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.
We gonna shut 'em down
Why'all thought we killed 'em with the last one'
Ow! Remix!
Casely, DB, Diaz Brothers, Flo Rida
Poboy, Lip-a-lot, DJ Laz
I wanna see you move move, shake shake, now drop, what your momma say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your daddy say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your sister say
Move move, shake shake, now drop drop drop drop
Hey! I wanna see you move and shake it
Drop it shorty, lil mama got the body
Uh huh, slim waist and Apple Bottoms she got
They look good all in my face
I like when they loose, Patron get abused
DJ Laz got 'em on pimp juice
She bringing it back, throwin' it around for niggas stacks
I think I'll give her the cash, do what she do with her ass
Me' What I think'
Shorty fine, damn right, I'm 'bout to lose my mind
So stacked know how to make they body wind, grind
I wanna press rewind
Now give it to me one time, give it to me two time
Flo Rida, must say I like when them freaks
Get Lucy low to the floor in them jeans
Ay baby, tig ol' bitties baby be
When I'm in the club with DJ L-A-Z
I wanna see you move move, shake shake, now drop, what your momma say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your daddy say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your sister say
Move move, shake shake, now drop drop drop drop
(Hey, Laz I got you homie)
Girl, you lookin' for a stunna, come here honey
Yes, I wanna see you in the back
Yeah, you know where I'm at, yeah
Girl, you lookin' for a stunna, yes, I wanna
We could do freaky things right in the back
Yeah, shake your ass like that, that, that, that
Girl, I'm tryin' to think just what to say
Lookin' at your body just hurts my brain
Then you do that d-d-double bounce
Baby, I ain't playin' around
Do your thang girl, work your skills on my lap
Just turn around and be smacked, smacked
Smacked, smacked
I wanna see you move move, shake shake, now drop, what your momma say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your daddy say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your sister say
Move move, shake shake, now drop drop drop drop
Yeah, here we go with the remix
Yeah and I know why'all feel this
Casley, Laz, Pit, Flo
Better let somebody know
We raw, show up in your town and ball
Pimpin' these, these ain't nothing at all
So drop to the flo', flo', do a, do a split, split
Bounce up and down, nigga oh my
I like
Bootie and tickle with it
I like
Bootie and tickle with it
I like
Bootie and tickle with it
I like
Bootie and tickle with it
I like
I wanna see you move move, shake shake, now drop, what your momma say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your daddy say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your sister say
Move move, shake shake, now drop drop drop drop
Shake, shake my ass ass
Show, show my thong thong
Do, do my thing thing
Ain't nothing wrong, ain't nothing wrong
Shake, shake my ass ass
Show, show my thong thong
Do, do my thing thing
Ain't nothing wrong, ain't nothing wrong
I like, I like
I like, I like
I like, I like
I like, I like
Why'all thought we killed 'em with the last one'
Ow! Remix!
Casely, DB, Diaz Brothers, Flo Rida
Poboy, Lip-a-lot, DJ Laz
I wanna see you move move, shake shake, now drop, what your momma say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your daddy say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your sister say
Move move, shake shake, now drop drop drop drop
Hey! I wanna see you move and shake it
Drop it shorty, lil mama got the body
Uh huh, slim waist and Apple Bottoms she got
They look good all in my face
I like when they loose, Patron get abused
DJ Laz got 'em on pimp juice
She bringing it back, throwin' it around for niggas stacks
I think I'll give her the cash, do what she do with her ass
Me' What I think'
Shorty fine, damn right, I'm 'bout to lose my mind
So stacked know how to make they body wind, grind
I wanna press rewind
Now give it to me one time, give it to me two time
Flo Rida, must say I like when them freaks
Get Lucy low to the floor in them jeans
Ay baby, tig ol' bitties baby be
When I'm in the club with DJ L-A-Z
I wanna see you move move, shake shake, now drop, what your momma say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your daddy say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your sister say
Move move, shake shake, now drop drop drop drop
(Hey, Laz I got you homie)
Girl, you lookin' for a stunna, come here honey
Yes, I wanna see you in the back
Yeah, you know where I'm at, yeah
Girl, you lookin' for a stunna, yes, I wanna
We could do freaky things right in the back
Yeah, shake your ass like that, that, that, that
Girl, I'm tryin' to think just what to say
Lookin' at your body just hurts my brain
Then you do that d-d-double bounce
Baby, I ain't playin' around
Do your thang girl, work your skills on my lap
Just turn around and be smacked, smacked
Smacked, smacked
I wanna see you move move, shake shake, now drop, what your momma say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your daddy say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your sister say
Move move, shake shake, now drop drop drop drop
Yeah, here we go with the remix
Yeah and I know why'all feel this
Casley, Laz, Pit, Flo
Better let somebody know
We raw, show up in your town and ball
Pimpin' these, these ain't nothing at all
So drop to the flo', flo', do a, do a split, split
Bounce up and down, nigga oh my
I like
Bootie and tickle with it
I like
Bootie and tickle with it
I like
Bootie and tickle with it
I like
Bootie and tickle with it
I like
I wanna see you move move, shake shake, now drop, what your momma say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your daddy say
Move move, shake shake, now drop, what your sister say
Move move, shake shake, now drop drop drop drop
Shake, shake my ass ass
Show, show my thong thong
Do, do my thing thing
Ain't nothing wrong, ain't nothing wrong
Shake, shake my ass ass
Show, show my thong thong
Do, do my thing thing
Ain't nothing wrong, ain't nothing wrong
I like, I like
I like, I like
I like, I like
I like, I like
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Move, Shake, Drop Lyrics as written by Hugo Andres Diaz Armando Christian Perez
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