Ryan Adams – Cherry Lane

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  General Comment:Yes, I get it. It's about a guy who has two women/girls, or believes he has two. Isn't this the same dude who sings Summer of 69? Surprise surprise. No biggy here. But enough to send me to bed with some great piano music "singing" me to sleep. Thank God for white wine, contemporary piano, warm furry mammals, and a few hours before another long day.

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  General Comment:for me it's about something different. It's about being in a relationship with a girl he lives with but can't get to the next lvl of a real partnership and companion with or he is just doesn't know what 2 do next.
  
  he could "read" her every night but after a certain point he's missing the end of the novel, there is a limit to how much he can learn and understand about her even though he is better at it than eny1 else .
  
  B4 they move 2gether -she needs 2 get home, looking 4 a cab, holding a rose like at the and of the date.
  
  After tht they move 2gether where they r just the 2 of them , where he feel this is not enough for her (you're walking away). He rather be there and continue to try and understand her.
  
  Again, he can understand her to a certain extant but she is not opening her self up so he cant get any closer and this is wht “fuckes him up”
  and he doesn't know how 2 explain him self 2 her tht he wants to take another “step” towards her, tht he still wants to protect her and be the guy for her : “walk her home” just like after the date at the beginning.

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  General Comment:This song is just awesome. I agree with the "I could never get close enough to you" party being fabulous especially when he really belts it out. I agree with SarahSpacey on the meaning as well and I feel like I've been in a "a house down on Cherry Lane" for the last year or so, unfortunately and fortunately. Someone else on another page said that RA makes hurting over love sound so good. I think he so perfectly captures that conflict, the best and the worst emotions humans can feel, that's the package deal when you can't have The One.

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    "Someone else on another page said that RA makes hurting over love sound so good. I think he so perfectly captures that conflict, the best and the worst emotions humans can feel, that's the package deal when you can't have The One."
    
    
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  General Comment:there's so many different parts to this song, starts out like he's singing in a honkytonk bar, then moves into a haunting ballad, then speeds up towards the end with the incredible aforementioned refrain of "I could never get close enough, to you" - at this point feels more like a confirmation, a sense of finality. Then a wonderful guitar part wraps it up like a bow on a Christmas Present. There's nobody like the talented Mr. Adams

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  General Comment:i agree with alot of people here. but this song also seems like its talking about how he is together with someone. but missing someone else. "im missing a page" etc. and the beginning about how the endings all torn up, like it wasnt suppose to be like this..etc. well i love this song and ryan adams is just amazing.

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  General Comment:i agree with alot of people here. but this song also seems like its talking about how he is together with someone. but missing someone else. "im missing a page" etc. and the beginning about how the endings all torn up, like it wasnt suppose to be like this..etc. well i love this song and ryan adams is just amazing.

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  General Comment:I don't really dig the first part of the song but the end of it: wow!!
  it just makes me want to crawl out of my skin it's so perfect. I think the way he repeats that line ' i can never get close enough' makes sooo powerful.

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  General Comment:i think there are two women in this song "her" and "you."
  
  he lives w/ her in a cozy little house on cherry lane. he lies next to her. and he lies to her - tries to look into her eyes and explain "you" away.
  
  but "you" is the woman he still wonders about and wants, is the book left unfinished, the one who will always be w/in sight but just out of reach.

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  General Comment:Is there something seriously wrong with me if I say that I want some guy to dedicate this song to me? It's so perfect

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  General Comment:This is such a great song! I agree with sarah spacey's interpretation. The guy is dreaming of this one girl who he feels he can never get close to. She feels like no one understands her, but the guy knows exactly who she is, he just doesn't know how to tell her. He has this fantasy that maybe they'll live this fairy tale life together on cherry lane, but he realizes it won't happen and the glass breaking represents his waking from that fantasy. Yet still he wants it.
  I dont know if thats what he intended the song to mean, but I love it no matter what...and that's what it means to me.

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