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.
Once there was this kid who
Got into an accident and couldn't come to school
But when he finally came back
His hair had turned from black into bright white
He said that it was from when
The cars had smashed him so hard
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Once there was this girl who
Wouldn't go and change with the girls in the change room
And when they finally made her
They saw birthmarks all over her body
She couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just been there
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
But both girl and boy were glad
'Cause one kid had it worse than that
'Cause then there was this boy whose
Parents made him come directly home right after school
And when they went to their church
They shook and lurched all over the church floor
He couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just gone there
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Got into an accident and couldn't come to school
But when he finally came back
His hair had turned from black into bright white
He said that it was from when
The cars had smashed him so hard
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Once there was this girl who
Wouldn't go and change with the girls in the change room
And when they finally made her
They saw birthmarks all over her body
She couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just been there
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
But both girl and boy were glad
'Cause one kid had it worse than that
'Cause then there was this boy whose
Parents made him come directly home right after school
And when they went to their church
They shook and lurched all over the church floor
He couldn't quite explain it
They'd always just gone there
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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I really dunno exactly what the meaning of this song is...but what i get from it, is that people put more importance in how other people (in particular their parents) make them look than they put importance in how they look themselves...He tells the stories of two young people that are different in some way...one has white hair, the other has birthmarks all over her body...but both of them are glad that their parents aren't weird, like this other kids...so yeah, i dunno...someone give me some other ideas...
I believe that it IS about child abuse. The first two verses and chorus are explained nearly perfectly (ESPECIALLY the chorus) - the thrid verse is explained as follows (in my humble opinion, natch): When the parents go to church, God violently shakes them, as punishment, shock, surprise, to draw attention to them, etc. God does this as "punishment" for the horrible, literally unspeakable transgressions they commit against their child. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
Hmm. I am wondering why you had chosen to have the alias "Arch Angel Azrael"?<br /> I was wondering why because I would have almost believed that by now, you and other people alike should admit how wrong it was and how wrong it still is and how wrong it will always be, that a human being assume himself/herself to be an archangel. It's also but it's even more wrong to assume oneself to be some one other than who you truly were and are and will be. The people who became hypocrites became hypocrites out of one reason being that those people had assumed themselves to be "God", and when they did so, they ended up hurting humanity and made God look and sound "bad" in the process. Therefore, assuming yourself (even if it's subliminally) to be an archangel, especially one named "Azrael" is something that a hypocrite would do. I do not know you at all and whatever good and evil you've ever done and will ever do while you're on earth would only give the real Azrael a false image because angels and archangels are not humans and they have their own unique identities that they themselves built themselves up to be. As an example, would not also be fraudulent if I (or someone else) had assumed themselves to be "the Crash Test Dummies"? Yes. Further more, as example only, if the crash test dummies committed 356 evils and 421 goods, and you came along and assumed yourself to be one of them, then not only are you trying to make yourself appear as if you've committed the same 356 evils and 421 goods, but you're also making it appear as if the crash test dummies had committed your own goods and evils too.<br /> <br /> I hope that you take my message lightly and I hope that you refrain in assuming yourself to be one whom you're not because you were never an archangel and you'll never be an archangel. Also, you were never Azrael and you'll never be Azrael. Also, you were never archangel Azrael and you'll never be archangel Azrael. My message to you is a positive one and so please don't take it harshly. We are all individually unique and different, including angels.<br /> <br /> I am simply giving you a small warning message because you should show the example that you're as equally intelligent as a most people by showing that you know the difference between humans and archangels. As example, you know that angels were born in heaven while humans were born on earth... However, you assuming yourself to have the alias "Arch Angel Azrael" does not reflect that intelligence that you know that fact. Also, because you've chosen the alias "Arch Angel Azrael" of your own free will, you've contributed towards adding a bad name towards "free will" while the suggestion that others do the same as you is also there too.<br /> <br /> Humans had never been and will never be archangels and nor will they be angels. Likewise, angels and archangels had never been humans and will never be humans. However, thanks to Jesus Christ's information given from Jesus Christ from God, a number of human beings had been and are and will be what's called "angelic", which in other words is the same as being a "saint".<br /> <br /> And so, it's thanks to Jesus Christ and to God, that a certain number of angels and archangels and human beings have had and have and will always have a table that they sit at together where that table has a circle of equal unity which is called "sainthood". However and again, simply because those ones will always be saints, that does not signify that they are all exactly all one and the same beings.
Also, you're own comment suggested that you had a concern about how people make themselves "look" and/or "sound". And so, ask yourself what it is that you're doing wrong then by when you make Archangel Azrael "look" and "sound" like you while at the same time you make yourself "look" and "sound" like Archangel Azrael? I'm not suggesting that you're from the Devil when I say this, but because it's the Devil who deceives all, it's true that this must be said: it was always and originally the Devil who assumed himself to be God to throw the following lies onto earth:<br /> 1) God was/is/will be the Devil<br /> 2) The Devil was/is/will be God<br /> 3) God and the Devil were/are/will be the same entity<br /> 4) The Devil was not/is not/will not be the Devil<br /> 5) God was not/is not/will not be God<br /> <br /> <br /> And so, you can see and hear now simply how largely of an evil prick the Devil has been and will be?<br /> <br /> The fact that the Devil committed this evil crime and continues to do so (only a short time longer) also explains why some people who had resented had resented God in the first place. Therefore, it's not God's fault because God and the Devil are not one and the same entity.<br /> <br /> God never did and never will go around assuming himself to be one other than who he always truly was and is and will be. God never required to sink down to such a bad level because God has always been and will always be very wise and very understanding. The same applies about Jesus Christ too as well as the Spirit of God.<br /> <br /> I hope that the information that I have now given to you (and to other people here) has helped you and other people here in a good way because I simply gave this good information to do no other than help in a good way.
...are you fucking serious? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS dclark1973!?!?!?!?! you just wrote the dumbest fuckin shit ANYONE has ever thought of. The Arch-Angel Azrael is a fictional charter from a computer game diablo, and he looks bad the fuck ass as a angel. Why the fuck would you care if he used that as a USERNAME on the internet, I'm pretty sure he aint going around town saying "Hey ladies, I'm a fuckin Arch-Angel, lets fuck." No, he is not, so your just being a goddamn idiot that makes all the non-fuckin-retarded-awesome-christians look bad. Please for the sake of God and your own religion, SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMBASS.