In Praise of Bacchus
Type O Negative Lyrics

Hey Bacchus
The singer is addressing the Roman god of wine, Bacchus.

She hates me
A person, whose identity is unknown, holds animosity towards the singer.

The street lamps light a wet old red hook road
The street lamps provide light to a wet, old road in the Redhook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

A furry vino tinted slave
A person, who the singer sees as a slave to alcohol, has a vino (wine) tint to their fur (likely a metaphor) or possibly a reference to a specific furry creature like a rat.

Molten oil painted brooklyn bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge has been painted to look like molten oil, possibly as an allusion to pollution or decay.

(Cobblestone grave)
The streets of Brooklyn are made of cobblestone, which could be seen as a metaphor for the past being buried or forgotten.

A lonely blue girl guards the river bed
A girl who appears to be melancholy is standing guard by the river.

She shakes her brown torch at the tide
The girl brandishes her torch, likely a metaphor for hope or guidance, at the tide of the river, possibly to make it recede.

On pier six we'd creep and count the cracks
The artist and an unknown party used to sneak around on a pier and count the cracks in its surface.

(side by side, see, we're counting cracks)
The artists had fun doing this activity together and were friendly in the past.

Your mom was out wearing herself inside
The other person's mother was working herself to the bone, possibly in stress or just generally overworked.

I'll stop the train to say hello
The artist would go so far as to literally halt the train in order to greet the person they are talking about (the other party).

A used boyfriend's just bought her this new car
The mother of the other party is in a new car bought for her by an ex-boyfriend. The car being 'used' is ambiguous, but could imply a secondhand gift or a previously owned car.

(I said I know)
The singer already knows about the mother's new car and does not need further explanation from the other party.

She said burn
The animosity-holding party said the word 'burn.'

Together
This word was said in tandem with the above line, indicating the two things are linked.

Burn
Repetition of the previous line, emphasizing it and making it seem more threatening.

We'll burn together
The animosity-holding party wants them both to burn together.

Now don't believe she'll never leave again
The singer is cautioning someone else not to believe that the person who once held animosity would never leave again.

I can't forget the words she said way back when
The artist cannot forget what the other person said to them a long time ago.

(She said burn)
A repetition, reminding the listener that the other party said they wanted to 'burn together.'

We'll burn together
A repeated warning, reinforcing that the animosity-holding party wishes harm upon both themselves and the artist.