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.
Simona
You're getting older
Your journey's been
Etched on your skin
Simona
Wish I had known that
What seemed so strong
Has been and gone
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
Simona
Wish I was sober
So I could see clearly now
The rain has gone
Simona
I guess it's over
My memory plays our tune
The same old song
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
You're getting older
Your journey's been
Etched on your skin
Simona
Wish I had known that
What seemed so strong
Has been and gone
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
Simona
Wish I was sober
So I could see clearly now
The rain has gone
Simona
I guess it's over
My memory plays our tune
The same old song
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Lyrics submitted by stoolhardy
1973 Lyrics as written by Mark Batson James Blount
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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His new album, All the Lost Souls, is released by Custard/Atlantic on Sept 17. It is preceded by another ridiculously catchy single, 1973, already lodged at number 10 in the charts. Given that Blunt wasn't born until 1974, there has been a degree of mockery about a song recalling high times in a club with a girl called Simona in the titular year. "The club is Pascha, which opened in 1973," Blunt prosaically explains. "Obviously, names have been changed to protect the innocent; but Simona's a friend, and we spent far too much time in there. But 2006 didn't scan."
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Do you guys also notice that "Here We Go Again" is a song that James sang as well!
I also love the line "So I could see clearly now the rain has gone" just like Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now"
Great song... music video is awesome as well. Lots of feelings
i think mabe he had a love in his life and can't forget about her and i looked up the song"here we go again" and if anyone wants to look go to lyrics007.com and look up "here we go again" it's by PureNRG im pretty sure this is the song he's referring to
1973", was inspired by Blunt's nights out at Pacha, an Ibiza club, which opened in that year. it has nothing to do with his parents or a past relationship.
I'm really in love with this song. I think basically he's reminiscing about the past when him and "Simona" were together.
In the song he says: "Wish I was sober So I could see clearly now The rain has gone" I think that part means he's regretting not appreciating how good the times were when they were together.
This song's just to beautiful. Like Girlish Intentionz said, its makes you think about the past.
1973", was inspired by Blunt's nights out at Pacha, an Ibiza club, which opened in that year.
I think it's about a guy who's stuck in the past. Like he can't get a past relationship out of his head. Catchy.
I'd agree with that. But I also think that there are some people that for whatever reason, you leave parts of yourself with. Sounds like that was the most alive he'd ever felt. Definitely catchy.
This song makes me feel mixed feelings when I listen to it. I really listened to the lyrics once and I deducted it may be that James is telling the story of a time in his life that made him happy, maybe part of his teenage years or early twenties and he fell so deeply in love with a girl, maybe first love, and he can't forget her.
He's reflecting on his life by saying, "I would call you up," and remembering his past. Maybe he still loves this girl, maybe not. He wonders what she is doing now, and thinks about the times they shared.
I looked up the song "Here we go again," thinking it would be a song in that era, but I found nothing but Ray Charles. Maybe "Here we go again," is just what they said when they were driving and laughing. I have no clue what relevance this has to do with 1973...
Anyways, I like this song. It's a good song to chill out to. Makes you think about the past.