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I said just go
It’s time you learn to stand alone
And I meant well
I said good luck
Just take it slow
We stayed in touch
I couldn’t not check up
We had a love
I thought could make it far enough
But you’re a snake moving quickly
It’s a game
You almost had me
But your eyes turned black
And I saw the light
You move left and I turn right
As I got off the bed it hit me
How many times will I repeat my history
This isn’t only about you
So don’t act like I’m not capable
Of moving forward without you
It breaks my heart to have to go
I made my decision
I’m better of living alone with a heart made of stone
You’ve handed me armor
Protection from harm that will replace my skin and my bones
Did you figure it out
Through mouth to mouth
And did you find what I lacked
While you were laying on your back
And do you feel any less alone
And did you think of me while you were taking off your clothes
But you’re a snake (you took this too far)
It’s a game (my cuts became scars)
And they’ll remind me of someone I loved
And I’ll begin to forget what you’ve done
This isn’t only about you
So don’t act like I’m not capable
Of moving forward without you
It breaks my heart to have to go
My heart is disabled
But nonetheless stable enough
To still stay in time
I sharpen my weapons
This city is destined to test me
I know the sun will still shine
I know I may have pushed you away
But I did with the hope I would have you some day
I needed to grow
Be on my own
I thought you believed it
But now I’m left grieving
I know I may have pushed you away
But I did with the hope I would have you some day
I needed to grow
Be on my own
I thought you believed it
But now I’m left grieving
This death
Did you forget
My bones have been broken
But I am still breathing
Attempt to forget
My heart has been buried
Although it’s still beating
It’s left under the wreckage
A few minutes with no air
And it will be dead
But I will be resurrected
It’s time you learn to stand alone
And I meant well
I said good luck
Just take it slow
We stayed in touch
I couldn’t not check up
We had a love
I thought could make it far enough
But you’re a snake moving quickly
It’s a game
You almost had me
But your eyes turned black
And I saw the light
You move left and I turn right
As I got off the bed it hit me
How many times will I repeat my history
This isn’t only about you
So don’t act like I’m not capable
Of moving forward without you
It breaks my heart to have to go
I made my decision
I’m better of living alone with a heart made of stone
You’ve handed me armor
Protection from harm that will replace my skin and my bones
Did you figure it out
Through mouth to mouth
And did you find what I lacked
While you were laying on your back
And do you feel any less alone
And did you think of me while you were taking off your clothes
But you’re a snake (you took this too far)
It’s a game (my cuts became scars)
And they’ll remind me of someone I loved
And I’ll begin to forget what you’ve done
This isn’t only about you
So don’t act like I’m not capable
Of moving forward without you
It breaks my heart to have to go
My heart is disabled
But nonetheless stable enough
To still stay in time
I sharpen my weapons
This city is destined to test me
I know the sun will still shine
I know I may have pushed you away
But I did with the hope I would have you some day
I needed to grow
Be on my own
I thought you believed it
But now I’m left grieving
I know I may have pushed you away
But I did with the hope I would have you some day
I needed to grow
Be on my own
I thought you believed it
But now I’m left grieving
This death
Did you forget
My bones have been broken
But I am still breathing
Attempt to forget
My heart has been buried
Although it’s still beating
It’s left under the wreckage
A few minutes with no air
And it will be dead
But I will be resurrected
Lyrics submitted by kgabino8
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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.
Honestly such an amazing song lyrically, really summarizes the album and the whole sort of bildungsroman theme that I get from it.
To me, Rebuild | Rebirth is about growing up and dealing with adult issues, whild BAD is about being an adult (cough SEX cough)