1) Performance name for eurobea… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists named Cherry:
1) Performance name for eurobeat artist Clara Moroni
2) Melbourne-based project Cherry led by Jacob Charlton of Thornhill, an indie supergroup consisting of Thornhill, Void of Vision, Tapestry and The Beautiful Monument members
3) Japanese pop/rock whose "Future Shock" soundtracked Yoshiaki Kawajiri's Tetsuwan Birdy OVAs
4) A Flemish folk group
5) A Spanish experimental lo-fi musician
6) An Australian girl group active during the late 1990s
7) Cherry is one of the founding members of the Argentine duo The Cherry Blues Project
8) Croatian core band cherry
9) Dutch singer, Cherry Wijdenbosch, formerly member of Braak
Radio
Cherry Lyrics
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Your girlfriend is on another date with the hero in your dream
Turn around, ask yourself. So, you think you're gonna win this time Manchild?
Is it the pain of the drinking
Or the Sunday sinking feeling
The car never seems to work
When it's late your girlfriend's on a date
And the hero with her in your dream
Turn around and ask yourself
Turn around ask yourself
Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Could you go undercover
And sell your brand new lover (could you)
Be someone else for a night
Maybe someone else will love you
You sell your soul for a tacky song
Like the one you hear on the radio
Turn around ask yourself
Turn around and ask yourself
Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Manchild, he will make you cry
Manchild, Manchild, Manchild
From Monday down to Friday
You're working on another man's car
Or is it in the factory?
It doesn't matter where you are
Just turn around and ask yourself is this communication
Accentuate the positive and give some illustration
See Manchild, you're no one, you turn the microphone on
Control communication when I'm kickin' it and so on
To the point that I need, the air that I breathe
Into an audience that's waiting and ecstatic to receive-
For the meantime another mean rhyme, I keep on sayin' it
I know what the time is the crowd will keep playing it
Through the speaker boxes loud's my diagnosis
'Cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses.
Enough R-E-S-P-E and C-T
Respect yourself express no stress the mike is easy
Just believe that all you need is the air that you breathe.
Turn around ask yourself
Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Manchild, he will make you cry
Manchild, Manchild, Manchild
He's the apple of your eye
Once bitten twice shy, why don't you bite me again
Just take it in the right and go tell your friend
Are you ready for the words I turn the microphone on
A figure of speech to reach you at the back and so on
The style I'm stimulating dance floors
Raise your body temperature now and
This demands for power in the amp you know louds my diagnosis
'Cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses.
The lyrics to "Radio" by Cherry suggest feelings of frustration and inadequacy, particularly in relation to a failed relationship and a sense of stagnation in life. The singer is left alone at night while their girlfriend is out with someone else, whom they idealize as the hero of their dreams. The lyrics pose questions to the singer, asking whether they believe they will ever succeed and whether they are willing to be someone else for a night in order to find love. All of this desperation is contrasted against a job at a car factory or a mechanic shop and a sense of detachment from communication that is accentuated by the monotony of life.
The chorus of the song repeats a mantra of "Manchild, will you ever win? Manchild, look at the state you're in." This repetition drives home a sense of hopelessness and despair for the singer. The last stanza suggests a turning point, however, away from wallowing in this despair and towards self-expression and art. The artist encourages the singer to "turn the microphone on" and take control of communication. The lyrics suggest that the singer can find power in the air that they breathe and the words they speak, using words as "heavy doses" to spur on a miracle.
Line by Line Meaning
OK, you're on your own, it's late
You're alone and it's late at night
Your girlfriend is on another date with the hero in your dream
Your girlfriend is going out with the person you wish you could be
Turn around, ask yourself. So, you think you're gonna win this time Manchild?
Questioning yourself if you will ever succeed
Is it the pain of the drinking
Wondering if drinking is the cause of the pain
Or the Sunday sinking feeling
Thinking if the sinking feeling is because it's Sunday
The car never seems to work
The car always has problems
When it's late your girlfriend's on a date
Your girlfriend is on a date when it's late
Manchild, will you ever win
Addressing yourself as a child and asking if you'll ever succeed
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Reflecting on the current state you're in
Could you go undercover
Asking if you could act as someone else
And sell your brand new lover (could you)
Asking if you could sell your new love to someone else
Be someone else for a night
Consider being a different person for a night
Maybe someone else will love you
Thinking that someone might love you if you're someone else
You sell your soul for a tacky song
Critiquing selling out and losing your integrity for a bad song
Like the one you hear on the radio
Comparing the bad song to something on the radio
From Monday down to Friday
Working the weekdays
You're working on another man's car
Working on someone else's car
Or is it in the factory?
Asking if it's in the factory instead
It doesn't matter where you are
Your location doesn't matter
Just turn around and ask yourself is this communication
Asking if it's communication
Accentuate the positive and give some illustration
Focus on the positive aspects and explain them
See Manchild, you're no one, you turn the microphone on
You are no one until you turn on the microphone
Control communication when I'm kickin' it and so on
Controlling the communication when performing
To the point that I need, the air that I breathe
The microphone is a necessity for your breathing
Into an audience that's waiting and ecstatic to receive-
The audience is waiting eagerly to receive the message
For the meantime another mean rhyme, I keep on sayin' it
Rapping another mean rhyme in the meantime
I know what the time is the crowd will keep playing it
Knowing the appropriate time to perform and the crowd keeps playing the song
Through the speaker boxes loud's my diagnosis
The loud speaker diagnosis of the performance
'Cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses.
Believing in miracles and the power of words
Enough R-E-S-P-E and C-T
Enough of thinking about respect
Respect yourself express no stress the mike is easy
Respect yourself and express yourself without stress as using the microphone is easy
Just believe that all you need is the air that you breathe.
Believing that all you need is air to breathe
He's the apple of your eye
Someone important to you
Once bitten twice shy, why don't you bite me again
Not wanting to be hurt again
Just take it in the right and go tell your friend
Taking it the right way and telling your friend
Are you ready for the words I turn the microphone on
Asking if you're ready for the message
A figure of speech to reach you at the back and so on
Using a figure of speech to reach the audience
The style I'm stimulating dance floors
The style of music is getting people to dance
Raise your body temperature now and
Raising the body temperature with the music
This demands for power in the amp you know louds my diagnosis
The powerful music causes the amplifier to be loud
'Cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses.
Believing in miracles and the power of words
Manchild, he will make you cry
The realization that you will make yourself cry
Manchild, Manchild, Manchild
Addressing yourself as a child multiple times
Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, EMI Music Publishing
Written by: CHERRY, ROBERT, CAMERON DEL NAJA, NENEH MC VEY
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