Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: rock-n-roll
Song Meaning of “Wine, Wine, Wine” by Gene Summers
Wine, Wine, Wine speaks to the struggles and hardships one can experience in life, and how the only real solace and respite can often be found in the solace of wine. It speaks to the bittersweetness of life, and how “A glass of wine is stronger than a cup of tea / When life makes you blue”. The narrator sees wine as an escape from the toils of life, a way of forgetting the troubles one may experience.
They are able to turn their sorrows into joys when they let the power of wine take away their worries. The chorus of the song implores the listener to join the narrator in “drown[ing] their troubles” in wine. The song ends with a call to freedom, as the narrator “leave[s] all your cares behind” as they “go bird chasing” – a metaphor for the sense of freedom that wine can bring.
Wine, Wine, Wine speaks to how much heavier the weight of the world can feel at times, and how wine is not just a way of respite, but a way for us to cope and still “find hope in the morning light”. It is a beautiful and meaningful reminder of how a simple glass of wine can be an anchor in life’s stormy seas.