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.
Good morning, sunshine
Awake when the sun hits the sky
Look up, the sounds that surround the day you died
She waits for me outside
Near a hole in the ground
And that's one way thinking
You might get the upper hand
Dear Newo Ikkin, how's Apollo been treating you?
Has he been a good boy since the day I left?
Give him my love and a sweet kiss for his head
'Cause I won't be coming home
When you get this, I'll be dead
Narris and Larry, Gloria to nowhere
Sir, I think you'd better take my hand
And pray we'll make this one out alive
Captain, we've lost all systems control
Then son, I'll see you in my sleep, sleep
Is it all you've shared with them that makes us paranoid?
Is it the dream that one day you might be something you're not?
Is it all you've shared with them that makes us paranoid?
Is it the dreams that makes us real?
Is it the dreams that makes us real?
We'll miss you and wait for you when you come
Wrong way, right way, bad luck, what god has been giving me
I don't believe retirement is included in the contract
Because then the contract would expire
If we rush at this time there will be fitting results, you are right (we'll miss you)
The supervisor is a fool (and wait for you when you come)
Wrong way, right way, bad luck, you've got to be kidding me
I've spent so long sitting down here
Paper-cut my heart in half and discard the evidence
When it's yours, come send me the last half
Dowsed in kerosene, in a torched, blazed blood bath
When boy sets fire, god knows you've lost
At a cost that has no price when you've purchased guilt
Stand at attention and make sure you know lines and yourself
Yet you'd say, "I'll be home alone again, waiting"
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
To drive down, where's Wednesday? (Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there)
Where's Wednesday?
To drive down, where's Wednesday? (Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there)
Where's Wednesday? When you wanna promise me that
Awake when the sun hits the sky
Look up, the sounds that surround the day you died
She waits for me outside
Near a hole in the ground
And that's one way thinking
You might get the upper hand
Dear Newo Ikkin, how's Apollo been treating you?
Has he been a good boy since the day I left?
Give him my love and a sweet kiss for his head
'Cause I won't be coming home
When you get this, I'll be dead
Narris and Larry, Gloria to nowhere
Sir, I think you'd better take my hand
And pray we'll make this one out alive
Captain, we've lost all systems control
Then son, I'll see you in my sleep, sleep
Is it all you've shared with them that makes us paranoid?
Is it the dream that one day you might be something you're not?
Is it all you've shared with them that makes us paranoid?
Is it the dreams that makes us real?
Is it the dreams that makes us real?
We'll miss you and wait for you when you come
Wrong way, right way, bad luck, what god has been giving me
I don't believe retirement is included in the contract
Because then the contract would expire
If we rush at this time there will be fitting results, you are right (we'll miss you)
The supervisor is a fool (and wait for you when you come)
Wrong way, right way, bad luck, you've got to be kidding me
I've spent so long sitting down here
Paper-cut my heart in half and discard the evidence
When it's yours, come send me the last half
Dowsed in kerosene, in a torched, blazed blood bath
When boy sets fire, god knows you've lost
At a cost that has no price when you've purchased guilt
Stand at attention and make sure you know lines and yourself
Yet you'd say, "I'll be home alone again, waiting"
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
To drive down, where's Wednesday? (Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there)
Where's Wednesday?
To drive down, where's Wednesday? (Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there)
Where's Wednesday? When you wanna promise me that
Lyrics submitted by AnotherEmoGeek
Junesong Provision Lyrics as written by Travis Stever Claudio Sanchez
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