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.
She was pacing back and forth
On her front porch
I pulled up slinging gravel
In my daddy's Ford
She cried all the way to Johnson's store
I kept the motor running and parked by the door
Yeah, I was foolish and wild
She was classic and regal
We were fresh out of school
Both barely legal
We were young and on fire
It just couldn't wait
Six weeks in, she was three weeks late
One means nothing and we're home free
Two means three and a diamond ring
Yeah, wonder what faith is gonna decide
We're just sitting around waiting on two pink lines
Sitting around waiting on two pink lines
Yeah, her daddy is gonna kill me
And that's a fact
Maybe we'll just leave town and never come, never come back
Or I can stand there and tell him, face him like a man
Ah, who am I kidding, he'll never gonna understand
Yeah, that second hand just keeps slowing down
I swear it stopped twice the last time around
Yeah, we'll know the truth in 3 minutes time
We're just sitting around waiting on two pink lines
Sitting around waiting on two pink lines
Hot summer nights
Whispering her name
Under the blanket by the riverbank
Hearts beating fast
We never thought twice
She pulled me close and I held on tight
When the moment of truth finally comes
She gives me a look and she comes undone
She says, "it looks like we're lucky, someone's smilin' down"
She grabs her coat and say "see ya around"
Yeah, these days the rabbit doesn't die
You just sit around waiting on two pink lines
Praying that faith is on your side
Sittin' around waiting on two pink lines
Sittin' around waiting on two pink lines
On her front porch
I pulled up slinging gravel
In my daddy's Ford
She cried all the way to Johnson's store
I kept the motor running and parked by the door
Yeah, I was foolish and wild
She was classic and regal
We were fresh out of school
Both barely legal
We were young and on fire
It just couldn't wait
Six weeks in, she was three weeks late
One means nothing and we're home free
Two means three and a diamond ring
Yeah, wonder what faith is gonna decide
We're just sitting around waiting on two pink lines
Sitting around waiting on two pink lines
Yeah, her daddy is gonna kill me
And that's a fact
Maybe we'll just leave town and never come, never come back
Or I can stand there and tell him, face him like a man
Ah, who am I kidding, he'll never gonna understand
Yeah, that second hand just keeps slowing down
I swear it stopped twice the last time around
Yeah, we'll know the truth in 3 minutes time
We're just sitting around waiting on two pink lines
Sitting around waiting on two pink lines
Hot summer nights
Whispering her name
Under the blanket by the riverbank
Hearts beating fast
We never thought twice
She pulled me close and I held on tight
When the moment of truth finally comes
She gives me a look and she comes undone
She says, "it looks like we're lucky, someone's smilin' down"
She grabs her coat and say "see ya around"
Yeah, these days the rabbit doesn't die
You just sit around waiting on two pink lines
Praying that faith is on your side
Sittin' around waiting on two pink lines
Sittin' around waiting on two pink lines
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