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.
If only we could fly
Limp Bizkit style
John Otto, take 'em to the Matthews Bridge
Can you feel it?
My g-g-generation
Get up, my g-g-generation
(Are you ready?) Are you ready?
Do you know where you are?
Welcome to the jungle punk, take a look around
It's Limp Bizkit, fuckin' up your town
We downloaded the Shockwave
For all the ladies in the cave to get your groove on
And maybe I'm the one who flew over
The cuckoo's nest, but guess who's next? (Who?)
Generation X (X), generation Strange (Strange)
Sun don't even shine through our window pane (through our window pane)
So go ahead and talk shit
Talk shit about me
And go ahead and talk shit
About my g-g-generation
'Cause we don't, don't give a fuck, and
We won't ever give a fuck until you
You give a fuck about me
And my generation
Hey kid, take my advice
You don't want to step into a big pile of shit (shh)
Captain's drunk, your world is Titanic
Floating on the funk, so get your groove on
And maybe I am just a little fucked up
Life's just a little fucked up
Generation X (X), generation Strange (Strange)
Sun don't even shine through our window pane (window pane)
So go ahead and talk shit
Talk shit about me
And go ahead and talk shit
About my g-g-generation
'Cause we don't, don't give a fuck, and
We won't ever give a fuck until you
You give a fuck about me
And my generation
We don't, don't give a fuck, and
We won't ever give a fuck until you
You give a fuck about me
And my generation
Who gets the blame? (Who gets the blame?)
You get the blame and I get the blame
Who gets the blame? (Who gets the blame?)
You get the blame and I get the blame
But do you think we can fly? (Away, away)
Do you think we can fly? (Away)
Do you think we can fly?
Well I do, I do, fuck
DJ Lethal Bring it on
Oh yeah, come on
So go ahead and talk shit
Talk shit about me
And go ahead and talk shit
About my g-g-generation
'Cause we don't, don't give a fuck, and
We won't ever give a fuck until you
You give a fuck about me
And my generation
We don't, don't give a fuck, and
We won't ever give a fuck until you
You give a fuck about me
And my generation
Oh yeah
Limp Bizkit style
John Otto, take 'em to the Matthews Bridge
Can you feel it?
My g-g-generation
Get up, my g-g-generation
(Are you ready?) Are you ready?
Do you know where you are?
Welcome to the jungle punk, take a look around
It's Limp Bizkit, fuckin' up your town
We downloaded the Shockwave
For all the ladies in the cave to get your groove on
And maybe I'm the one who flew over
The cuckoo's nest, but guess who's next? (Who?)
Generation X (X), generation Strange (Strange)
Sun don't even shine through our window pane (through our window pane)
So go ahead and talk shit
Talk shit about me
And go ahead and talk shit
About my g-g-generation
'Cause we don't, don't give a fuck, and
We won't ever give a fuck until you
You give a fuck about me
And my generation
Hey kid, take my advice
You don't want to step into a big pile of shit (shh)
Captain's drunk, your world is Titanic
Floating on the funk, so get your groove on
And maybe I am just a little fucked up
Life's just a little fucked up
Generation X (X), generation Strange (Strange)
Sun don't even shine through our window pane (window pane)
So go ahead and talk shit
Talk shit about me
And go ahead and talk shit
About my g-g-generation
'Cause we don't, don't give a fuck, and
We won't ever give a fuck until you
You give a fuck about me
And my generation
We don't, don't give a fuck, and
We won't ever give a fuck until you
You give a fuck about me
And my generation
Who gets the blame? (Who gets the blame?)
You get the blame and I get the blame
Who gets the blame? (Who gets the blame?)
You get the blame and I get the blame
But do you think we can fly? (Away, away)
Do you think we can fly? (Away)
Do you think we can fly?
Well I do, I do, fuck
DJ Lethal Bring it on
Oh yeah, come on
So go ahead and talk shit
Talk shit about me
And go ahead and talk shit
About my g-g-generation
'Cause we don't, don't give a fuck, and
We won't ever give a fuck until you
You give a fuck about me
And my generation
We don't, don't give a fuck, and
We won't ever give a fuck until you
You give a fuck about me
And my generation
Oh yeah
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My Generation Lyrics as written by Leor Dimant John Everett Otto
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Good bizkit song, but kinda seems like it was made more to make a track than have an actual meaning. Good lyrics however with, "So go ahead and talk shit Talk shit about me". I think everyone can relate to that lyric, unless your a hermit, but even than, you got people talking about you, ah look what I've gone and done and ramble on...
the edited version with the sound affects sounds better than the orignal version
I saw Bizkit live at Summer Sanatarium with Metallica and to me, this song is like "this is who we are, go get the f%^# over it. It's our time now!"
yeah im a teenager and iim in a band and everytime my grandparents give me shit about whats supposively my fault in the world i just wanna play this song and blast it till they leave. although the grandparents on my dads side r cool but my moms parents are old fashioned haha
wow, this song completely steals from the who's "my generation" both in the general subject matter and even goes so far as to include the g-g-generation stutter from the original who song. the only difference in this song is the profanity which doesnt bother me in and of itself but i hardly think that makes it creative or original.
@abstract_dam you do realize that the person who wrote the lyrics have different bands sing their song
I LIKE THIS SONG CAUSE I CAN IDENTIFY CAUSE ITS LIKE HES TALKING ABOUT MY WHOLE GENERATION AND IM AN ANGRY STUPID MIDDLE CLASS WHITE BOY LOLS I DONT LIKE PEOPLE OLDER CAUSE THEY TALK SHIT AND OPRESS ME AND STUFF AND I WANT TO YELL
imho generally it's simply about how the older generations always complaining about the following generations, specifically how the baby boomer's generation was complaining about generation x.. the song itself has references from the boomer's generation and generation x (limp bizkit's generation), with the title itself referencing The Who's song from the 60s, with lyrics referencing Guns N Roses' song from the 80s, and Spice Girls' from the 90s, and even mentioning pop culture reference like titanic (because the movie was big then).. for me personally, it's ironic because currently it's the generation x people that are constantly complaining about my generation, the generation y (or as they like to call us: "millennials").. but that's why I love this song, it's actually has a deeper meaning, unlike most of Limp Bizkit's other songs.. I'm sure my generation will soon enough start complaining about the generation z, it's an endless cycle.
@willy11217 I agree with most of what you said except for the last part. I’m a GenXer, myself and other GenXers love our Milennial and GenZers. I feel as if the Boomers are complaining about all of us now. I can’t speak for all of Gen X, and I’m sure there are Xers complaining like you said. But I feel the majority of us side with the younger generations.
DeFtOnEsmatt26, i agree with you there, i love this song, it makes me wana jump up and down!!
but i agree with the (terrible music thing) if you're talking about cash/money/hoes rap like chingy and juvenile. they should go bang donkeys.
THIS SONG FUCKIN RULES !!! LIMP BIZKIT RULEZ TO!!!