Andrew Hozier-Byrne (born 17 March 1990), known mononymously as Hozier, is an Irish musician and singer-songwriter from Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. In 2013 he released his debut EP, featuring the hit single "Take Me to Church", and his second EP "From Eden" in 2014. His debut studio album, "Hozier", was released in Ireland in September 2014 and globally in October 2014.
Hozier was born in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. His mother is the visual artist Raine Hozier-Byrne (who also designed his latest album cover). Read Full BioAndrew Hozier-Byrne (born 17 March 1990), known mononymously as Hozier, is an Irish musician and singer-songwriter from Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. In 2013 he released his debut EP, featuring the hit single "Take Me to Church", and his second EP "From Eden" in 2014. His debut studio album, "Hozier", was released in Ireland in September 2014 and globally in October 2014.
Hozier was born in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. His mother is the visual artist Raine Hozier-Byrne (who also designed his latest album cover). He began a degree in music at Trinity College, Dublin, but dropped out midway through his first year in order to record demos for Universal Music. While at Trinity, he became involved with the Trinity Orchestra. He was a member of Anúna from 2008 to 2012, and appears as a soloist on their 2012 release "Illumination" singing "La Chanson de Mardi Gras". He toured and sang with the group internationally including performances in Norway and the Netherlands.
In 2013, Hozier released the EP "Take Me to Church EP" (also containing "Like Real People Do", "Angel of Small Death and The Codeine Scene" and a live version of "Cherry Wine"), with the title track becoming his breakthrough single after it went viral on YouTube. It reached number one on the Irish iTunes singles chart and number two in the official chart on 25 October 2013.
Hozier followed up Take Me to Church with the new EP "From Eden EP" (also containing "Work Song", "Arsonist's Lullabye" and a live version of "To Be Alone"), and a number of festival tour dates and television appearances in the United States. Hozier released his self-titled album, "Hozier" on 19 September 2014. It had five singles including "Take Me to Church", "Work Song", and "From Eden", which were hits on his earlier EPs. On December 2014, it was announced that "Take Me to Church" was nominated at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year in 2015.
In March 2019 he released Wasteland, Baby!. Sam Sodomsky's review in Pitchfork notes that "He’s got a gorgeous voice. Booming and effervescent, it’s an instrument that communicates passion, adventure, and wisdom," but also noted that the length of the album (14 tracks) became "humdrum."
Hozier was born in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. His mother is the visual artist Raine Hozier-Byrne (who also designed his latest album cover). Read Full BioAndrew Hozier-Byrne (born 17 March 1990), known mononymously as Hozier, is an Irish musician and singer-songwriter from Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. In 2013 he released his debut EP, featuring the hit single "Take Me to Church", and his second EP "From Eden" in 2014. His debut studio album, "Hozier", was released in Ireland in September 2014 and globally in October 2014.
Hozier was born in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. His mother is the visual artist Raine Hozier-Byrne (who also designed his latest album cover). He began a degree in music at Trinity College, Dublin, but dropped out midway through his first year in order to record demos for Universal Music. While at Trinity, he became involved with the Trinity Orchestra. He was a member of Anúna from 2008 to 2012, and appears as a soloist on their 2012 release "Illumination" singing "La Chanson de Mardi Gras". He toured and sang with the group internationally including performances in Norway and the Netherlands.
In 2013, Hozier released the EP "Take Me to Church EP" (also containing "Like Real People Do", "Angel of Small Death and The Codeine Scene" and a live version of "Cherry Wine"), with the title track becoming his breakthrough single after it went viral on YouTube. It reached number one on the Irish iTunes singles chart and number two in the official chart on 25 October 2013.
Hozier followed up Take Me to Church with the new EP "From Eden EP" (also containing "Work Song", "Arsonist's Lullabye" and a live version of "To Be Alone"), and a number of festival tour dates and television appearances in the United States. Hozier released his self-titled album, "Hozier" on 19 September 2014. It had five singles including "Take Me to Church", "Work Song", and "From Eden", which were hits on his earlier EPs. On December 2014, it was announced that "Take Me to Church" was nominated at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year in 2015.
In March 2019 he released Wasteland, Baby!. Sam Sodomsky's review in Pitchfork notes that "He’s got a gorgeous voice. Booming and effervescent, it’s an instrument that communicates passion, adventure, and wisdom," but also noted that the length of the album (14 tracks) became "humdrum."
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To Be Alone
Hozier Lyrics
Never feel too good in crowds,
With folks around
When they're playing
The anthems of rape culture loud,
Crude and proud
Creatures baying
All I've ever done is hide
From our times
When you're near me
Honey, when you kill the lights
And kiss my eyes
I feel like a person for a moment of my life
But you don't know what hell you put me through
To have someone kiss the skin that crawls from you
To feel your weight in arms I'd never use
It's the god that heroin prays to
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
Oh to be alone with you
There are questions I can't ask
Now at last
The worst is over
See the way you hold yourself
Reel against
Your body's borders
I know that you hate this place
Not a trace
Of me would argue
Honey, we should run away
Oh someday
Our baby and her momma
And the damaged love she make
But I don't know what else that I would give
Than try to kiss the skin that crawls from you
Then feel your weight in arms I'd never use
It's the god that heroin prays to
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
Oh to be alone with you
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
Oh to be alone with you
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JUNIOR KIMBROUGH, ANDREW HOZIER BYRNE
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thegirlonfire
lyrics:
Never feel too good in crowds,
With folks around
When they're playing
The anthems of rape culture loud,
Crude and proud
Creatures baying
All I've ever done is hide
From our times
When you're near me
Honey, when you kill the lights
And kiss my eyes
I feel like a person for a moment of my life
But you don't know what hell you put me through
To have someone kiss the skin that crawls from you
To feel your weight in arms I'd never use
It's the god that heroin prays to
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
Oh to be alone with you
There are questions I can't ask
Now at last
The worst is over
See the way you hold yourself
Reel against
Your body's borders
I know that you hate this place
Not a trace
Of me would argue
Honey, we should run away
Oh someday
Our baby and her momma
And the damaged love she make
But I don't know what else that I would give
Than try to kiss the skin that crawls from you
Then feel your weight in arms I'd never use
It's the god that heroin prays to
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
Oh to be alone with you
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
Oh to be alone with you
Shawn Cleaver
After many viewings, I have some points to make:
1 - Hozier has very cute ears
2 - That stare at 1:03 only lasted a few seconds, but it felt like a few minutes
3 - The filming is intensely beautiful & makes the song feel like a journey
4 - He busts out a perfect blues solo, eyes closed, ain't no thang
I don't know who this God heroin prays to, but I feel like bowing down.
That is all.
Trump can eat a blue waffle.
Terrance Hill
White Flag by Terrance Hill 2014
I have abandoned my own heart, in order that;
I might give it to you, and those who love so much,
It remains their only expression as well,
Please take mine now...
I’ve witnessed your reflection in my own eyes, looking into yours…
And walked into walls trying to take a second look…
Did I find you in time?
I am running up the white flag,
I surrender; I can’t take any more hatred,
I’m surrendering to “peace”
I’m found myself stained in my blood so many times,
Past/present and future, my red torn shirt is evidence that;
I’m tested under the precise lines in me from stainless steel,
Cutting away pieces of me until I’m long gone…
I carry a white flag in my backpack,
I’ll surrender at the drop of a hat,
I’ll hand everything over beforehand
I’m looking in your eyes again, a seeing myself…
Drifting ever so eloquently into the starry covered arms of eternity…
There is no place on this firmament, this planet, and
This land worth killing for
It must always be a home worth loving for, crying for,
And sweetly dying for…
I’ll raise my white flag here and now
Altin
[Verse 1]
Never feel too good in crowds
With folks around, when they're playing
The anthems of rape culture loud
Crude and proud, creatures baying
All I've ever done is hide
From our times, when you're near me
Honey, when you kill the lights and kiss my eyes
I feel like a person for a moment of my life
[Pre-Chorus]
But you don't know what hell you put me through
To have someone kiss the skin that crawls from you
To feel your weight in arms I'd never use
It's the God that heroin prays to
[Chorus]
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
Oh, to be alone with you
[Refrain 1]
Whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
[Verse 2]
There are questions I can't ask
Now at last, the worst is over
See the way you hold yourself
Reel against, your body's borders
I know that you hate this place
Not a trace of me would argue
Honey, we should run away, oh someday
Our baby and her momma, and the damaged love she made
[Pre-Chorus]
But I don't know what else that I would do
Than to try to kiss the skin that crawls from you
Than feel your weight in arms I'd never use
It's the god that heroin prays to
[Chorus]
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
Oh, to be alone with you
[Refrain 2]
Whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
[Chorus]
Feels good, girl, it feels good
Feels good, girl, it feels good
It feels good, girl, it feels good
Oh, to be alone with you
Lydia Holly Music
You know you've found a brilliant musician when the live version is better than the album version.
Hannah Millis
Also, he doesn't drop album after album or hit after hit. You can tell that he really puts in so much work and effort into what he does.
Hannah Millis
100% agree
Bex becky
Isn't he just amazing!!!!! You also know when the first time you hear their work, you don't have to warm up to it, it's like you've been waiting on this beautiful sound... that's how I felt the first time I heard TAKE ME TO CHURCH!!! One of the great voices of all time! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
WhatIsNormal
I suggest Bastille. They use a lot of electricish instruments but the lead singers vocals are to die for. His live versions are better than studio 🥺
Travis King
@amandaem o
maya
i’ve been sweating over this for five years
Float Grandpa Float
Rest in peace omfg.
court jester
I have come to the conclusion that he is a siren
Anna L. Vajda
Fae or elf.