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“In Praise of Bacchus” is named for the Roman god of wine. Peter Steele was known to down wine by the bottle during Type O Negative shows. This was the third single released from October Rust.
Hey, Bacchus
She hates me
Hey, Bacchus
She hates me
Hey, Bacchus
She hates me
Hey, Bacchus
She hates me
The street lamps light a wet, old Red Hook road
A furry vino-tinted slave
Molten oil-painted Brooklyn Bridge
(Cobblestone grave)
A lonely blue girl guards the river bed
She shakes her brown torch at the tide
On Pier Six we'd creep and count the cracks
(Side by side, see, we're counting cracks)
Your mom was out wearing herself inside
I'll stop the train to say hello
A used boyfriend's just bought her this new car
(I said, I know)
She said burn
Together
Burn
We'll burn together
Hey, Bacchus
She hates me
Hey, Bacchus
She hates me
She hates me
She hates me
She hates me
She said burn together
She said burn together
(Burning together)
Burn, we'll burn together
(Burning together)
Now don't believe she'll never leave again
I can't forget the words she said, way back when
Dirai Di, Sincto Sin, Dominai, Requiem
She said burn
We'll burn together
(Burning together)
In Praise of Bacchus was written by Peter Steele.
In Praise of Bacchus was produced by Peter Steele & Josh Silver.
Type O Negative released In Praise of Bacchus on Tue Aug 20 1996.
Peter Steele: “It’s a very personal song. Not to harp on the past, but when I tried to kill myself seven years ago, I had parked my car in Red Hook, which is my old neighborhood in Brooklyn, and I was looking at the Brooklyn Bridge and it was raining, so it looked like a molten oil painted bridge to...