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.
Things are looking up, oh, finally
I thought I'd never see the day
When you smile at me
We always pull through, oh, when we try
I'm always wrong but you're never right
Oh, you're never right
Honestly, can you believe
We crossed the world while it's asleep?
I'd never trade it in, 'cause I've always wanted this
And it's not a dream anymore
No, it's not a dream anymore
It's worth fighting for
Could have given up so easily
I was a few cheap shots away from the end of me
Taken for granted, almost everything that I would have died for
Just yesterday
Just yesterday
Honestly, can you believe
We crossed the world while it's asleep?
I'd never trade it in, 'cause I've always wanted this
And, it's not a dream anymore
No, it's not a dream anymore
It's worth fighting for
God knows the world doesn't need another band, whoa, whoa
But what a waste it would've been, whoa, whoa
I can't believe we almost hung it up, whoa, whoa
We're just getting started, whoa, whoa
Honestly, can you believe
We crossed the world while it's asleep?
I'd never trade it in, 'cause I've always wanted this
And it's not a dream anymore
No, it's not a dream anymore
No, it's not a dream anymore
No, it's not a dream anymore
It's worth fighting for
I can't believe we almost hung it up whoa, whoa
We're just getting started, whoa, whoa
I can't believe we almost hung it up, whoa, whoa
We're just getting started
Yeah, we're just getting started
I thought I'd never see the day
When you smile at me
We always pull through, oh, when we try
I'm always wrong but you're never right
Oh, you're never right
Honestly, can you believe
We crossed the world while it's asleep?
I'd never trade it in, 'cause I've always wanted this
And it's not a dream anymore
No, it's not a dream anymore
It's worth fighting for
Could have given up so easily
I was a few cheap shots away from the end of me
Taken for granted, almost everything that I would have died for
Just yesterday
Just yesterday
Honestly, can you believe
We crossed the world while it's asleep?
I'd never trade it in, 'cause I've always wanted this
And, it's not a dream anymore
No, it's not a dream anymore
It's worth fighting for
God knows the world doesn't need another band, whoa, whoa
But what a waste it would've been, whoa, whoa
I can't believe we almost hung it up, whoa, whoa
We're just getting started, whoa, whoa
Honestly, can you believe
We crossed the world while it's asleep?
I'd never trade it in, 'cause I've always wanted this
And it's not a dream anymore
No, it's not a dream anymore
No, it's not a dream anymore
No, it's not a dream anymore
It's worth fighting for
I can't believe we almost hung it up whoa, whoa
We're just getting started, whoa, whoa
I can't believe we almost hung it up, whoa, whoa
We're just getting started
Yeah, we're just getting started
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Looking Up Lyrics as written by Joshua Neil Farro Hayley Nichole Williams
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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Last year when we canceled our "U.K Riot" tour and went home. I didn't know if we'd even get back on the road. I sort of thought we'd run our course and it was over. All because of failed relationships...friendships. We stopped caring about each other. I started playing music for a living instead of living for playing music. I also reached outside my circle of friends (the band) for acceptance and the hope I could find people to really relate to. I needed real friends-not forced ones. That's when it became really hard. NO one understand each other anymore. Somehow between then and now, we've grown up a little bit. I've realized it's not bad that I'm an individual. We all have our own thing and now that we got it, "I can't beleive we almost hung it up, we're just getting started"
would you mind typing all the pages of her journal and send them to my email.<br /> i would die to see them and read them /:<br /> i was on vacation when there new album came out<br /> let me know :{D
whats best about this song is that most people can relate to most of it .. my favorite part is <br /> <br /> I'd never trade it in<br /> 'Cause I've always wanted this and<br /> It's not a dream anymore, no<br /> It's not a dream anymore<br /> It's worth fighting for<br /> <br /> Could have given up so easily<br /> I was a few cheap shots away<br /> From the end of me<br /> <br /> Taken for granted<br /> Almost everything<br /> That I would have died for<br /> Just yesterday<br /> Just yesterday
Listening to a song like this just brings a smile on your face. Not only is it a true story but there's a lot of hope and triumph, you can just HEAR it.
About the success of the band and the strugle they've went through to make it to where they are now :)
I hear the hxc influence here. I'm glad they got through their struggles.
you can hear her smile while she sings this (: love ittt!
I agree with thisishowwedance. Paramore is an amazing band, changed a lot of my outlook on things. Love them.
God, I'm so glad they didn't break up. How sad.
What nodlove said.
amazing song!!! i don't know what i would have done if they had called it quits. i agree with nodlove
would you consider it a heartbreak or love song or both?
its neither.
lmfao.<br /> i realized.<br /> i do these before i listen to them, haa.<br /> <br /> thanks anyway :)