to me it feels like the cherry bomb is her love for him. or her heart. he says "you got to know it's on your sleeve", which makes me think of the saying to wear your heart on your sleeve. it starts with him saying "we lost it long ago", meaning their relationship ovbiously, and then there's the stuff about the sleeve, then thinking back on the break up. then he says " it could burn right up your sleeve", meaning her love will only hurt her. throughout the song he repeats "blow out that cherry bomb", wanting her to forget about it, but at the end surprises us with "i could pay to have all your cherry bomb" (i could pay to have all your love), which makes me think that maybe the cherry bomb is her love for someone else. maybe she cheated on him, and he's really been begging her to blow out her love for this other guy. anyway, that's my take on it. love the song.
to me it feels like the cherry bomb is her love for him. or her heart. he says "you got to know it's on your sleeve", which makes me think of the saying to wear your heart on your sleeve. it starts with him saying "we lost it long ago", meaning their relationship ovbiously, and then there's the stuff about the sleeve, then thinking back on the break up. then he says " it could burn right up your sleeve", meaning her love will only hurt her. throughout the song he repeats "blow out that cherry bomb", wanting her to forget about it, but at the end surprises us with "i could pay to have all your cherry bomb" (i could pay to have all your love), which makes me think that maybe the cherry bomb is her love for someone else. maybe she cheated on him, and he's really been begging her to blow out her love for this other guy. anyway, that's my take on it. love the song.