Baroness - Chlorine & Wine Lyrics

Baroness Lyrics

"Chlorine & Wine"

When I called on my nursemaid
Come sit by my side
But she cuts through my ribcage
And pushes the pills deep in my eyes

The taste was much sweeter
Than chlorine and wine
And my doctor’s unable
To cut through cable that leads to my mind

In spite of the winter
There’s ways to keep warm
Whatever you give me
Please know that I’ll ask you for more

The day I stopped swimming
And came out of the tide
I’d never felt so uncomfortably dumb
Here by your side

Black rose on the bed
Turn me to fire
Black rose in the vein
Shine in your eye

Please
Don’t lay me down
Under the rocks where I found
My place in the ground
A home for the fathers and sons

Black rose on the bed
Turn me to fire
Black rose in the vein
Shine in your eye

Please
Don’t lay me down

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Writer(s): Nicholas Cameron Jost, Sebastian Martin Thomson, John Dyer Baizley, Jr., Peter Todd Adams

Being the first single from the album, "Chlorine and Wine" was released on the 28th of August 2015. It was the first taste of their fourth LP, "Purple", released on the 18th of December 2015. John Baizley explained, "It was important for us to write our new songs with the type of enthusiasm and expressiveness that could act as a counterpoint to the album's dark themes. As a result, the music came out in an intense, heavy and sonically captivating in a new way, which was important, loathe, as we are to fall into any kind of complacency pitfall or formulaic songwriting routine."

Nick Jost and Sebastian Thomson provided the additional backing vocals on this track.