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"Water into Wine" is a song by Australian rock band Cold Chisel. It was released in December 1998 as the second single from their sixth studio album, The Last Wave of Summer. The song peaked at number 46 in Australia. Biographer Michael Lawrence said, "From very early on its lifetime, this song was touted as a possible single.
Biographer John Collis writes that this final song pulls together all the concerns of the album: In one moment ('there is no past ... there's only now') Morrison combines earthly love with that inspired by a sun-warmed landscape, the yearning for simplicity with the love of 'the (one) Magician who turned water into wine. [1]
Water into Wine refers to the transformation of water into wine at the wedding at Cana. Water into Wine may also refer to: "Water into Wine" (song), by Cold Chisel, 1998; Water into Wine, a book by Tom Harpur, 2007
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The song has been interpreted about being about Robert's relationship with his wife. [3] The lyrics of the song, such as "We turn our water into wine/ it's something we do all the time/ it doesn't cost a single dime/ And its beautiful" are noted to be remarkable for both their simplicity and their ability to convey so much with so little. [3]
The song appears with slightly different lyrics and a radically different arrangement as "Jesus Was Way Cool (Millennium Edition)" on the band's 2003 album The Psychopathology of Everyday Life. Additionally, a live version appears on the single for "My Heart Is A Flower," in which Hall alters the lyrics slightly.
[1] [2] [3] According to Shine, he wrote "Wine, Wine, Wine" during a school study hall following a class where the students had been taught that Jesus turned water into wine. [1] The song became a hit in Dallas and received airplay in other parts of the country. [1] [2] The group got offers to play far beyond Dallas. [1]
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