In Dandelion Wine, the narrator offers internal perspectives and details the experiences had as he or she struggles with the consequences and afflictions of alcohol, or more generally substance abuse, ultimately resulting in the speaker’s death.
In Dandelion Wine, the cold serves as a metaphor for...
[Verse 1]
I skulk through the skeleton trees
The birds and the sun have both flown
I daresay a damnable scheme
Is hidden in midwinter's moan
[Verse 2]
Afloat in a frozen white flood
Disheveled, I shuffle the floor
The fix for what's freezing my blood
Rests behind the red cellar door
[Refrain]
Dandelion wine
Just half a spoonful and everything's fine
Summoning days
Of summer in bloom, chasing winter away
[Verse 3]
I should be raking my roof
The snow drift is dangerously high
But I've found my favorite proof
And the barrel is barely half-dry
[Refrain]
Dandelion wine
Just half a spoonful and everything's fine
Summoning days
Of summer in bloom, but it's slipping away
[Refrain]
Dandelion wine
Just half a spoonful and everything's fine
Dandelion wine
Just half a bottle and everything's fine
Dandelion wine (The barrel is dry as a bone)
Dandelion wine (The snow is still falling like ash)
Dandelion wine (The ceiling is starting to groan)
Dandelion wine (Then everything ends with a crash)
[Outro]
Crushed like a rat in a trap
Buried in beams of rough pine
It's cold now, and catacomb black
Dreaming of dandelion wine
Dandelion Wine was written by Dustin Kensrue & Teppei Teranishi & Eddie Breckenridge & Riley Breckenridge.
Dandelion Wine was produced by Thrice.
Thrice released Dandelion Wine on Fri Sep 17 2021.