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.
Ah, ah, ah
Come on
Pleased to meet you
Nice to know me
What's the message?
Will ya show me?
I've been waiting
A long time now
Now here's the answer
You're all mine now
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl now
Pleased to meet you
Nice to know me
What's the message?
Will ya show me?
I've been waiting
A long time, now
Now here's the answer
You're all mine now
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl now
Will you follow me down now, down now?
Will you follow me down now, down now?
Will you follow me down? Go
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl now
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl now
Pleased to meet you
Nice to know me
What's the message?
Will ya show me the way?
Come on
Pleased to meet you
Nice to know me
What's the message?
Will ya show me?
I've been waiting
A long time now
Now here's the answer
You're all mine now
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl now
Pleased to meet you
Nice to know me
What's the message?
Will ya show me?
I've been waiting
A long time, now
Now here's the answer
You're all mine now
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl now
Will you follow me down now, down now?
Will you follow me down now, down now?
Will you follow me down? Go
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl now
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl
Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl now
Pleased to meet you
Nice to know me
What's the message?
Will ya show me the way?
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you dont need to censor yourself... this is the internet
I think the song is about sex as are a good number of STP's songs. "I've been waiting for my Sunday girl," has anyone ever heard the following expression? I'd do her six ways from Sunday. This is clearly what Weiland means when refering to his Sunday girl. The song is about waiting a long time to meet that one girl that will turn your world upside down.
Come on guys, this song is not about sex at all...
This is song is about marriage proposal and the girl saying yes, "You're all mine now". He gives her very high regards and compares her to holy Sunday and been awaiting this day for a long time, "Ya, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl".
He is also asking her if she loves him as much as he loves her and is will to do anything for him, "Will you follow me down now, down now". What do ya think.
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I think that's a great interpretation.
@Abstruse I agree with this interpretation. It seems like in the first verse that repeats throughout the song he is asking for the right way to ask the girl. And then at the end of the pre-chorus he gets his answer. Then the chorus is the relief of stress because he has been waiting a long time and finally got his answer. Its nice to see other people taking it further then "sex or heroin".
HEAVY HEAVY ASS RIFF... so fucking sweet to listen... and the solo? perfection
not about heroin not about marriage not about an ex wife
songs about nothing just pure melody lyrics
and theres nothing wrong with that at all
@SmashingPumpkins500 Actually this one is about running and fighting for his life, literally. Some guys in Paris took him out to the woods and tried to kill him. At least, that's what he said in his autobiography, "Not Dead and Not for Sale." Most of his songs have deep meaning (aside from "Big Bang Baby"). "Sour Girl" is about his divorce from Janina and how he couldn't be there for her because he was on heroin.
are you censoring yourself? why would you do such a thing? STP is good though.
dude the feds are always watching man
yeh sorry....
8 years later your finally forgiven
awesome guitar solo in this one stp rocks \m/-.-\m/
i think its a view point of scotts heroin additction talking. "Pleased to meet you scott, im glad you got to know me" Scott replies with "can u show me a meaning in life" the answer being "your suppose to be a addicted to me, so get out the needles!" this whole time heroin was just looking for a someone to drain away, and scott is its victum
hey man your probaly right!
well said clown... defintly what this song has to be about
I really tried to figure out the meaning to this song, but I guess it can be anyone's point of view on it, I agree it could be about marriage, with the sunday girl thing, your all mine now. Plus it could be about drugs too, who knows with scott. to me this song got on my nerves a bit, a little too repeative, but it does rock though