{"id":48449,"date":"2024-04-06T10:33:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T09:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neonmusic.co.uk\/?p=48449"},"modified":"2025-07-21T23:34:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:34:46","slug":"unpacking-the-powerful-lyrics-and-meaning-of-noah-kahans-stick-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neonmusic.co.uk\/unpacking-the-powerful-lyrics-and-meaning-of-noah-kahans-stick-season","title":{"rendered":"Unpacking the Powerful Lyrics and Meaning of Noah Kahan&#8217;s Stick Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before\u00a0<em>Stick Season<\/em>\u00a0became a viral TikTok anthem or earned four-times platinum status in the US, it was just a half-written verse rattling around in Noah Kahan\u2019s head during a period when the trees in Vermont lost all their leaves and so did he. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He uploaded the first verse and chorus in 2020, sitting in that familiar grey stretch between autumn and snowfall, and nearly deleted it after twenty minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI thought, no one&#8217;s watching this,\u201d<\/em> he admitted later. But then it started to blow up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post didn\u2019t just go viral. It reshaped his trajectory. The track eventually became the title song of his third studio album, produced with Gabe Simon and released on 8 July 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/50ZenUP4O2Q5eCy2NRNvuz?si=3TthfbyaQpGBDWTWrTwSRg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/neonmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ab67616d0000b2736ee35072df1af802cca09918.jpeg\" alt=\"Noah Kahan Stick Season Album Cover 2022\" class=\"wp-image-48452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neonmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ab67616d0000b2736ee35072df1af802cca09918.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/neonmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ab67616d0000b2736ee35072df1af802cca09918-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Noah Kahan Stick Season Album Cover 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It charted internationally, reaching No. 1 in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and the Netherlands, and climbing to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 after Olivia Rodrigo covered it on BBC Radio 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JKrDdsgXuso?si=EyvzZw7tQjVvV33l\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>But\u00a0<em>Stick Season<\/em>\u00a0isn\u2019t a global hit because it aims for broad relatability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the opposite. Kahan wrote it <em>\u201cspecifically about [his] home state of Vermont\u201d<\/em> and worried it might not connect with people outside New England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The phrase itself refers to that in-between time when the trees are bare but snow hasn\u2019t arrived. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Kahan, that season became metaphor. For listeners, it became something they could project their own endings onto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song opens on a drive. <em>\u201cYou must\u2019ve had yourself a change of heart like halfway through the drive.\u201d<\/em> Her words trail off as the exit sign passes. And suddenly the future is off-course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kahan described how driving in New England means that one turn can take you to a different life. The car doesn\u2019t just skip an exit. It skips a whole imagined life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What unfolds next is a portrait of emotional inertia. When he sings <em>\u201cI am terrified of weather \u2019cause I see you when it rains,\u201d<\/em> he isn\u2019t indulging in a romantic metaphor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For him, even something as neutral as rain becomes unbearable. A reviewer on YouTube pointed out how word-packed the track is, calling it \u201cas dense as a rap song\u201d in its emotional layering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans on Reddit echoed this, not just praising the lyricism but describing how the chorus \u201csplits you in half\u201d before you even realise it\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hometown setting isn\u2019t just backdrop either. <em>\u201cI love Vermont, but it\u2019s the season of the sticks\u201d<\/em> sounds like longing and exile all at once. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He bumps into his ex\u2019s mum at the supermarket. She doesn\u2019t remember him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kahan later admitted he tries to include a \u201cgood mom exchange\u201d where he can, but here it lands with a kind of quiet finality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Small towns have a memory problem. The people who once shaped your days now barely recognise you. And you still see them buying avocados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the heart of the song is a deeper confession. <em>\u201cSo I thought that if I piled something good on all my bad, that I could cancel out the darkness I inherited from Dad.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t some throwaway poetic flourish. Kahan has said the line comes from a very real place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The depression in the song is passed down, not just personal. <em>\u201cWe are everything that happened to our parents,\u201d<\/em> he explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not about pushing through. It\u2019s about realising success doesn\u2019t cancel out sadness. It just covers it for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chorus repeats, slightly altered each time, reinforcing the loop Kahan finds himself in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He drinks until his friends return for Christmas. He dreams about a version of his ex that might not have existed but still feels like a loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She becomes fragments. Tracks in the snow. A single pair of shoes. <em>\u201cI\u2019m split in half, but that\u2019ll have to do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when he finally says, <em>\u201cI hope this pain\u2019s just passing through, but I doubt it,\u201d<\/em> there\u2019s no attempt to turn it into something redemptive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No lesson. No metaphorical healing. It just sits there. One listener described this as the emotional thesis of the song. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not the heartbreak, but the sense that even healing has been put on pause. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kahan later drew a connection between heartbreak and Vermont\u2019s brutal winters. Eventually spring returns. But the wait can feel endless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stick Season<\/em>\u00a0doesn\u2019t resolve. That\u2019s why it works. It circles memory, avoidance, guilt, and hope without trying to simplify any of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What starts as a breakup song becomes something closer to a record of emotional stillness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its specificity is what gives it range. Driving becomes emotional distance. Weather becomes memory. A mum\u2019s silence becomes an erasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So maybe the real question isn\u2019t what \u201cStick Season\u201d means. Maybe it\u2019s this: What version of yourself gets left behind when someone else decides not to turn?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You might also like:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neonmusic.co.uk\/hoziers-too-sweet-a-nocturnal-ballad-about-indulgence-and-compromise\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47611\">Hozier\u2019s Too Sweet: A Nocturnal Ballad About Indulgence and Compromise<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neonmusic.co.uk\/yg-marley-praise-jah-in-the-moonlight-lyrics-an-in-depth-analysis\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"44896\">YG Marley\u00a0Praise Jah in the Moonlight Lyrics:\u00a0An In-Depth Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neonmusic.co.uk\/unveiling-the-heartbeat-of-made-for-me-muni-long-a-deep-dive-into-its-lyrics-and-soulful-journey\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"45406\">Unveiling the Heartbeat of Made For Me Muni Long: A Deep Dive into Its Lyrics and Soulful Journey<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neonmusic.co.uk\/the-story-behind-until-i-found-you-how-stephen-sanchez-and-em-beihold-created-a-viral-country-pop-hit\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"33096\">The Story Behind Until I Found You: How Stephen Sanchez and Em Beihold Created a Viral Country Pop Hit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Noah Kahan Stick Season Lyrics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Verse 1<\/strong><br><em>As you promised me that I was more than all the miles combined<br>You must&#8217;ve had yourself a change of heart like halfway through the drive<br>Because your voice trailed off exactly as you passed my exit sign<br>Kept on drivin&#8217; straight and left our future to the right<br>Now I am stuck between my anger and the blame that I can&#8217;t face<br>And memories are somethin&#8217; even&nbsp;smoking weed does not replace<br>And I am terrified of weather &#8217;cause I see you when it rains<br>Doc told me to travel, but there&#8217;s Covid on the planes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><br><em>And I love Vermont,&nbsp;but it&#8217;s the&nbsp;season of the sticks<br>And I saw your mom, she forgot that I existed<br>And it&#8217;s half my fault, but I just like to play the victim<br>I&#8217;ll drink alcohol &#8217;til my friends come home for Christmas<br>And I&#8217;ll dream each night of some version of you<br>That I might not have, but I did not lose<br>Now you&#8217;re tire tracks and one pair of shoes<br>And I&#8217;m split in half, but that&#8217;ll have to do<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Verse 2<\/strong><br><em>So I thought that if I piled something good on all my bad<br>That I could cancel out the darkness I inherited from Dad<br>No, I am no longer funny &#8217;cause I miss the way you laugh<br>You once called me &#8220;forever,&#8221; now you still can&#8217;t call me back<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><br><em>And I love Vermont,&nbsp;but it&#8217;s the&nbsp;season of the sticks<br>And I saw your mom, she forgot that I existed<br>And it&#8217;s half my fault, but I just like to play the victim<br>I&#8217;ll drink alcohol &#8217;til my friends come home for Christmas<br>And I&#8217;ll dream each night of some version of you<br>That I might not have, but I did not lose<br>Now you&#8217;re tire tracks and one pair of shoes<br>And I&#8217;m split in half, but that&#8217;ll have to do<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bridge<\/strong><br><em>Oh, that&#8217;ll have to do<br>My other half was you<br>I hope this pain&#8217;s just passin&#8217; through<br>But I doubt it<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><br><em>And I love Vermont, but it&#8217;s theseason of the sticks<br>And I saw your mom, she forgot that I existed<br>And it&#8217;s half my fault, but I just like to play the victim<br>I&#8217;ll drink alcohol &#8217;til my friends come home for Christmas<br>And I&#8217;ll dream each night of some version of you<br>That I might not have, but I did not lose<br>Now 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