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I wrote "Cherry" to mirror the back-and-forth relationship between love & patience. At first listen, it's a classic unrequited love song... but there's a second interpretation in which the lyrics are sort of a dismissive response to being asked to wait around without hope for indefinite periods for the other to be "ready." Both versions circle back to an underlying obsession with absolute perfection: the tendency to turn inwards in idle moments, and the exhaustion & hysteria that accompany attempts to revise oneself aimlessly and endlessly.
lyrics
baby i’ll wait. love, it’s never too late to save this.
take them downtown, go round, and rest assured
i’m hanging from your lips, dancing in your stillness
while you're killing this —
but only say the words and i’ll be yours.
darling if you call me, i’ll come running
just let me
turn out all the lights
in the dead of night
cause i'm
your lovely
burning for my turn to be your one and
your only
ready for your eyes
sweet on the inside
by your summertime
like cherry
baby i’ll keep my hands where you can see them
finally got me up against the wall
all my friends say: “stop wasting your days on a runaway —
nevermind the time it took to fall”
darling if you call me, i’ll come running
just let me
turn out all the lights
in the dead of night
cause i'm
your lovely
burning for my turn to be your one and
your only
ready for your eyes
sweet on the inside
by your summertime
like cherry
red lips, soft skin
sit me on your shoulders
swing me round your hips
gold hair, cold stare
i’ll be your july
and i can take you there
darling if you call me, i’ll come running
just let me
turn out all the lights
in the dead of night
cause i'm
your lovely
burning for my turn to be your one and
your only
ready for your eyes
sweet on the inside
by your summertime
like cherry
like cherry
like cherry
like cherry
credits
released April 16, 2016
written/produced by Luna Shadows, Thomas Powers, and Kamtin Mohager (The Chaingang of 1974)
mixed/mastered: Ryan Shanahan
assistant vocal engineer: Joanna Katcher
single art: Brad Hale
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