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.
[Zack sings:]
SHOUT!
[Sean sings:]
In the middle class
I've been hiding
Chained up to a dog on a leash
All walks of life here are welcomed
To train you past on a new day
To get in
You need no invitation
No question
No belief
Just leave your mind where you found it
We have no use for thinking
[Zack sings:]
You're right so...
What is it they've done for me?
Wally
You're right so...
What is it they've done for me?
Wally
[Sean sings:]
Put me somewhere
I can't get out of
Just leave me close to the door
And I'll come in like I came out
Guess my life's not worth the pain
To wake
Alarms the brain
Alarms inside with a sudden gape
And there's all walks across... I,
I realize it's watching me
[Zack sings:]
You're right so...
What is it they've done for me?
Wally
You're right so...
What is it they've done for me?
Wally
I reach out for my brothers
They are like me
A sheltered life comes short of being free
'Cuz you know I won't stop until I'm free
[Sean sings:]
Check it! Check it!
[Zack sings:] IN THE MIDDLE CLASS RUT!!
[Sean sings:] I'm waiting
[Zack sings:] IN THE MIDDLE CLASS RUT!!
[Sean sings:] I'm waiting
[Zack sings:] IN THE MIDDLE CLASS RUT!!
[Sean sings:] I'm waiting
SHOUT!
[Sean sings:]
In the middle class
I've been hiding
Chained up to a dog on a leash
All walks of life here are welcomed
To train you past on a new day
To get in
You need no invitation
No question
No belief
Just leave your mind where you found it
We have no use for thinking
[Zack sings:]
You're right so...
What is it they've done for me?
Wally
You're right so...
What is it they've done for me?
Wally
[Sean sings:]
Put me somewhere
I can't get out of
Just leave me close to the door
And I'll come in like I came out
Guess my life's not worth the pain
To wake
Alarms the brain
Alarms inside with a sudden gape
And there's all walks across... I,
I realize it's watching me
[Zack sings:]
You're right so...
What is it they've done for me?
Wally
You're right so...
What is it they've done for me?
Wally
I reach out for my brothers
They are like me
A sheltered life comes short of being free
'Cuz you know I won't stop until I'm free
[Sean sings:]
Check it! Check it!
[Zack sings:] IN THE MIDDLE CLASS RUT!!
[Sean sings:] I'm waiting
[Zack sings:] IN THE MIDDLE CLASS RUT!!
[Sean sings:] I'm waiting
[Zack sings:] IN THE MIDDLE CLASS RUT!!
[Sean sings:] I'm waiting
Lyrics submitted by nny350
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