What does the bartender song (Dave Matthews Band) mean?

Answer 1

This is a quote that I happen to agree with...

"I believe that Dave is realizing everyone's time on this earth is limited and he is regretting, like everyone does, mistakes he's made. He's praying (on bended knee) for forgiveness and eternal life, a.k.a. the wine God gave Jesus. As far as the Judas part goes, Dave feels that, like many people in todays materialistic society, he has sold his soul for earthly possessions, much like Judas sold out Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. Judas later hung himself (or strung himself, as Dave puts it). This evil, symbolized by Judas's vine, is what Dave has been drinking in instead of God's righteousness."

I also believe that the "bartender" is in fact, God.

Answer 2

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