A sea of waves we hug the same plank
(Saw your end)
Just as I'd rehearsed over in my brain
(Saw your end)

The waves suck you in and you drown
If like, you should sink down beneath
I'll swim down, would you?
You?

You hang the anchors over my neck
(Saw your end)
I liked it at first but the more you laughed
The crazier I came

The waves suck you in then you drown
If like, you'd just stay down with me
I'll swim down with you
Is that what you want?
You
Is that what you want?

Wave
Wave
Inside

If like, you should stay down beneath
I'll swim down
Would you?
Is that what you want?
Would you?
Is that what you want?
With you?
You

Escape
Below
Escape
Below


Lyrics submitted by poolhallXjunkie, edited by orestes16, blacknred

Cherry Waves Lyrics as written by Chi Cheng Abran Cunningham

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  • +10
    Song Meaning

    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.

    Ricketon January 24, 2012   Link
  • +5
    General Comment

    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.

    killarealon April 14, 2010   Link
  • +4
    General Comment

    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

    poolhallXjunkieon October 02, 2006   Link
  • +3
    My Interpretation

    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.

    djfiston September 23, 2012   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation

    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?

    loveatfirstcrashon September 03, 2010   Link
  • +1
    Song Meaning

    Cherry Waves of blood from a slit wrist.

    dharmdecayon April 08, 2013   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation

    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/

    eg0deAtHon February 28, 2022   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

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

    th1rt3enon October 11, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I love this song!!

    Sessh0umaru01on October 15, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    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?

    desgined_realityon October 15, 2006   Link

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