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I lost myself on a cool damp night
I gave myself in that misty light
Was hypnotized by a strange delight
Under a lilac tree
I made wine from the lilac tree
Put my heart in its recipe
It makes me see what I want to see
And be what I want to be
When I think more than I want to think
I do things I never should do
I drink much more that I ought to drink
Because it brings me back you
Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love
Listen to me, I cannot see clearly
Isn't that she, coming to me nearly here?
Lilac wine is sweet and heady where's my love?
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, where's my love?
Listen to me, why is everything so hazy?
Isn't that she, or am I just going crazy, dear?
Lilac wine, I feel unready for my love
Feel unready for my love
I gave myself in that misty light
Was hypnotized by a strange delight
Under a lilac tree
I made wine from the lilac tree
Put my heart in its recipe
It makes me see what I want to see
And be what I want to be
When I think more than I want to think
I do things I never should do
I drink much more that I ought to drink
Because it brings me back you
Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love
Listen to me, I cannot see clearly
Isn't that she, coming to me nearly here?
Lilac wine is sweet and heady where's my love?
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, where's my love?
Listen to me, why is everything so hazy?
Isn't that she, or am I just going crazy, dear?
Lilac wine, I feel unready for my love
Feel unready for my love
Lyrics submitted by fallen_crow05
Track duration: 04:31
"Lilac Wine" as written by James H. Shelton
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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The price for this can be loss of family, friends, possesions and so on. So, the big question is - is it worth the price? Sometimes it is.
"Oblivion is Privilege - It has a fee" - Richie Edwards
and that's the end of it
but what a sheer portrait! not a moral, flat or demonizing one, but one spawned from personal experience. The emotions, the self-destruction, they're all palpable. The sweet poison of drinking that turns less and less bitter and more and more pleasent with each time the mouth is filled; and not because of the wine itself but of the inner struggles of our soul that seem to have a mouth of their own, with it's own unquenchable thrist.
It makes me think of the way Lou Reed described heroin use in 'Heroin'.
And just a word about lyrics- unfathomable.
the speaker has obviously lost someone he loves, and the only way to regain her is to drink himself into oblivion. i'd like to think that he reaches her at the end... whether through a hallucination, a dream, or through death.
jeff buckley's incredible voice carries the meaning of the song to a whole different level.
"Lilac Wine" is a song written by James Shelton. It was covered by Nina Simone on her album Wild Is The Wind (1966), was a solo hit by Elkie Brooks (1977) and appeared in her album Pearls (1981) and later by Jeff Buckley on his début album Grace (1994). More recently, the song was covered by Katie Melua on her debut album Call Off the Search (2003).
Buckley considered Simone's to be the definitive interpretation of the song, stating, "I've only heard Nina Simone's...And that's the only one that matters. There's one by Eartha Kitt. There's one by Elkie Brooks, which I've never, ever heard. There's another one. They've done it, but Nina does it best. That's the end all of it. That's the be all end all version. She's the king."
No need reading false facts in these comments