The song depicts a person who has lost four family members "The table's been set for but seven, just last year I dined with eleven", and is drowning his sorrows with a bottle of red wine (red water); thus attempting to "chase away" the memories of those he has lost. I used to listen to this on repeat on the night of Christmas Eve while staring at the tree, reminiscing over Christmases past, and always finding that the ones in the past were better than the present as the years went by. It reminds me of how innocence fades with time. This is why I never have a Christmas tree in my house.
The song depicts a person who has lost four family members "The table's been set for but seven, just last year I dined with eleven", and is drowning his sorrows with a bottle of red wine (red water); thus attempting to "chase away" the memories of those he has lost. I used to listen to this on repeat on the night of Christmas Eve while staring at the tree, reminiscing over Christmases past, and always finding that the ones in the past were better than the present as the years went by. It reminds me of how innocence fades with time. This is why I never have a Christmas tree in my house.