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.
Put your money where your mouth is
Your mamma said that you was real
Put your money where your mouth is
Your mamma said that you was real
Ready or not, and come what may
The bets are going down for judgement day
So put your money in your mouth
And your hands right upon the wheel
Put your money where your mouth is
Your papa said that you was real
Put your money where your mouth is
Your papa said that you was real
Ready or not, and come what may
You betcha going down on judgement day
So put your money in your mouth
And your hands right upon the wheel
Put your money where your mouth is
Your mamma said that you was real
Put your money where your mouth is
Your mamma said that you was real
Ready or not, and come what may
The bets are going down for judgement day
So put your money in your mouth
And your hands right upon the wheel
Watch out
Hey now, watch out
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Watch out
Hey, watch out
Hey
Your mamma said that you was real
Put your money where your mouth is
Your mamma said that you was real
Ready or not, and come what may
The bets are going down for judgement day
So put your money in your mouth
And your hands right upon the wheel
Put your money where your mouth is
Your papa said that you was real
Put your money where your mouth is
Your papa said that you was real
Ready or not, and come what may
You betcha going down on judgement day
So put your money in your mouth
And your hands right upon the wheel
Put your money where your mouth is
Your mamma said that you was real
Put your money where your mouth is
Your mamma said that you was real
Ready or not, and come what may
The bets are going down for judgement day
So put your money in your mouth
And your hands right upon the wheel
Watch out
Hey now, watch out
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Watch out
Hey, watch out
Hey
Lyrics submitted by hellarack99
Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is Lyrics as written by Noel Gallagher
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Everyone seems to be saying, "Oh, it's just random lyrics, it was written on drugs and alcohol, bleh bleh bleh."
But allow me to look at it from a point of view to actually give it meaning, aye?
So, let's start.
The song centres around the title lyrics, "Put yer money where yer mouth is." It's in the title, and it's in two verses. Looking at it from a perspective of phrase meanings, the term means, basically, to put actions behind your words; if you say you're going to do something, then do it!
The next phrase is fairly simple, saying, "Yer mamma/pappa said that you was real." This means that other people have expectations of you, and to tie in with the previous line(s), saying that other people have expectations of you, so live up to it by talking the talk and walking the walk.
The verse after the first and third is the same, saying: "Ready or not, come what may. The bets are going down for judgement day, so put yer money in yer mouth and your hands right upon the wheel." What I've gathered from this verse is also simple. The line, "The bets are going down for judgement day," is meaning that you don't have forever to live, gathering terminology from the Biblical judgement day, when people go before God to determine whether they go to Heaven or Hell.
After that, it says, once again, "Put yer money in yer mouth." The next phrase, "And your hands right upon the wheel," may be another way of saying put the shoulder to the wheel. This means, essentially, to work hard to achieve.
So, here's what I gather Noel was trying to tell us here -- if we say we can do something, then do it, and work hard for it, because we don't have forever to do so.
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