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Air traffic control, it's me
Coach-class, row thirteen
I've got this sinking feeling
Is everything alright?
Stare at the wing and think
It's later than i think
Look at these passengers
If there's babies, I'll survive
It's hard to be
A passenger for me
You know I'm always looking down
I will compose this note
In case I don't come home
I'm thinking of you
Before the plane goes down
If I forgot to say
I loved you every day
Know I've been keeping track
In my quiet way
It's hard to fly
If you don't believe all the time
I know I sometimes let you down
It's hard to see
Something that's so close to me
But I'll see you in my dreams
I'm feeling turbulence
No one else sees
I'll see you in my dreams
I'll see you in my dreams
Coach-class, row thirteen
I've got this sinking feeling
Is everything alright?
Stare at the wing and think
It's later than i think
Look at these passengers
If there's babies, I'll survive
It's hard to be
A passenger for me
You know I'm always looking down
I will compose this note
In case I don't come home
I'm thinking of you
Before the plane goes down
If I forgot to say
I loved you every day
Know I've been keeping track
In my quiet way
It's hard to fly
If you don't believe all the time
I know I sometimes let you down
It's hard to see
Something that's so close to me
But I'll see you in my dreams
I'm feeling turbulence
No one else sees
I'll see you in my dreams
I'll see you in my dreams
Lyrics submitted by typo, edited by tigerfishy
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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.
this is such a sweet song...I love jets to brazil
I really like this song...I was wondering, the line that goes "if there's babies I'll survive": Does anybody know if that's referring to the John Cusack/Ione Skye movie 'Say Anything'? In the film, it's kind of a big deal about how she's afraid to fly, but thinks if there's babies on the plane, it can't crash, and I was wondering if that's where the line came from or if that's just a common belief. Good song, either way!
i think it's just common belief... but say anything is the greatest movie ever.. and this song effing rocks
It's just a common belief. People always say that there could not be a cruel enough God to allow a plane to crash that has babies as passengers. I love this song, it makes me laugh because I am so so terrified to fly. I'm flying in like, June..and I pretty much base my life around that date now. "I'm going to get my hair cut in August..." * "Oh, that sucks..I'll be dead by then.."
I like how Blake slipped in 'coach class row 13' Great song.
I love the guitar part where it sounds like a plane actually going down...did anyone else catch that?? This song is so amazing.
he is writing a letter to air traffic control, his lover, and god. just my idea
I flew to Austin and back just the other day...
Everytime we went up and came down (quite a few times - stopovers/missed flights) I'd sing this song...kept me calm. It's a great song.
Jets to Brazil is definitely an amazing band. Catchy/quality lyrics...awesome.
I always listen to Four-Cornered Night, and this song when I travel on plane's. It's my travel CD. I hate flying and it always comforts me, especcially(sp?) when I last flew and I was in coach class row 13 both ways. I definatly think of it as a letter to various people and his hope that he won't die is a painful, firey death.