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Cherry Waves Lyrics

In a sea of waves
We hug the same plank
Just as I had rehearsed it over in my brain
(I saw your end)

If the waves suck you in, and you drown

If like you should sink down beneath
I'll swim down.
Would you?
Would You?

You hang anchors over my neck
I liked it at first
But the more you you laughed, the crazier I came

And the waves suck you in, and you drown

If like you should sink down beneath
I'll swim way swim down. Would you?

Is that what you want?
You,
Well that's what you've got

Wave, after, wave

If like you should sink down beneath, I'll swim down,
Would you?

Is that what you want?
With you
Is this what you want?
With you, you

Escape, below
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My most favorite song off this album. I think that this song is describing a relationship where this person loves someone who loves someone else and feels that they both share that displeasure of not being loved back "In a sea of waves, we hug the same plank." the plank could be referring to a person that doesn't show affection or emotion. Anyway, this person is telling the one he/she loves that if they ever find themselves in a low, that they'll be there for them and do whatever it takes to make them happy "If like you should sink down beneath, i'll swim down". But at the same time, the person is tired and frustrated because the person she/he loves is keeping them around only to constantly tease them, "you hanged the anchors over my neck, i liked it at first, but the more you laughed the crazier i came." and he/she's questioning what the loved one really wants "is that what you want?"...a lot like being in the "friend zone", to put it easier & i currently find myself in that position. And let me just tell you, doing that shit to anybody is fucking horrible.

Song Meaning

God, I hope I am not doing that to someone I care a lot about. Sometimes circumstances don't allow you to love someone the way they deserve to be loved.

Great song. Wonderful lyrics. I know the friend zone drill, although I don't even rate an in-your-face friend. Yup, I'm lower down the ladder than that so s/he should consider herself fortunate!

"I think that this song is describing a relationship where this person loves someone who loves someone else." Hmmmmm. It's a real sucky feelin', trust me.

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This song is deeper than you think. This is an Allegory about self-destructive behaviour, probably Drug Abuse and dragging down the one who loves you. "You hang anchors over my neck" , Implying that she will pull him down with her. Would she do that intentionally? He loves her so much that he would go down with her and try to save her. I can relate to this song. This happenned to me and she is dead. This song speaks to me.

@killareal Sorry to hear about your experience, although I was hoping to find someone who shared my interpretation of this song. Its interesting how a person's take on a song can change completely depending on what they had lived through.

@killareal @killareal exactly what I got from it. Same situation. 7 years of my life and tens of thousands of dollars (a lot on drugs for her because I didnt want her going out on the streets to find stuff) later. Then she dies on me. Not from an overdose though. But I think her condition was exacerbated my years of serious drug abuse. And now I have a problem. Broken back too though but. This song and Xerxes really speak to me and the way I fealt. Even though she was damaged I still loved her more than anything...

@killareal absolutely nailed it. \r\nI\'m sorry for your loss (all of them). \r\n

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CHERRY WAVES

"This is a story about being in the middle of the ocean with someone saying, 'If you were to sink underneath the waves, then I'd swim after you. Would you do the same for me?. It's seeing how far the trust goes." - Chino

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I've been listening to this song non stop for two days. I obviously can't say for certain but I'm pretty sure it's about heroin addiction. If you look at a syringe when the blood goes inside it clearly looks like red "Cherry waves." Once you grasp the concept of the song, the lyrics all make sense. He's basically saying if this woman he loves wants to succumb to addiction he'll "go down" ie..give in to his own addiction as well so they can be together. Very romantic and very powerful.

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@djfist This is legit. Its not as simple as a love story no matter how "safe" and "clean" and "lovey" you think these lyrics are. This is a mutual battle with heroin addiction. There is a deeper darker meaning to this song. It is very allegorical. Sex, DRUGS, and rock n roll.

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cherry waves. cherry is a sweet soft fruit, the color is so strong and at the same time, is so fragile looking

i think it's about how deep in love a person could fall for someone else. if i fall for you - and i am, deeply - would you feel the same? would you swim to take me?

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Cherry Waves of blood from a slit wrist.

Song Meaning

Wouldn't Cherry Waves better refer 'that time of the month'?

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here\'s my personal, humble, and insignificant opinion, which is pretty similar to the ones already written.\n\nI think the song is about someone1 who likes/loves someone2 else, and has some serious attachment to this person. someone1 is probably in, what i think, a one-sided relationship and is questioning the trust, love, and attachment the other person has for them ("would you?")\n\nThe verses: \n\nJust as I\'d rehearsed over in my brain\nThe waves suck you in and you drown\nIf like, you should sink down beneath\nI\'ll swim down, would you?\nYou?\n\nTell me that the someone1 is pretty obsessed with this idea of getting validity and certainty of whether the other person loves them back because he says that he "rehearsed over and over" in his head asking his person, "if, like, you sink, then i would sink with you. Would you do the same for me? Do you love me as much as I love you? Would you drown (die) for me, just as I would drown (die) for you?" \n\nThis song is really beautiful and perfectly demonstrates the darker aspects of codependency, trust, validation, and obsession. \n\nThe "waves", and drowning in the "waves" can be interpreted as many different struggles. Some people could probably relate see it as drug addiction.\n\nAs horrible as this situation and relationship sounds to be in, this song still makes me feel so lonely lol. \m/ \m/

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great song can't wait to get the new album...

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I love this song!!

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at 2:37 im fairly sure he says "i'd throw..) it? maybe, but i don't see that word mention in the above lyrics. Anyone want to start analyzing with me?