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.
I know this is super random
We done had our ups and downs and I done threw some tantrums
I honestly care about you way more than you could fathom
And God knows I ain't lyin', if only you could ask Him
I know you think our happiness just comes and goes in occasions
When I leave Earth, I wanna be frozen in place
With a rose in a case full of love notes I wrote for the days I got to be next to you
That's how I feel and no one can change it, but
I gotta get this tension off of my chest
'Cause every day I feel a constant regret
Now I can reflect to see the issues we never dissolved and suppressed
I guess it's only right that karma was next
And I'ma be open and honest with you, your absence is causing the stress
I wish the pain I feel would lay inside a coffin and rest
And it's only you who can soften my flesh
But still you run me in circles and lately you ain't been responding to texts
And now my only option is to act like I don't fucking need you
I bottle up the pain although the bottle's fucking see-through
I pray to God and wish that we could wash it up and re-do
Guess every love story just ain't got a fucking sequel
I just need to know if you feel the same
Why can't we kill the games and reconcile?
I know you still afraid, we both stuck
There's no trust, we gave our souls up the moment love had approached us, but-
Can we go back to the old us?
'Cause I just don't fuck with this new you
Lately you ain't showin' no love
You act like I never knew you
We need to stop the games right now
Let's stop the games, baby
I need you to ease the pain right now
I need you to keep it real with me, my love
Can we go back to the old us?
'Cause I just don't fuck with this new you
Lately you ain't showin' no love
You act like I never knew you
We need to stop the games right now
Let's stop the games, baby
I need you to ease the pain right now
I need you to keep it real with me, my love
Can we go back to the old us?
On my end there was mistakes made, I had too much pride to take blame
The moment my fame came, my ways changed
I couldn't stay sane and started making our sunny days rain
And even though my life has moved on, our history's too strong to forget
I won't pretend I ain't stained
And if you open up my fucking chest and take a look in my heart
I swear to God you gon' see yo' engraved name
How you gon' leave me hanging?
How you gon' leave me achin'?
I never did get my closure, so how you gon' mediate it?
How you gon' be when Zade is old enough to understand that his daddy isn't around?
How we gon' be related?
And I just want my family on track, that's the plan we both had
Shit is sad because I'm askin' for a chance we don't have
I fucking love you
And I just had to grab my notepad just to write a song for you saying-
Can we go back to the old us?
'Cause I just don't fuck with this new you
Lately you ain't showin' no love
You act like I never knew you
We need to stop the games right now
Let's stop the games, baby
I need you to ease the pain right now
I need you to keep it real with me, my love
Can we go back to the old us?
'Cause I just don't fuck with this new you
Lately you ain't showin' no love
You act like I never knew you
We need to stop the games right now
Let's stop the games, baby
I need you to ease the pain right now
I need you to keep it real with me, my love
Can we go back to the old us?
I'm sorry
We done had our ups and downs and I done threw some tantrums
I honestly care about you way more than you could fathom
And God knows I ain't lyin', if only you could ask Him
I know you think our happiness just comes and goes in occasions
When I leave Earth, I wanna be frozen in place
With a rose in a case full of love notes I wrote for the days I got to be next to you
That's how I feel and no one can change it, but
I gotta get this tension off of my chest
'Cause every day I feel a constant regret
Now I can reflect to see the issues we never dissolved and suppressed
I guess it's only right that karma was next
And I'ma be open and honest with you, your absence is causing the stress
I wish the pain I feel would lay inside a coffin and rest
And it's only you who can soften my flesh
But still you run me in circles and lately you ain't been responding to texts
And now my only option is to act like I don't fucking need you
I bottle up the pain although the bottle's fucking see-through
I pray to God and wish that we could wash it up and re-do
Guess every love story just ain't got a fucking sequel
I just need to know if you feel the same
Why can't we kill the games and reconcile?
I know you still afraid, we both stuck
There's no trust, we gave our souls up the moment love had approached us, but-
Can we go back to the old us?
'Cause I just don't fuck with this new you
Lately you ain't showin' no love
You act like I never knew you
We need to stop the games right now
Let's stop the games, baby
I need you to ease the pain right now
I need you to keep it real with me, my love
Can we go back to the old us?
'Cause I just don't fuck with this new you
Lately you ain't showin' no love
You act like I never knew you
We need to stop the games right now
Let's stop the games, baby
I need you to ease the pain right now
I need you to keep it real with me, my love
Can we go back to the old us?
On my end there was mistakes made, I had too much pride to take blame
The moment my fame came, my ways changed
I couldn't stay sane and started making our sunny days rain
And even though my life has moved on, our history's too strong to forget
I won't pretend I ain't stained
And if you open up my fucking chest and take a look in my heart
I swear to God you gon' see yo' engraved name
How you gon' leave me hanging?
How you gon' leave me achin'?
I never did get my closure, so how you gon' mediate it?
How you gon' be when Zade is old enough to understand that his daddy isn't around?
How we gon' be related?
And I just want my family on track, that's the plan we both had
Shit is sad because I'm askin' for a chance we don't have
I fucking love you
And I just had to grab my notepad just to write a song for you saying-
Can we go back to the old us?
'Cause I just don't fuck with this new you
Lately you ain't showin' no love
You act like I never knew you
We need to stop the games right now
Let's stop the games, baby
I need you to ease the pain right now
I need you to keep it real with me, my love
Can we go back to the old us?
'Cause I just don't fuck with this new you
Lately you ain't showin' no love
You act like I never knew you
We need to stop the games right now
Let's stop the games, baby
I need you to ease the pain right now
I need you to keep it real with me, my love
Can we go back to the old us?
I'm sorry
Lyrics submitted by JDizzleFoShizzle
The Old Us Lyrics as written by Marcus Hopson
Lyrics © The Administration MP, Inc.
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