I've loved this song for quite a while now, but I only realized recently what it means. The verses are still a bit ambiguous to me, but the chorus has a clear meaning...
I think there's sort of an implied situation before what is said in the chorus. He's drinking wine (over dinner?) with someone he's known for a while - a close friend, family member, or former girlfriend, I'm really not sure - bust hasn't talked to in a long time. Whoever it is, they complain about the taste of the wine (the same kind they always drink). This is out of character for them, so he thinks to himself,
"The bottle of wine was fine this time
And I really don't think it's changed
The bottle of wine was fine this time.
But oh, how I think you've changed."
He means that they've become completely different and sort of spoiled, forgetting their past together with him and sort of being happy they've moved on.
I've loved this song for quite a while now, but I only realized recently what it means. The verses are still a bit ambiguous to me, but the chorus has a clear meaning...
I think there's sort of an implied situation before what is said in the chorus. He's drinking wine (over dinner?) with someone he's known for a while - a close friend, family member, or former girlfriend, I'm really not sure - bust hasn't talked to in a long time. Whoever it is, they complain about the taste of the wine (the same kind they always drink). This is out of character for them, so he thinks to himself, "The bottle of wine was fine this time And I really don't think it's changed The bottle of wine was fine this time. But oh, how I think you've changed." He means that they've become completely different and sort of spoiled, forgetting their past together with him and sort of being happy they've moved on.