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.
Mucho gusto me llamo bradley I'm hornier than Ron Jeremy
And if you wanna get popped in your knee
Just wipe that look off your bati face
You hate me 'cause I got what you need
A pretty little daughter that we call mexi
If you wanna get beat physically, it will be over in a minute if ya
So she told me to come over and I took that trip
And then she pulled out my mushroom tip
And when it came out it went drip drip drip
I didn't know she had that gi joe kung-fu grip
And it went uuh, and the girl carresed me down, uhh, and thats that loving sound
When I kiss mexi it makes me feel horny
Cause i'm the type of lover with the sensitivity
When she kiss my neck and tickle me fancy
She give me the right kind of love on Sunday morning
En otro lado es donde viví con mijita que se llama mexi
Y su hermana si me quiere
Y ahorita tenemos un bebé
Sus padres sus padres me trataron matar
But they did not get to far
Un poco después tuve que regresar
Con un chingo de dinero 'cause you know I'm a star
Yo fui a costa rica para tomar y sufear
Practicaba con la raza 'cause they know who we are
Sí no me dió cuenta than I bet you never will
You must be a muñeca if you're still standing still
And it went uuh, and the girl carresed me down, uhh, and thats that loving sound
Me gusta mi reggae
Me gusta punk rock
Pero la cosa que me gusta más es panochita
Pon la nalga en el aire if you know who you are
Pon el nalga en el aire empieza gritar
No tenga miedo I'm your papí
Take your chones y los manden a mí
Levanta levanta tienes que gritar
Levanta levanta tienes que bailar
And it went uuh, and the girl carresed me down, uhh, and thats that loving sound
And if you wanna get popped in your knee
Just wipe that look off your bati face
You hate me 'cause I got what you need
A pretty little daughter that we call mexi
If you wanna get beat physically, it will be over in a minute if ya
So she told me to come over and I took that trip
And then she pulled out my mushroom tip
And when it came out it went drip drip drip
I didn't know she had that gi joe kung-fu grip
And it went uuh, and the girl carresed me down, uhh, and thats that loving sound
When I kiss mexi it makes me feel horny
Cause i'm the type of lover with the sensitivity
When she kiss my neck and tickle me fancy
She give me the right kind of love on Sunday morning
En otro lado es donde viví con mijita que se llama mexi
Y su hermana si me quiere
Y ahorita tenemos un bebé
Sus padres sus padres me trataron matar
But they did not get to far
Un poco después tuve que regresar
Con un chingo de dinero 'cause you know I'm a star
Yo fui a costa rica para tomar y sufear
Practicaba con la raza 'cause they know who we are
Sí no me dió cuenta than I bet you never will
You must be a muñeca if you're still standing still
And it went uuh, and the girl carresed me down, uhh, and thats that loving sound
Me gusta mi reggae
Me gusta punk rock
Pero la cosa que me gusta más es panochita
Pon la nalga en el aire if you know who you are
Pon el nalga en el aire empieza gritar
No tenga miedo I'm your papí
Take your chones y los manden a mí
Levanta levanta tienes que gritar
Levanta levanta tienes que bailar
And it went uuh, and the girl carresed me down, uhh, and thats that loving sound
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Caress Me Down Lyrics as written by Eric John Wilson Bradley James Nowell
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