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binge cringe on the fringe
sloppy mincing eye dropping
biopsy cyclops overlooks
optic options
rotton showstopper skinpopper
babbler dabbler
self confessed criminal
tore pen in vain
instant still spellbound
game stock talk back rock
reencounter incident
subsistance inexistant
non committed
unwitted oblivious
habitual resistor
buff the stuff
roughed up edge
fluent nudge
pre-collect ignition
motivation inexistant
wasted views
thats all they see blue
hot blood guild
optic nerve
with the right attitude
you will succeed blue
self abusive recluse
too late for me
make shifting peace
settling crazy things
keep your eyes open
soft spoken changes nothing
a view so cruel
dogs body comatose
torchlight roast
disinterest
disinfect
retold impressed
by possession
insiders know refresh
detained contest
off and pure
sure tonight
it feeds itself freeze in time
or shadows climb distracting override
instincts evolve
and try over and over
wasted truth
why call at all blue
hot lines
eventual decline
with the right attitude
you will succeed blue
resent that discontent
sidestep
define the state of things
so far
crazy things
a view so cruel
sloppy mincing eye dropping
biopsy cyclops overlooks
optic options
rotton showstopper skinpopper
babbler dabbler
self confessed criminal
tore pen in vain
instant still spellbound
game stock talk back rock
reencounter incident
subsistance inexistant
non committed
unwitted oblivious
habitual resistor
buff the stuff
roughed up edge
fluent nudge
pre-collect ignition
motivation inexistant
wasted views
thats all they see blue
hot blood guild
optic nerve
with the right attitude
you will succeed blue
self abusive recluse
too late for me
make shifting peace
settling crazy things
keep your eyes open
soft spoken changes nothing
a view so cruel
dogs body comatose
torchlight roast
disinterest
disinfect
retold impressed
by possession
insiders know refresh
detained contest
off and pure
sure tonight
it feeds itself freeze in time
or shadows climb distracting override
instincts evolve
and try over and over
wasted truth
why call at all blue
hot lines
eventual decline
with the right attitude
you will succeed blue
resent that discontent
sidestep
define the state of things
so far
crazy things
a view so cruel
Lyrics submitted by NIN7688
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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.
I don't think anyone mentioned that Charlie Manson was singing the lyrics to the Beatles "Helter Skelter" in the middle of the song..along with sampled guitars from the Beatles too.
I disagree. Everyone knows Ogre was outspoken about animal rights. I am an activist myself, so I really get this one. I strongly believe it is about the hopeless feeling we all get when we realize we aren't getting very far with peaceful protest. I'm also a trained linguist, some of the lyrics are wrong. It's
wasted muse, that's all they see blue hot blood, guilt etc etc
and also, he mentions, quite clearly, animal testing.
sloppy, mincing, eye-dropping biopsy.
companies like johnson and johnson often burn animal's eye to test their products.
also,
dog's body comatose, torchlight roast disinterest etc
the military used to do tests where they would (really) burn dogs alive to test flamethrowers, the dogs did eventually lose consciousness. Nobody cares about these things, and if people knew what we did to our animals, they would be shocked.
blue is someone who is discouraged. hence, 'blue'.
why call at all, blue? hot lines eventual decline
nobody is listening
but,
with the right attitude, you will succeed blue resent that discontent etc
people don't even think about these things even though they made entire albums about animal rights. It is very important to Ogre.
@Luciferi "Blue" is clearly Sandra Good. instazu.com/tag/SandraGood
@Luciferi I appreciate your thoughts here and I'm grateful that you've shed a little light on the cave walls of this shrouded song. I have one question though- Who is the Warlock?<br /> <br /> To me this song, on the very surface, is about Charles Manson and the destruction and fear he left in his wake. Charles Manson is the Warlock, and it's and endearing term to name him as. Charlie is a rotten showstopper, a skinpopper- a babbler dabbler. Someone who dabbles in psycho babble. Charlie is a self confessed criminal putting stock in games and listening to Beatle's talk back rock....with no subsistance, etc etc.<br /> <br /> But looking deeper into the one long line, pulling back the perfectly chosen words we see the deeper meaning of the song, which is that humans are a violent race by nature. Listen to the words and watch them match the video. There is so much here, so much hidden and so much to learn as a violent species...
I'm sorry. In my response "and it's and endearing term" should have actually read as "and it's NOT AN endearing term." <br /> <br /> Sorry about that. :)
Blue is Sandra "Blue" Good, a member of the Manson family.
@randir14 I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks Charles Manson and the Helter Skelter massacre is all over this song. Thank you! :) <br />
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Well it has obvious connections to Charles Manson. The samples are all of Charlie, and the references to BLUE are of one of the "Manson Girls." If you never knew this, which is doubtful, listen to the song again and think about it in that way.
i love this song. although the way skinny puppy wrote thier songs always make them so very hard to interperate. I think as with a lot of skinny puppy's song it tries to show a different way of looking at society and how it works.
Prehaps there's some sort of reasoning about Charles Manson in here seeming as the samples are of him (thanks for that info NIN7688)
The sample 'Now Is The Only Thing That's Real' seems to captivate me at the end of the song.
This is one of my favourite songs. I'm glad my boyfriend sends me industrial songs, haha. My website is totally based on the lyrics.
Skinny Puppy RULE!! the obscurity rocks XP
this song is quite amazing, and the video is really quite good, if you can find it.
the song is about censorship.
Curator, I think it's all written in Allusion. The whole point of the song is so that it can't be interperated, except by those fans. Anyways.. I like how the songs written.. It all fits together, it's not just a jumble of words. For example: Sloppy Mincing; Sloppy dicing to small pieces. Eyedropping biopsy; a biopsy is the removal of tissue, or in this case the eyes. So removal of the eyes, but then it goes on to say Cyclops overlooks; One eye. Optic; of or to do with eyes or vision. And so on, they keep piecing it all together. And it all has to do with a murder, a quite.. Gruesome murder... Which makes me agree with NIN7688, it's most likely about Charles Manson. Would be kind of nice if they were posted correctly though. And the few pieces that are missing were added in "(Now Is The Only Thing That's Real)" Is said quite a few times throughout. Unless that's just my verision. Not quite sure where animus impius got the idea of censorship.. =\