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Work Song
Hozier Lyrics

Boys workin' on empty
Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat?
I just think about my baby
I'm so full of love I could barely eat
There's nothing sweeter than my baby
I'd never want once from the cherry tree
'Cause my baby's sweet as can be
She give me toothaches just from kissin' me

When my time comes around

Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I'll crawl home to her

Boys, when my baby found me
I was three days on a drunken sin
I woke with her walls around me
Nothin' in her room but an empty crib
And I was burnin' up a fever
I didn't care much how long I lived
But I swear I thought I dreamed her
She never asked me once about the wrong I did

When my time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I'll crawl home to her

When my time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I'll crawl home to her

My baby never fret none
About what my hands and my body done
If the Lord don't forgive me
I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me
When I was kissing on my baby
And she put her love down soft and sweet
In the low lamp light I was free
Heaven and hell were words to me

When my time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I'll crawl home to her

When my time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I'll crawl home to her

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Andrew Hozier-Byrne

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"Work Song" is a song by recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Hozier for his 2014 eponymous debut studio album. It was released on 16 March 2015 as the fifth single from the record, appearing on the Irish Singles Chart and Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart.

"Work Song" is a gospel-blues song listed as the ninth track on the album, written solely by Hozier. Hozier cites the song as one of his favorites from the record. "Work Song" has "nuances of soul" with a "strong melodic bass" Read Full Bio"Work Song" is a song by recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Hozier for his 2014 eponymous debut studio album. It was released on 16 March 2015 as the fifth single from the record, appearing on the Irish Singles Chart and Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart.

"Work Song" is a gospel-blues song listed as the ninth track on the album, written solely by Hozier. Hozier cites the song as one of his favorites from the record. "Work Song" has "nuances of soul" with a "strong melodic bass", composed of percussion, tambourines, guitar, and "murmurous" vocals, while the lyrics describe a love of "undying sweetness" and devotion. The song possesses gospel backing vocals and church-like hand-claps, with literary themes of love, sin, and religion returning to the record.

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01Take Me to Church4:01

02Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene3:40

03Jackie and Wilson3:43

04Someone New3:40

05To Be Alone5:23

06From Eden4:43

07In A Week (Featuring Karen Cowley)5:18

08Sedated3:27

09Work Song3:49

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Hozier

10Like Real People Do3:18

11It Will Come Back4:37

12Foregner's God3:45

13Cherry Wine (Live)4:00

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Nancy Orozco

3y↑3.7K

LYRICS:
Boys workin' on empty
Is that the kind'a way to face the burning heat?
I just think about my baby
I'm so full of love I could barely eat
There's nothing sweeter than my baby
I'd never want once from the cherry tree
'Cause my baby's sweet as can be
She give me toothaches just from kissin' me

When my time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I'll crawl home to her

Boys when my baby found me
I was three days on a drunken sin
I woke with her walls around me
Nothin' in her room but an empty crib
And I was burnin' up a fever
I didn't care much how long I lived
But I swear I thought I dreamed her
She never asked me once about the wrong I did

When my time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I'll crawl home to her

When my time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I'll crawl home to her

My baby never fret none
About what my hands and my body done
If the lord don't forgive me
I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me
When I was kissing on my baby
And she put her love down soft and sweet
In the lowland plot I was free
Heaven and hell were words to me

When my time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I'll crawl home to her

When my time comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
No grave can hold my body down
I'll crawl home to her

Jess M.R

@Brendin Anderson yes!

justin nozuka-"you I wind land and sea"
"carried you"
"save him"

james bay-"scars"
"need the sun to break"
"let it go"

I couldn't pick just one :( lol

All comments from YouTube:

M. Daniela Navarrete A.

4y↑15.8K

Hozier doesnt sing about love, he sings about devotion

Julius Meals

Direction.

Dini_02

Doesn't love involve at least a tiny bit of devotion?

AMSrrEMIX

Real love has devotion in it . Unfortunately the word is used so carelessly the real meaning is gone

fugees fan

Love this

Nicole Smith

Best description of Hozier.. I love this

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MaurasMommy

31w↑360

Hozier has this ability to sing from other peoples' perspectives. It's like he can crawl into the lives of other people and describe their lives. My mom had that ability; she was murdered in 1989 (at age 19) by persons unknown, and when I inherited her journals she had written these poems and songs that described the struggles of people she'd never met. It was the 80's; no google, no internet access, just intuition. Hozier has that same effect and affect. It's incredible to listen to. Like Amy Winehouse

Leigh

@MaurasMommy "with perfect love, happiness, and trust"

Seems like you inherited her gift :) Just reading those words made me tear up. Your hard fought resilience through tragedy is inspiring. Those you care about are fortunate to have such a strong woman in their corner.

If you haven't seen the video for Birds by Imagine Dragons, you won't understand this-but it was the first thing I thought of when I read your post/comments...I only ever watch that video when I want to cry..

Alexandrya Holmes

7w↑1

@MaurasMommy That's so kind and thoughtful of you. I can tell that you have a beautiful heart, and I'm sure your children are very lucky to have you as a mom. I hope you have an amazing day!

MaurasMommy

17w↑11

@James Barnes once my grandma passes then yes, absolutely. She's really distraught even after 33 years. And her other daughter passed in 2020 so she just feels vulnerable. All of us grandkids shower her with love and attention, and we try to distract her with baby showers and wedding announcements and her great childrens' accomplishments. I think she'd appreciate notion, but it would make her relive things she doesn't deserve to relive

James Barnes

20w↑12

Have you considered publishing her poems? This hit my like a revelation!

MaurasMommy

22w↑21

@Your favorite Oompa Loompa thank you sweet one ❤️ Unfortunately my story is like so many others. And of course, other people will always have it harder than others. I was blessed with caring grandparents who raised me, and a stepmom who loves me and my children, and through all the bad in my life, I've learned to appreciate the good things and wonderful people. Things really do happen for a reason, and because of my mom's untimely passing and the passion my family and I share about finding her killer(s) I was able to become nice and compassionate and caring. Don't feel bad for me, because I'm living life the way my mom would have wanted; with perfect love and happiness and trust. But your words mean a great deal. Be safe, and be happy. Blessed be.

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Alison

16w↑437

You ever have one of those dreams in which you meet, fall in love with, and live a whole life with someone you've never met? This song fills me with the same sense of loss I feel upon waking.

Matt McCormick

5w↑1

And you just want to get back to sleep as fast as you can to meet them again. Yes. The feeling of Love is much more potent in the dreamscape than it is in real life 🖤

V-man

9w↑1

It gives me the feeling you get when deep done you know it’s not real but are just taking it in while it lasts

Celeste Warlick

10w

Absolutely.

Leamon Barber

10w↑1

Great comment ... I can relate...

Avah

10w

@Human Being
P
P
O

Pop

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Chris Fraser

1y↑301

There's some kind of beautiful ancient-age vibes that he gives off with his music, yet it's still so modern. Truly amazing art:)

Hudson Tille

10w↑1

@emily barclay I think I know how you feel, that human spirit that just marches on, it’s hard not to admire it.

emily barclay

41w↑11

Because the lyrics speak of the same devotion that has kept humanity going all these years

Ginichi

No entiendo por que hasta ahora disfruto tanto esta canción...

Elizabeth Lennon

2y↑13.3K

This song has so much of the energy as one of my favorite lines of poetry, “They asked ‘Do you love her to death?’ I said ‘Speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life.’”

sifa

MAHMOUD DARWISH!!!!!! <3

Joe shhmo

Fuckin deep

To3Ta6

15w

❤️

kenny silver

18w

I just seen something about this, it took my breath away

Salema Bowie

18w

That's beautiful.

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Arun K Anil

2y↑186

The song is for everyone
Those who long for love
Those who are in love
Those who had it and lost it
And those who are afraid to love again

Abraham Sheena

37w↑2

Wow you are right I got shivers listened to it for 1$t time tonight I'm gotten reply

Arthur Aquino

15w↑161

To this day, I experience such euphoria. This song brings out every emotion one can possibly feel. A masterpiece is simply an understatement.

Molly Gentry

I was looking for the word to describe it and you’re right, it’s Euphoria.. Their music just resonates with me soul.

Neil Siebenthal

I know what you mean. I just barely heard this playing in the background to a movie trailer and it gave me that same feeling so I just had to come listen to the whole thing again.

James Morgan

14w↑2

It is absolutely beautiful, isn't it?🖤

Val🐞

2y↑71

So many people talk about what Hozier's songs mean to them so I figured I would too. They're so natural to me, like nature itself is inviting me to lay on the dirt and feel safe with all the moss. They're beautiful to me personally in the way a sunset is beautiful or in the way sun leaking through leaves in the woods when you look up is. I've never heard any other artist do it so perfectly. He captures what it is to be human while creating such an earthy atmosphere and it's incredible.

ᜑᜒᜋᜒᜋ Пинагод

2y↑229

I really like the reference back to Cherry wine. "I'd never want once from the cherry tree," because even if cherry flowers are popular for symbolising love, it actually symbolizes short love, or infatuation, hence why 'Cherry wine' is the song about unhealthy relationships.

CardsParcae

28w↑4

I keep thinking about your comment while listening to both songs. Your beatiful mind understood completely these masterpieces as they were part of you. Perhaps they are, perhaps are parts of everyone's soul, still resonating even in dim light. Wish you the best ❤️

bloomer strong

2y↑5.1K

Crying because I don't think I'd ever experience the kind of love hozier sings about.

Matt McCormick

It's ok to cry during Hozier songs. I've been a willing victim myself on some tracks 😎🖤

Sabrina Moses

Me either. 🥲🥲🥲😑

steven chamberlain

Since the first time i saw her on the school bus first day of 8th grade at a new school July 31, 2001 in Phoenix Arizona. Til today 10 years married with two kids. Whens its right, it clicks and the rest is history.

Ethan Davis

Bloomer strong you have to believe

Satans_Baby_Kitt3n

19w

Relatable 🥴

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Julie

1y↑110

Hozier is one of those artists from whose songs I just can't pick a favorite. Every single one is a masterpiece that feels both so tender and fierce at the same time. They cheer me up when I'm sad and they remind me of those good moments where you suddenly realize your life has changed for the better.
His songs are like a reassuring arm around your shoulder and a warm meal with your loved ones. A reminder that whatever you're living through, too, shall pass.

gabriel mallory

12w↑17

Just found this song and it is pure as can be. Brings out every emotion I didn't know I had. His voice is so heavy and light. Perfect.

D AHJI

14w↑84

Hozier doesn’t sing about love, he is love.

Yesenia

GOD is love

Erin

2y↑26

This is exactly what my husband and I were going thru when we first met. We were both in such a dark place but some how we held each other up. I lost my children and was so desolate I lost my will to live. He saved me. I still don’t even know how I came to deserve the love he poured into me. He found me as a lost stranger he forgave me for the drunken nights the days I spent lying in bed recovering sweating out the sins and sadness in me he healed me. I wouldn’t be alive if it wasn’t for him. This song I discovered in that darkness. I’ll never forget that time in my life.

Sarah Mead

7y↑2.8K

does anyone else get that feeling when you listen to Hozier and it's more than you liking the music but it almost resonates through your whole soul and you can feel it on a spiritual level even if the words don't actually relate to your life at the current time and you just kind of feel this ethereal moment where all at once this sort of sonorous tone in his voice washes over everything in a swirling kaleidoscope of graceful serenity and mysterious chaos and sometimes it's uncontrolled or wistful or messy but it's always beautiful and you can't help but to feel it so incredibly deeply with your entire being

shayna kleinberg

10w

So beautifully said

Your friendly neighborhood witch

10w

Spot on

Diana Craveiro

12w

You've described it perfectly ❤️ it's exactly what I feel while listening

Henry W

17w

Well kind of… idk

johnpeter mbiligi

24w

@sarah mead no truer words have ever been said.

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Boss Ali

7w↑2

His voice is so crystal clear and fresh ice to my ears 💜😍

NEMO

#Hozier = 2010. Year now = 2023. All normal people listening Gomunkul 6 now

Adrita Majumder

2y↑6

Hozier's songs are written to describe feelings we don't know words too. Sometimes it's confusing when we feel such things because it's rare and we don't know whether we should be feeling them. We feel kind of guilty for feeling such things. But Hozier's songs make it better. His songs tell us that it's okay to feel such things and also explains what we are exactly feeling. Like the feeling you get that you can go against the entire world for one person. You don't feel that for everybody. Just one person.
If somebody gives you that rare feeling, hold on to them, will ya?

Claudia Tinoco

2y↑11

6 years has passed and still gives me chills every time I listen it. Crazy how time flies...

Molly Gentry

7w↑2

This man is just .. perfection. If his music can bring such a euphoric feeling I can only imagine what type of energy he gives off.

low skeeeeen

:Who tf listening Hozier in 2023? All school gangstas on Gomunkul 6 now

cam

3y↑11.8K

hozier keeps giving me unrealistic expectations for relationships, the way he speaks of his lovers seems rare.

Levi str8 shrimpin

35w

@Billyin4C There is only one judge my friend 😉

Billyin4C

35w

@Levi str8 shrimpin Good, well then you at least have some character.

Levi str8 shrimpin

35w

@Billyin4C I struggle every day, I don't complain.

Billyin4C

35w

@Levi str8 shrimpin Anybody who's getting up andxstruggling to make a life every day is pretty damn real. Sure there are con-men and women,but there are sincere people too.

Billyin4C

35w

You think about the kind of love you don't have, did you ever think maybe it's because of how you behave romantically?

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Sketj The Inkle

24w↑8

Lyricism and incredible music aside, can we appreciate the video for this?? Holy hell if this isn't a short movie I don't know what is.

betty

24w

the music video is so magnificent 🥺

Moni PR

1y↑8

Therapist: You can't be in love with a song
The song:

Molly Gentry

Your therapist has clearly never heard a Hozier song 🤷🏼‍♀️

Pooja Mishra

1y↑8

The best thing that happened to me in 2020 was that I found Hozier music...This man makes me feel things I never knew I could

Ashu Tiwari

1y↑1

Umhhhhhh
,,😘

Krista Marie

1y↑3

Every lyric in this song feels like a spiritual experience for me with the person I'm in love with. We've been together 7 years and been through so much.. even healed together. This has been our song for a long time. I've cried many times listening to it and now we are soon to be engaged. We've always talked about it being our wedding song but Ive wondered if it would seem too dark to other people.. I don't really care though. It's so beautiful to me. There has been so so many days I struggled mentally to go to work or just make it through the day and I would literally think of the first lines to this song. We do it for each other. Hozier perfectly captures what it feels like to truly love someone and be willing to do anything for them. I've always felt that i wasn't scared of death but I feel terrified to die and not be with my baby. I'd miss him too much, but before that, I know I would never want to live without him either. This song speaks to me on so many levels. Putting what most of us cannot put into words, and doing it so beautifully.

The Wayward Explorer

2y↑1K

This song has a very special meaning to me. I was a struggling alcoholic for five years and I finally said enough was enough this year. That's when I found the love of my life, who immediately became my number one sobriety supporter and advocate. She never asked questions about my past actions or words. She sees me for who I am now, not who I was then. The lyrics of this song are an almost perfect reflection of our story. I'm 16 weeks sober now and deeply in love.

Leevi Dunn

@Canna Cowboy You got this, no matter what you have been through always look forward to the forever journey of striving to be your best self. Don't do it just for you, make sure you understand what the best version of you could do for others to make this world the best it can be while we experience it.

Patricia Schurman

6w↑1

Congratulations! Keep up the good work. 💓

Canna Cowboy

9w↑3

@The Wayward Explorer this makes me so hopeful. I'm at that exact fork as you. It's so hard

Amanda price

26w↑1

@The Wayward Explorer what an awesome story! Good job on the sobriety and how awesome is it that you guys found each other

SPYGUY 40

26w↑1

im happy for you! i hope you are doing well.

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Rebecca Kolaga

1y↑16

I love how his lyrics explain love and devotion but also speak of sexuality in ways that I don't possess but believe in so fiercely.

Momma G

38w↑8

From your subway recording of ‘take me to the church’ I have found you. I feel like I’ve been lost and have found home. The all encompassing experience of your music, your style, your dancers in your video….I am so overwhelmed with gratitude for the talent you share with us. Thank you

vitória jeske

2y↑4

cara essa música me deixa em um êxtase imenso, é simplesmente incrível ouvir e pensar na possibilidade de existir um amor assim com você. O jeito que ele descreve é tao puro e genuíno, simplesmente perfeito.

Jennifer Stone

19w↑5

Love this song yea the lyrics are sweet and about love but can we take a minute and applaud the choreography in this video...pure beauty 💜💃🕺

Amy Anderson

3y↑1.8K

one of the most amazing things about hozier's music is how he makes love sound like a spiritual experience. and there's something just so powerful about the connections he describes- mind, body, and soul, intertwined so closely so sometimes the lines blur regarding where one person ends and the other begins. there's something beautiful about that

Jenn LovesBert

27w↑2

Love is supposed to be a spiritual experience, otherwise it's not Love...

Caleb Hook

27w

Heathcliff moment. There is something very sinister about his obsession

River Sun

38w↑1

Exquisitely described!

Kevin Callan

41w↑1

Hes litterly a genius 🤟

John Hozier byrne private

43w↑3

thanks for your love and comments on my official page

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THE GREY MAN

2y↑11

It’s amazing how Hozier talks about the positives and negatives of devotion and the passions that fulfill them

Giovanna Carla Oliveira

50w↑2

eu nunca me canso dessa música, é pura arte; desperta uma devoção em mim, um vício e um amor que não consigo explicar!!

It's your girl

2y↑8

I want someone to make me feel loved like this song

Micha G

2y↑1

I'm just some random on the internet, but it starts with you. This love isn't given it's earned. It starts with loving yourself, and from there building a life that you're excited to embrace every morning. Make yourself a person that adds value to others lives, and surround yourself with people who add value to yours. From there you work hard to better their lives, and if you chose wisely they'll work hard to better yours. That's the platonic version. The romantic version is the same, just in a relationship :)

Calderon, Prince Brynner

1y↑3

I need this Work Song version on Spotify.

uEb8uzfX**

2y↑4.2K

"Lay me gently in the cold dark earth; No grave can hold my body down, I'll crawl home to her" GOOD LORD THIS LINE MAKES ME FEEL THINGS I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I COULD FEEL

Shahinaz Meer Riza

29w↑1

Johnny Cash was first ; ain't no grave can hold my body down

JKL

45w

FRL OMG

Cristina Estigarribia

47w

Amanda Buttrey

52w

Amen!

Ishitta Shinde

1y↑1

EXACTLYYYYYY

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spilt my frickin milk

19w↑3

waiting for the day i find the type of love only found in hozier's songs

Agnieszka Czarnecka

2y↑1

Piękna piosenka .
Soundtrack filmu : Najdłuższa podróż ❤️

E_wa.n

2y↑4

When I binge hozier i become extremely maloncholic. Ive always wondered why. The thing is, the way he sings about love, ive realised, is that ive got a person to whom i express this firey passion to...Unfortunately i realise that losing her is an all too real possibility, losing anyone you love is a very real thing, and that if it were to happen that she fades from my reality, that i will never ever again have the capacity to show the same level of love, patience, understanding and commitment to anyone else, no matter how hard i try. Love's capacity is unfortunately a thing that gets chipped away slowly and is never the same with the next person. I get anoyed when someone gives me the 'plenty of fish in the sea' or 'youlle find someone else better' talk...Sure, ive got no deceptions i can find someone else, its just I dont want someone else, i dont want to go through the same thing over and over with someone new, i dont want to build something which is destroyed over and over again, because the things i create are special to me on a level I just cant seem to explain to anyone, and i dont want to experiment with new people who dont hold the same level of care and tenderness to feelings and creation i do. Ive found the one and only person who will ever experience this side of me, and to anyone whove gotten this far and still reading, if you come across someone in your life like this, and youre sure youre not just decieving yourself with it's purity, then you cherish the time with that person with all of what you have, because if you dont, then theres a special place in hell for people like you, and its called regret! Love's only finite, slowly being replaced with doubt and bitterness throughout your life. Love is something you give out sparingly and wisely to people who appreciate it, that way you protect your own capacity to give out more.

Art For Life

21w↑3

I feel peaceful while listening Hozier’s music. It brings out my buried feelings and resolves them all. So, thank u bud

𝕵𝕴𝕹𝖃𝖄

8y↑17

Andrew should totally do a video for Angle of Small death! Gosh that would & could be so fun! Endless possibilities with that song to be honest.
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And this video is beautiful, really intimate and passionate. I love it:D xx

McKenna Marie

I totally agree I absolutely love that song of his!!

Celestya Riva

Totally agreed! One of my favourites from the album~

Ambreen Ali

2y↑9

Everytime I listen to Hozier I can't help but wonder which ancient poet's soul has taken over Hozier's body?

Shelly

2y↑5

Everytime I hear hozier sing “no grave can hold my body down, I’ll crawl home to her”, I lose my mind. So good, makes me go wild! I feel it in my soul!

Alessandra Barbosa

1y↑3

A perfeição da voz e da música ♥

Geysiane Cristina

2y↑3

Em pleno 2021 e hozier me dando um tapa de lembranças 🙁❤

Nancy Orozco

3y↑3.7K

Sean Fox

6w↑1

@Molly Kidd definitely getting addiction vibes from this album. Ex addict an this shit hits like a brick.

Willy Soige

10w

@Naushad i love you...... also " my babe would never fret none "

حسن فراس

41w↑1

thanks 🙏🏻

RYOU

1y↑1

I solemnly thank you Nancy

Molly Kidd

1y↑3

@Stefanie Jensen I’m pretty sure he’s an addict, this “woman” is his drug. Not 100% sure

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Jen Olson

9w↑1

For me his voice just does something to the soul. Makes it shift, and touches every corner.

Wanessa Klein Ribeiro

1y↑2

Amo essa voz. 💓💖

Sara Foehner

24w↑1

Love this song & the heart & intensity of the lyrics.

Caitlin Zhou

32w↑4

This song always makes my heart ache when I listen to it. I was singing this to myself while studying and my ex stopped me to tell me I was being obnoxious, annoying and to shut up because his friends could hear me over his mic. It stung harder because the lyrics speak so strongly of devotion and love, the kind of love I begged for in that relationship and never received.

Dhyan Shiva

7y↑21

How is this still on 26 mil? It should be on at least 50 million, tbh

Serena Barro

2y↑27

I just wanna thank whatever/whoever inspired Hozier to make this masterpiece.

decaffeinated hearts

2y↑23

this song gives me vibes of being completely devoted and hopelessly in love with one person and it makes me sad asf bc i’ve given myself the mindset that everyone but me deserves that

Micha G

2y↑3

Break the mindset. Become a person you want to be. Live a life you want to live. If you aren't there, break it down to small steps to get there. As you get closer to being who you want to be, you'll become more confident. Live a life of kindness and honesty. Don't let yourself be a victim to anything or anyone. Be of high value to others and only allow others of high value into your life. When you do all that every day will feel like this song. Because love like this doesn't come from someone else. It comes from you. It's the release of wanting to do whatever is possible to help someone you care about achieve their goals, and them doing the same for you. That's why it can only come from you, because only you can decide to be that kind of person. The hardest part isn't finding it, it's being open to it and allowing someone to support you, in a healthy way. Your partner should be a pillar to provide support, not the foundation of your person.
It's a lot of work, but it's entirely worth it. But it's all a choice. If you want it take it. I got faith in you king/queen. :)

Ginrai79

1y↑4

I hadn’t heard this song till a few months ago when it played in the final episode of Constantine. So yes, I’m very late to the party, but my god the atmosphere it created in the final few moments of the episode was utterly perfect, and I’ve been hooked on this song ever since.

So this is my first time seeing this video and hearing the audio to this video makes it sound even more haunting, accompanied by fantastic visuals. Not disappointed.

Matthew Schrier

This was on Constantine!? Great, now I have got to dig into my DVD-series repertoire and watch it again.

redcherry🍒

1y↑1

esse cara é incrível, eu queria ter escutado as músicas dele antes

el

2y↑8.9K

hosier said "fuck it i'll just invent love" and then wrote this

Carl Goodson

23w

@quasar Thousands of thumbs up.

AlineVerdade

29w

that's the best conclusion ever

Anony Mous

33w

That was good. Actually lold. Yes.

RYOU

1y↑2

You guys managed to change the topic from Hozier 's love song to generation gap
Amazing!

bigoofy

1y↑2

@Samuel Cook You live a sad life if you think that. I hope you realize that someone's previous "body count" doesn't mean shit. Just because you aren't used to it, doesn't mean you can sit there and shit on others.

At least the younger generations can actually see abuse before it happens. Older generations were way too used to letting abuse slide. Some still do.

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Cristina Rodriguez

19w↑2

I have just discovered this artist...I am so in love with him. This music IS so...intense! Its all!

Lia Guerreiro

32w↑5

I don't know how to explain it but I feel like I'm holding my breath all the time and as soon as this song starts playing, I feel like I can breath again

Sunaina Barua

2y↑1

I'm honestly loving how listening to Hozier is bringing back my trust on love after my bf cheated on me devastatingly 😊

Pig Ford

1y↑2

So beautiful & haunting ...art in every sense of the word,it gets in your soul & never leaves 🖤I’m a 50 year old man who has seen my share of shit & this song sometimes brings tears to my eyes...hes singing about TRUE once in a lifetime love that you’re lucky If you experience, some people aren’t even capable of it

Amanda Aragonez

4y↑3K

Can we talk about these dancers.. the choreo is amazing. It's like their souls are connected.. like they are more than in love.. something deeper.. if you told me this was a dance company and they are nothing more than dance partners, I couldn't believe you.. they seem so in tune and in love.. which makes this song so much more

Connie Umar

15w

I said much that same thing...Just so very passionate & connected !!

jamontoast

1y↑1

@Pakiza Hpa Hajiyeva ur welcome!

Pakiza Hpa Hajiyeva

@jamontoast even tho it's one year later my procrastination didn't let me start it, so thank you for letting me know :D

jamontoast

@Pakiza Hpa Hajiyeva ik this is a yr ago, but I've seen another comment say this is a contemporary waltz.

InsomniacRyan

1y↑1

I feel you, each and every one of these pairs… no way in hell are they platonic partners.
Which is the point, of course. I feel like the word ‘hot’ is both crass and insufficient in this context, but damn and blast me if I can think of a better word to describe this video than hot.

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Vincent Jay Esperanza

1y↑1

I love this song more than any Hozier's masterpiece. This is immaculate!

alma alma

1y↑4

Amazing choreography! I just love ❤️ loveeeee it !!! Beautiful people as well ! Here at 2022 still loving this song ! 🙌🏻

Carol Long

This just popped on my mix and I am blown away by the incredible video. So fresh and original!

L Howard

1y↑4

I can’t wait to dance with my fiancé to this song at our wedding ❤️ She saved me in more ways than one and I owe her the world!

Anya

3y↑3.2K

If someone asks me how I want to be loved I would simply tell them "It would be something similar to a hozier song" because words can't express enough how he makes love sound so fiery, so tender, so poetic and all consuming whenever I listen to his work. Hozier makes loving feel like a religion I have to worship every single day rather than just be something I should acknowlege its existence.

Plus, watching this reinforced my big fat crush on Irish guys, that can rock a long mane of hair and has a knack of twisting words like a medieval bard. My single ass quivers in delight and admiration at the thought.

Matthew Olson

1y↑7

If one goes back to traditional Irish legendary and mythical history, it becomes plain that Hozier is a modern expression of the kindof attitude Irish culture has in regards to sexuality, the body, and spirituality, and how traditionally for Gaelic peoples these concepts were not separate.

The return of and growing use / fluency of the Irish language in Ireland is helping bring back these "old" attitudes, I feel. The Irish are naturally a passionate and devoted people, and I'm proud to be a descendent of Irish emigrants, as well as to have Irish friends in the old country

bratzeluh

2y↑2

not cherry wine tho

Owen Maleski

2y↑4

The Irish do seem to have a natural talent for writing good poetry

Bella The Puppy

2y↑1

As much as a puppy. Peace be with you ❤️

rissa Rose

2y↑2

🤣🤣🤣

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lindsey3000

18w↑1

Love the song, but the producer of the video is amazing. It adds perfectly to the feel of the song.

lumiere over me

2y↑1

i couldn’t last a day without listening to this song. so sooo beautiful. and the music video is just perfect 🌸

Alannah Brus

This song reminds me of my old best friend. No words can describe the love i have for her. Hozier is magic, thank you for endless music that reaches down into your spirit and brings you memories and love.

Özge AKGÜL

1y↑16

that feminine urge to punch a wall when u hear "when my time comes around, lay me gently in the cold dark earth, no grave can hold my body down, I'll crawl home to her"....unparalled i think

Anderson Vídeos Truck

5y↑35

Essa música marcou minha vida. Não consigo escutar ela e não lembrar de alguém que amei demais...

Sílvia Miguéns

4y↑1

Acho que isso é um dos 'problemas' quando se ouve música do Hozier...

Anderson Vídeos Truck

@Amanda Ferreira Infelizmente não tenho mais chance de concertar meu erro. Mas consegui superar tudo e pra mim também serviu de aprendizagem...

Amanda Ferreira

@Hiago Carvalho Horrível, né?? Ainda bem que isso passa. Mais tempo ou menos tempo, passa.
Às vezes deixa um puta estrago no coração, mas sempre passa.

Amanda Ferreira

4y↑1

@Anderson Vídeos Truck Ainda tem chances de tentar recuperar o que foi perdido?? Se tiver, talvez valha a pena tentar.
Se não tiver mais chances, fica o aprendizado. Assim como ficou pra mim. Hoje em dia não dói mais, mas por muito tempo perdê-lo tirou de mim o sentido da vida.

Anderson Vídeos Truck

@Amanda Ferreira Tenso viu Amanda... No meu caso eu que vacilei, deixei ela... talvez um dos maiores erros da minha vida. Era pra mim ter insistindo no nosso amor, porém fiz tudo errado.

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BERENICE OLIVARES MIRANDA

Es tan maravilloso escucharlo y al mismo tiempo ver lo divino que es 😍💕

RaptorJesus420

34w↑1

This song coats me in warm feelings of love about my loved ones. I can’t explain it but it’s an amazing feeling.

Aurelia Aurora

1y↑2

This song is my favorite. I actually think it's about drug addiction rather than love, but to each their own !! 🥰🥰

Trixia Anne 2 Cariaga

Same!!!

cherisun1

Absolutely amazing!! This is true soul speaking... Unbelievable talent... I always have the chills while listening to Hozier

Pamplemousse bleu

4y↑1.8K

I still can't get over that song, even after probably a hundred listenings. The way he describes how he feels home with his lover and what it's like to be loved in spite of his mistakes is incredible. I love that he goes so deep into all the feelings ("I'm so full of love I could barely eat"). He's such a wonderful lyricist and poet

Mandi Pardue

It feels amazing when you do find it ❤

Aleena Ali

https://youtu.be/Tka7n47XuBI

Robin Singh

3y↑6

I find this song one of the most poetic songs ever made. I can listen to this for hours and hours. This guy is a real gem.

Squidward's Soul

3y↑4

Him:
"Heaven and Hell we're words to me"
Me: and u r God to me...
👏👏🙌

Joseph Nzomo

@Ertan Kaya hi swee

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betty

1y↑2

at times, the fine line between whether he's singing about his muse or mother or the Supreme powers fades. When He says, she never judges him for what he's done & I'll be crawling back her even after I dye (as after we dye our souls ascend & become one with the Lord - from where our journey started) & founding her arms around himself when he wakes up. This song is so beautifully written that you just have to give into him & get overwhelmed the portyal of love as pure as this

Mahima Patel

24w↑3

this music video is just so beautiful! ethereal! whimsical! magical! serene!? calming! harmonius! all the besutiful things at once it makes me feel things ive never felt before
-- the dancers-the chemistry the music oh god

Fábio Moreira Moreira

2y↑1

Oi Sou brasileiro e adoro suas músicas 👏👏👏

Benji Trisha Eddy

2y↑2

How can people hate Hozier when he like this? 😭 He's beautiful in and out 😭

Kevin Speller

2y↑2

Bittersweet....i was playing this song,just jammin,my father walks up to me&says "when i pass son play this song for me" / i wasnt upset or sad,because of this song i understood what he meant

Alina

As usual at HOZIER : One - Time Soundtrack, Arrangements, Interpretation , Engagement , Knows and fantastic Feeling above all!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A PLEASURE !

Futaba Sakura

51w

This song makes me feel so much. It gives me feelings of happiness, calmness, and it puts me in such a somber state.

Vincent Jay Esperanza

1y↑1

I would denfinitely make a dance cover out of this...it is such a masterpiece

audrey_fn

6y↑1.7K

What an amazing song! I remember about two years ago a few young people from Ireland (where Hozier and myself are from) died when a balcony in Berkeley collapsed. One girl, Olivia, she absolutely loved Hozier and he flew to Ireland and performed this song at her funeral. I remember watching it on the news. Hozier came, sang and left. Didn't take any attention away from the sad setting in the church... but we all felt he honoured that poor girl so well. What a hero. He's a national treasure!

Joseph Nzomo

4y↑1

this guy rely drops good touching music

Maya Esparzasiegers

4y↑3

This story gives me goosebumbs.

Sylvana Hernandez

4y↑8

I'll still never understand such things. Such a loving man to have done this for her. Thank you so much for noting and sharing. I turned my husband on to his music beginning with this song. We're both 63 years young, and he too is a musician. Really dug his Music. I don't ask for much. Been sick along time. Miss not going to concerts. However, I really Hope this gifted Muscian comes to Michigan USA for a Concert. We both have been to so many concerts in our life. I would love to take a Dear Beloved Irish American Sister to hear him and the muscians together.

Vanessa Borbe

4y↑1

@E It's Bray, County Wicklow in Ireland. It's a coastal town along the eastern part of the country.

Melissa Clarke

That's awesome

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Tomasin

2y↑17

'i woke with her walls around me' and people are like 🥺 what a romantic song bro hozier said pvssy so good im crawling out my grave for it

Joann Pellegrino

Is this song not about a child though? That passed away? “Nothing in her room but an empty crib“

☆ 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐚 ☆

2y↑9

BESTIE I WAS FUCKING CRYING TO THIS SONG AND NOW-

Regan W.

2y↑2

Every time I hear this song, it fascinates me to tears that this kind of love actually exist. And now I'm wondering what else I missed in the concept of loving.

Silkymochi

20w↑4

I saw him live and his voice sounds exactly like this, if not even more ethereal 🌙

Nick

50w↑3

It's nice to see people talk about how they wish to be loved and treated with devotion in the ways this music expresses it- in turn, I really hope to actually love in that way. I hope to make them feel adored, as tender and layered and full as it feels to me, all heart and lungs.

betty

50w

❤️

Kate

8y↑4.5K

I feel like saying he's amazing is just stating the obvious. But he's amazing. I saw him at the House of Blues in Boston and it blew my mind. He's awkward and very humble and quiet, but when he sings, he SINGS. There's no need for the "performance" element. The whole band actually, they're mesmerizing. And this song is beautiful. They all are. It's refreshing to hear music like this, lyrics like these. Fan. For. Life.

Stojan Pašalić

5y↑1

Just came from the concert at House of Blues in Boston... They finished with this song and it was absolutely magical

BMcAllister

You can't fool me... ANDY.

Amanda Feliciano

Burt Macklin all.of.this.

Luis Chambilla

Burt Macklin ol :v

A.W.

yep.

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Aldrick Ex Gladius

1y↑2

"if the lord dont forgive me, I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me"
My favorite line!

Amy-Jade Glad

2y↑3

I hope everyone finds the love hozier describes. This kind of love is never ending and so beautiful.

Chandra De Buys

38w↑1

I love this guy's voice and his songs are freaking epic... can't believe I just discovered him...

Stardust Witch

I love interpretive dances. I saw this song in my head with some of the same choreography. Love Hozier!!!!

Jess M.R

8y↑299

I just saw him last week in San Francisco and he puts on a hell of a show. I've noticed people complain about his stoic features while performing on TV and his videos, but in concert he's really expressive and powerful. he's very relatable in person too, so shy and he did a hell of a cover of ariana grande for "funsies" he said. lol. I love music, but few artists touch me so deeply that I want to insert myself into their stories and live through their eyes. it's music for the soul, truely, and my favorite type, acoustic soul, bluesy and folk. if you havn't yet heard the album, you are missing out on a truely great artist of our generation. he's just a youngen too and I honestly don't think this album will be his best piece of work.

did I mention he's absolutely gorgeous too? I think I actually melted and lost a piece of my soul at that concert. lol. and if the Irish accent wasn't the sexiest darn thing ever! :)

samigolarte

I am in love too. And I feel the same, I rarely heard many songs of an artist or wanna to know more about their inspiration. I hope I can be at one his concerts too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

xdmgirliesx

8y↑1

I saw him in belfast and it was the same thing! Hes amazing!

Jess M.R

@Brendin Anderson yes!

justin nozuka-"you I wind land and sea"
"carried you"
"save him"

james bay-"scars"
"need the sun to break"
"let it go"

I couldn't pick just one :( lol

Brendin

8y↑1

Yeah I definitely agree. I'm glad I could give my opinion and we actually talked about it like humans beings instead of coming at each other like keyboard warriors.

Any songs I should focus on in particular of those two artists?

Jess M.R

8y↑2

@Brendin Anderson it's true that it's not a religious song, the song itself is a metaphor of some sort, comparing someones body and being in love to religion and worship.

the video takes on a different tone. I think his idea was that sex and love are the most natural of human affairs and that their are organizations, such as the church, that try to teach people to be ashamed of those things like premarital sex or sexual orientation; that it offends god by being sinful. he wants people to reclaim their humanity by accepting who they are and that they are worth being loved and showing love. I don't think the intention was to mock the church.

we don't all agree and interpret things the same way. I'm just happy that their are still artists who use their platforms to bring awareness to social issues whether we agree or not :)

hey! if you like his genre though, you should check out Justin Nozuka or James Bay.

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Gretchen Myers

41w↑1

i absolutely love this song <3

Mar Mar

1y↑2

Love the song. And the dance is amazing

Shelby Waddell

2y↑1

The only song that has ever resonated with me in a sense of solitude and sadness at the same time. I cry every time I listen to it. It’s absolutely beautiful.

Steffie B.

39w↑2

Totally obsessed from this video: music, words and the dance!
What a piece of art!

filiberto trevino

4y↑10.5K

My wife and i dated when we were in high school we got engaged but were too young and immature; so we ended up not working out then. I moved on with my life not liking to dwell on the past. I told myself I no longer loved her. That year work song came out. And even though her and I no longer communicated and I swore up and down we would never get back together, this song would shake me to my very core and I would always think about her. Four years later we lived very very different lives and in even more different worlds and we both happened to be in our home town at the same time for a couple days and we crossed paths by simple chance. Those hours we spent together before she left the next morning were more meaningful than the four years before that day. It was as if we never spent a day apart. Today is the one year of when we started dating again. And we married February 16. It still shakes me how much i love this girl...
Edit. I never expected to have so much feedback on this comment. But a little more detail for those who care.
After we had our seemingly perfect night together she left town the next day and I tried to think little of it (I told myself we will never be again) but one day whilst playing my ps4 I called her out of the blue and we talked on the phone for about 6 hours that night. We hung up and did the same thing a couple nights in a row. Then one night I FaceTime her and we spent all night FaceTiming. A day or two pass and we started watching movies together and even getting the same dinner in order to be as close as possible without being near one another. One night our movie ends and we are both lying down drifting off to sleep facing the camera she says half asleep "I still love you". with my heart in my stomach i simply say I love you too. It was Thursday night when this happened. She lived about 9 hours away and I told her I'm going to visit her in a couple weeks or a month and she said jokingly/half serious "why not this weekend". "I work a lot and need to make plans' I told her. But something about this girl always made me spontaneous. So I switched shifts the next day with my buddy and with little to no planning I drove out to see her. We had a great weekend together and we talked about taking it slow and seeing where things go. The Sunday before I left she showed me in a little momentos box that she still had her engagement ring and her bands too. This made my heart sing it truly did. We spent a week or so "taking it slow" but we clearly both wanted to be together so we became official. 😇 the next hurdle was me telling my mother (my mom loves loved this girl very much. And my wife has a huge amount of respect for my mother so it was very important to her that she accept her back again) when I initially told my mom about us getting back together she instantly rejected the notion and did not want me to date her again. She said the only way she will accept her again is if she still had her engagement ring. My wife then gf quickly produced a picture with it on her hand. And my mom laughed and was happy for us.
This happened late June early July. By late October I proposed to her and we flew to Canada and eloped in February.
(Reasons as to why we did this is a whole other story thats us in my profile pic) lol

Prathiksha

1y↑1

I'm just smiling like a fool reading this comment. It's things like these that reinstill my belief that true love exists, and if it's meant to be, it will be. I'm soo happy that you guys get to spend your lives together😭

filiberto trevino

@Calyn M yea there is. But also we took those years apart and really grew and matured

Calyn M

1y↑1

my person and i have known each other almost three years now. we've always had a very complicated relationship where we would leave. yesterday was another day where he left. now here i am, the day after, reading your story. maybe there really is hope.