Poison & Wine Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Spring2K5 

Cover art for Poison & Wine lyrics by Civil Wars, The

The message I get from this song is that the feeling they're presenting is "I don't love you" but contradict that by saying, "I always will." So within their own minds they love each other but can't/won't tell the other person. The video of this makes it look more like they are falling apart- which could be the case but I would argue that they also look at the other like they wanted to say more. Beautiful song <3

i totally agree about the contradicting part..i think the song is trying to interpret a relationship were the guy hates the girl bcoz she's holding him without really trying to hold him (he loves her too much)..so he keeps pushing and pushing her even though he loves her and the girl knows it so shes trying to keep the relationship together/ chasing after him(You only know what I want you to I know everything you don't want me to)..so tired of being that other part of the relationship/ the one chasing the other person.. she let him go(I wish you'd hold...