Allan is a Pittsburgh,Pa. based band born from the idea, by four musicians,… Read Full Bio ↴Allan is a Pittsburgh,Pa. based band born from the idea, by four musicians, that music should have fewer limitations and bounderies than is often the case. After a few years with other bands, the members of Allan decided to join together to express the concept that their music would show a strong effort to explore song structure, dynamics, and an attempt at a musical balance between the visceral and the cerebral. Using a heavy music foundation, they liken what they create to applying colors and textures to a canvas of intensity and explosiveness.

Members:

Lee Aaron Fisher - Drums

Bobby Spell - Bass

Matt Sabbath - Guitar

Scott Evans - Vocals

Brian Snyder - Guitar

Tennessee
Allan Lyrics

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I used to spend my nights out in a bar room
Liquor was the only love I'd known
But you rescued me from reaching for the bottom
Brought me back from being too far gone

You're as smooth as Tennesee whiskey
You're as sweet as strawberry wine
You're as warm as a glass of Brandy

And I stay stoned on your love all the time

I looked for love in all the same old places
Found the bottom of the bottle's always dry
But when you poured out your heart
I didn't waste it
'Cause there's nothing like your love to get me high

You're as smooth as Tennesee whiskey
You're as sweet as strawberry wine
You're as warm as a glass of Brandy

And I stay stoned on your love all the time
I stay stoned on your love all the time

Overall Meaning

In Allan's Song Tennessee, we see the theme of love and redemption. The singer in the song was a habitual drinker who was always spending his nights in the bar, and liquor was the only love he had ever known. But then, something happened – he met a woman who rescued him from reaching the bottom. She saved him from being too far gone and helped him find love, something he never knew before.

Through her, he experienced a new kind of love – one that was as smooth as Tennesee whiskey, as sweet as strawberry wine, and as warm as a glass of Brandy. He feels stoned on her love all the time. She fills him with happiness and joy, and he is grateful to have her in his life. He had searched for love in all the same old places and found nothing but the bottom of the bottle; however, when he found her, he realized that nothing is like her love, which gets him high on life.

Overall, Allan's "Tennessee" is a beautiful song about the power of love to transform one's life. It tells the story of a man who found love at a time when he had been lost to alcohol. It's a poetic tribute to the life-changing nature of love and serves as a reminder that we can all be rescued from the darkness of our lives by the power of love.

Line by Line Meaning

I used to spend my nights out in a bar room
I used to spend all my nights drinking in a bar

Liquor was the only love I'd known
I only knew the love of alcohol

But you rescued me from reaching for the bottom
But you saved me from hitting rock bottom

Brought me back from being too far gone
You pulled me back from being too lost

You're as smooth as Tennessee whiskey
You're as smooth and comforting as Tennessee whiskey

You're as sweet as strawberry wine
You're as sweet and refreshing as strawberry wine

You're as warm as a glass of Brandy
You're as warm and comforting as a glass of Brandy

And I stay stoned on your love all the time
And I'm continually intoxicated with your love

I looked for love in all the same old places
I searched for love in the familiar and typical places

Found the bottom of the bottle's always dry
But I found that the bottom of the bottle was always empty

But when you poured out your heart
But when you opened up and expressed your love

I didn't waste it
I didn't take it for granted

'Cause there's nothing like your love to get me high
Because there's no feeling quite like the euphoria of your love

I stay stoned on your love all the time
I'm constantly intoxicated with your love

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Linda H Bartholomew, Dean Dillon

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