Lyric discussion by skuller322 

Cover art for Champions Of Red Wine lyrics by New Pornographers, The

This quote came from frontman Carl Newman.“A lot of ‘Champions of Red Wine’ is about personal experiences I’ve had with just really dysfunctional relationships, like you stay with a person — or keep hooking up with a person — only because it’s simple and it’s easy,” Newman says. “But it’s completely wrong. There’s anger there. Like, ‘A love song is beautiful, and you are not.’”