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.
Livin in the ghetto ain't nothin nice
over dollar bets and dice niggas lose they life
ain't that shife
but shit that's how the ghetto is
my uncle just got out served the whole 10 year bid
little kids in the ghetto wit no shoes on
goin to they friends house cause momma ain't got no food at home
and they say that ???
I felt UGK when they said one day you here and the next you gone
this here for Mo man Sticky Wood and Zach
can't forget about Shorty my cousin Maurice Tel Fair and Black
ain't gonna bring em back
slangin crack to eat
sippin yay and blowin sweets
jackin D-boy for they ain't gonna try to get on our feet
now that's deep
nah dawg that's just the way it is
its too late to save us but we gotta save these kids
I got niggas in the pen who ain't never comin home
and I got niggas in the cemetery layin alone
[Chorus]
cause ain't no love in the ghetto (ain't no love in the ghetto)
it ain't nothin but pain (ain't no love in the ghetto)
I drink henn and blow jane (ain't no love in the ghetto)
to keep from goin insane (ain't no love in the ghetto)
So much drama my own momma think I'm crazy
I give her a hug and a kiss and tell her to pray for her baby
cause when I walk out this door I don't know if I'm comin back
cause these days people kill over crack
you feel that
these streets ain't safe man I ain't tellin no lie
look at the news and you can see it wit your own 2 eyes
these ghetto wars and these ghetto stars
got young niggas behind bars
prayin to the lord
dear lord could you help me in this situation
niggas pull them shakes and other niggas bleed like they menestratin
incarceration, playa hatin, money, hoes, drugs
be the 5 reasons that we lose so many young thugs
fightin in clubs
killin each other over drugs
and sometimes niggas lose they life just because
so what
we gota try to make a change
rearrange the game
take the strain off my mother fuckin brain
[Chorus]
These ghetto blocks be heated
and these glocks be needed
to try to deal wit the stress
daddy I'm drunk and weeded
my cousin locked up in a fed camp
and they done cut his baby momma off for food stamps
cause ain't no love it
just crimes and drugs in it
guns and thugs in it
out there tryna get it
they say that money is the root of all evil
but the root of all evil is the only thing that feedin my people
drug deals goin sour
niggas takin blood showers
rather have money and power
than to live like a coward
so we hustle
gotta use our mind work out muscle
try to make it through this mother fuckin struggle
because the life we live is oh so crazy and shady
our ladies havin abortions and they killin our babies
but I can't blame em
that no good nigga done left
told lies to get between them thighs no he ain't there
ain't no love
[Chorus]
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