From the recording Within the Shimmering Darkness
Red Wine Bride is a conversation between the artist and her glass of red wine as she confesses her unwavering love for an old flame. Entirely relatable and incredibly raw, this song digs at what lost love feels like, years later after people have moved on with their lives. Some are happily married. Others are committing themselves to unhealthy vices, staining their lips red with wine, praying that more than one glass a night is actually good for your health.
Released February 14, 2024
Produced by Frank Gryner
Vocals by Shannon Roszell
Programming & Guitar by Frank Gryner
Written by Shannon Roszell
Lyrics
Green, glass bottle calls to be free
It says, “Hey baby, put your mouth around me”
Oh oh oh oh
Come closer here, Merlot
I need to tell you things
I just can’t let go
Seeing him by the fountain
In his ripped trench coat
God, it suited him
Oh, red wine, I would be your bride
You’re the one giving lover every time
Oh red wine, I would be your bride
Unlike the other boys
You’ve never tossed a single lie
Shiraz, you’re poetry in a bottle
But prose on the tongue
Let’s drink each other in
It’s simple: I still miss him
Despite these years
Cheers, to forgetting!
Oh, red wine, I would be your bride
You’re the one giving lover every time
Oh red wine, I would be your bride
Unlike the other boys
You’ve never tossed a single lie
Oh oh oh oh
He’s happy with his wife
Calls her the new love of his life
Their blonde child and purebred dog
Malbec when I win I deserve you
But now I’ve lost
I deserve you most
Oh, red wine, I would be your bride
You’re the one giving lover every time
Oh red wine, I would be your bride
Unlike the other boys
You’ve never tossed a single lie
Oh, red wine, I would be your bride
You’re the one giving lover every time
Oh red wine, I will be your bride.
Instead of his
I am your true, devoted wife