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.
Ignorance pulls
Apostasy and apathy still rules
Yeah, you know it's cool
Just suck and see
A future turn us into silent gods
And I won't miss you at all
Grounded
Boxed in
Like the evil in your veins
Grounded
Boxed in
I am stuck with you
Fate can't decide
Alignment of the planets in your hands
Come on, crush our plans
Just suck and see
A future that won't let you disagree
And I won't miss you at all
Grounded
Boxed in
Like the evil in your veins
Grounded
Boxed in
I am stuck with you
Feel it, hear it, apathy, you are
See it, be it, you'll see
Apostasy and apathy still rules
Yeah, you know it's cool
Just suck and see
A future turn us into silent gods
And I won't miss you at all
Grounded
Boxed in
Like the evil in your veins
Grounded
Boxed in
I am stuck with you
Fate can't decide
Alignment of the planets in your hands
Come on, crush our plans
Just suck and see
A future that won't let you disagree
And I won't miss you at all
Grounded
Boxed in
Like the evil in your veins
Grounded
Boxed in
I am stuck with you
Feel it, hear it, apathy, you are
See it, be it, you'll see
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Futurism Lyrics as written by Matthew James Bellamy
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There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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Loved your post. Definitely to do with his belief in something (if you look at the word Apostasy). But I think he means if people continue with their apathy and belief is something which they don't really act on, we are in for a dystopian future. He's actually done quite a few with this theme. The whole last album was basically about that. But this song really brings it out. <br /> <br /> What I odn't understand is the part where he says 'evil in our veins', would make more sense if he said 'evil in our brains'?
Mumford and Sons has a similar thoughts. Song is called 'roll away your stone'. Obviously not as political,, but more from the point of view from a normal guy feeling what we all feel and inspiring himself to make it better, but fails ultimately
These lyrics are incorrect.
Come wait and see = Just suck and see Like the evil in your head = Like the evil in your veins Just wait and see = Just suck and see (again, come on, that's the clearest lyric in the song!) Feeling feeling everything = Feel it, hear it, apathy Feeling feeling everything = See it, be it, you'll see
Those are taken from Musewiki, and I believe them to be pretty accurate.
How you make your own future. That you don't have to be controlled by a religion in the present.
Being brilliant and being stuck with the mediocre - at least for the time being. Knowing you deserve more but unable to get it. Biding your time to escape with a bang.
apparently matt's singing about a "possible dystopian future" where their is a totalitarian state where your thoughts are controlled and stuff, kinda 1984 type stuff. i love it. Also, the lyric is actually "like the evil in your veins", its my favourite bit
listen to it carefully, its definatly "veins"
I love this song ^__^
I love this song ^__^
"The Illuminati" and the "New World Order"...
Is it just me, or does this song heavily conjure up images of robots working on an assembly line?