1
Baby's crying 'cause it's born to sing
Singers cry about everything
Still in the playground falling off a swing
But you know that I know
Walk through the room like a birthday cake
When I am all lit up, I can't make a mistake
And there's a level of shallow that you just can't fake
But you know that I know
Oh you don't care
But you know I'm there
You think you look so good
A little more better
Look so good
Just a little more little more
Look so good
That's what's gonna get you
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
You know you're chasing the sunlight
That's why I'm stayin' up all night
You think you look so good
A little more better
Look so good
A little more
It is what it is, but it's not what it seems
This screwed up stuff is the stuff of dreams
I got just enough low self esteem
To get me where I wanna go oh
The showman gives you front row to his heart
The showman prays his heartache will chart
Making a spectacle of falling apart
Is just the start of the show oh
Oh you don't care
But you know I'm there
You think you look so good
A little more better
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
Look so good
That's what's gonna get you
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
I'll be chasing the sunlight
That's why I'm staying up all night
I lie for a living, I love to let on
But you make it true when you sing along
You think you look so good
A little more better
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
Look so good
That's what's gonna get you
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
You think you look so good
A little more better
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
Look so good
That's what's gonna get you
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
Singers cry about everything
Still in the playground falling off a swing
But you know that I know
Walk through the room like a birthday cake
When I am all lit up, I can't make a mistake
And there's a level of shallow that you just can't fake
But you know that I know
Oh you don't care
But you know I'm there
You think you look so good
A little more better
Look so good
Just a little more little more
Look so good
That's what's gonna get you
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
You know you're chasing the sunlight
That's why I'm stayin' up all night
You think you look so good
A little more better
Look so good
A little more
It is what it is, but it's not what it seems
This screwed up stuff is the stuff of dreams
I got just enough low self esteem
To get me where I wanna go oh
The showman gives you front row to his heart
The showman prays his heartache will chart
Making a spectacle of falling apart
Is just the start of the show oh
Oh you don't care
But you know I'm there
You think you look so good
A little more better
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
Look so good
That's what's gonna get you
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
I'll be chasing the sunlight
That's why I'm staying up all night
I lie for a living, I love to let on
But you make it true when you sing along
You think you look so good
A little more better
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
Look so good
That's what's gonna get you
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
You think you look so good
A little more better
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
Look so good
That's what's gonna get you
Look so good
Just a little more, little more
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
misty vapors & volatile chemicals
Cassette, The
Cassette, The
Wide Open Eyes
Try.fail.try
Try.fail.try
1
True/False
We Yes You Know
We Yes You Know
Who do I have to kill
Escape from Earth
Escape from Earth
1
Love in a Vacuum
'Til Tuesday
'Til Tuesday
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.
@rasmus5624 Bono didn't even write it! Haha..