Cherry Lane Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sarahspacey 

Cover art for Cherry Lane lyrics by Ryan Adams

Agree with noyes....a beautiful song, and already one of my favourite Ryan tracks. The "I can never get close enough" part towards the end is incredible.

To me it's about a guy who is in love with a girl from afar, and the song is about him imagining what it would be like if he were with her and if they "moved into a house down on Cherry Lane".

"Stare into her eyes and then try and explain it It's written in a language That was meant to fuck you up"

But he obviously can never find the right words to tell her what he feels or "get close enough".

"Curled up with a book down on Cherry Lane The glass it hits the floor and you're walking away"

Those lines are the most interesting, to me it says even if he did realise his dream he would somehow thinks he would fuck it up anyway and she would end up walking away from him.

LOL, that's my interpretation of it anyway but it's probably totally wrong!

AMAZING song however. Ryan is a genius.