"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "Lilac Wine" by Jeff Buckley. Noticeable climb from quiet to loud. layered composition, overlapping color planes. Mood: dreamy, intimate, melancholy. Visual style: early-1990s alternative aesthetic, weathered film grain. Painterly, grainy film texture, muted palette with strategic accent colors. The composition should read left-to-right like a timeline — calm on one side, intensifying toward the other. Strictly no faces, no text, no logos, no literal objects, no band imagery. Pure color-field abstraction with emotional weight. 16:9 editorial format."
Balanced energy, right in the middle of 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
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Lilac Wine by Jeff Buckley is 65 BPM — Adagio (slow).
Half-time 33 BPM · Double-time 130 BPM · released 1994
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Song DNA
Notes: Features rubato timing creating unsteady, emotional flow with tender, vulnerable vocals that drift and swell; subtle dreamy instrumentation adds depth without harshness.
Misophonia Triggers
Recommended for: deep listening emotional release relaxation
A haunting cover of a 1950 musical theater song about heartache and intoxication from lilac wine, delivered with raw soul and operatic vulnerability.
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Moods: dreamy, intimate, melancholy
Traditions: alternative rock, jazz standard
At a glance
"Lilac Wine" by Jeff Buckley
65 BPM, dynamic range 6/10, layered texture, dynamic vocals. Sits in the middle band — neither built for stillness nor pitched at workout intensity. Whether it works for a given moment depends more on mood and lyrical content than on the acoustic profile. The full sensory breakdown follows.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 6/10 means this song moves. Expect a real volume climb between quiet sections and the loudest part of the arrangement — enough that you may want to set the initial volume below where you'd normally land.
Sudden changes: mild. There are one or two transitions worth knowing about, though they're musically resolved rather than surprise-driven.
Texture is layered — a full arrangement with clear separation between parts.
Predictability is low — this song does not follow standard verse-chorus form closely, and rewards active listening more than passive listening.
Vocal style: dynamic vocals.
Where this sits in Jeff Buckley's catalog
We have 21 songs from Jeff Buckley in the library. Of those, 0 are rated Safe, 17 Moderate, and 4 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 6/10 sits below the artist average of 6.9, making it the #15 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
Other tracks from Grace
We have 10 songs from this album. Overall, the album leans moderate in sensory profile.
- Lover, You Should've Come Over — intense DR 8
- Hallelujah — moderate DR 7
- Last Goodbye — moderate DR 7
- Mojo Pin — moderate DR 7
- Grace — intense DR 8
- So Real — moderate DR 8
- Corpus Christi Carol — moderate DR 4
- Eternal Life — intense DR 8
- Dream Brother — moderate DR 7
1994 context
Released in 1994. We have 365 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.7/10. This track is quieter / less dynamic than the year average. Explore more from the 1990s.
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How fast is "Lilac Wine"?
65 BPM — Very slow (ballad / ambient)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Warm-up, cool-down, yoga, stretching.
For daily life
Sleep, meditation, reading, focus work.
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When "Lilac Wine" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
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Focus / studying
Maybe — fine for routine work, but the mid-song changes may pull attention during deep focus.
✗
Running / workout
No — 65 BPM is too slow for sustained cardio.
✗
Sleep / winding down
No — contains elements that will keep an awake nervous system engaged.
✓
Driving / road trip
Yes — predictable enough for safe driving attention, interesting enough to stay engaged.
✓
Cooking / dinner background
Yes — sits in the background without demanding attention.
✓
Emotional release / catharsis
Yes — this is a song for actively feeling what you came to feel, not for background.
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Why this rating
We rate this song Moderate because it falls between our Safe and Intense thresholds on at least one dimension. Moderate is the default for most well-produced music that has real arc but no surprise elements. Full rubric: methodology.
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48/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-13. Reviewed by the Music I Want editorial team against the documented methodology.
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By the numbers: how this song compares
Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.
Where it sits in 19,000 songs
On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 52% of songs, calmer than the other 48%. Its intensity reading of 48/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.
What makes it unusual
What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 97% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.
Feels almost identical to
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Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.
Dial the feeling up or down
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What it’s good for
Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1994 in context
The 365 songs we’ve measured from 1994 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 6/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.
Mixes smoothly with
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity48
Dynamics56
Tempo14
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load13
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "Lilac Wine"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "Lilac Wine" by Jeff Buckley?
"Lilac Wine" by Jeff Buckley has a tempo of 65 BPM (Adagio (slow)). At half-time that is 33 BPM, and at double-time 130 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "Lilac Wine" by Jeff Buckley?
"Lilac Wine" by Jeff Buckley rates as Moderate intensity. Dynamic range 6/10, mild sudden changes, layered texture. Moderate is the default for well-produced music with real arc but no surprise elements.
How loud is "Lilac Wine" — what is its dynamic range?
"Lilac Wine" has a dynamic range of 6/10. Noticeable climb from quiet sections to loudest point. Set opening volume slightly lower than your preferred peak.
Does "Lilac Wine" have sudden or surprising changes?
"Lilac Wine" has mild sudden changes — one or two transitions worth knowing about, but they are musically resolved rather than surprise-driven.
What is "Lilac Wine" best for?
In our library "Lilac Wine" is recommended for: deep listening, emotional release, relaxation. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "Lilac Wine" released?
"Lilac Wine" is from 1994, on the album "Grace". It appears in our 1990s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "Lilac Wine"?
We tag "Lilac Wine" as dreamy, intimate, melancholy. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "Lilac Wine"?
The vocal style is dynamic vocals.
Is "Lilac Wine" good for running?
Not really — at 65 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "Lilac Wine" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (6/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "Lilac Wine" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Contains transitions that will wake you up.
Should I listen to "Lilac Wine"?
"Lilac Wine" is Moderate intensity — fine for most listeners, but with enough dynamic activity that it works best as active listening rather than background.
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