and leaking I said
Fuck the judge. Fuck that county
Fuck your family too
Yeah fuck everybody that took my baby girl, Blue
I'm way too strong
I work my ass off all day long
And I'm gone for months at a time
And you keep sitting there in line
Bitching "Come back home"
I hate you, hate you! God!
And then you came back home
And filed for another fucking divorce
I'm sick of her I'm sick of you
I'm not sick up in my head
Any other man in American can get screwed just like me
Like you don't know
You act like you believe it
That you're in control
It's just your legal system though
They don't think about it
No, they don't care about it
Now every man in America take back your control
(Ray C):
You won't understand, probably never will
Listen slowly I'll let you know the deal
Lying ass play the judge with your crying ass
You had your nose wide open when you saw the cash
Grimy bitch growing tired of you trying shit
Women run the courts, men provide the chips
Well eat up bitch until you had enough bitch
But take my kids, you can kiss both my nuts bitch
Telling lies cause daddy's always on the road
But you the one fucking like a groupie at a show
Money hungry so you try to take my youngest from me
You a dummy honey I'll chase you across the country
Bring the drama to you mama and you mama's mama
Cause we all know you chasing after commas
Couple checks few houses and Gucci blouses
You changing dicks like you changing outfits
Constitution now a day's got the daddies losing
Lot of fathers getting fucked by the constitution
Like you don't know
You act like you believe it
That you're in control
It's just your legal system though
They don't think about it
No, they don't care about it
Now every man in America take back your control
Lyrics submitted by marqupton
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easier said than done sweets
... it was mostly directed toward the comment below mine.<br />