Genius Lyrics
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Hozier – Foreigner's God
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Hozier explores his feelings of alienation from his own culture through his love of a woman who doesn’t conform to society’s edicts. Similar to “Take Me to Church,” he mixes the
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Hozier - Foreigner’s God (Traducciones al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Ella se movió con asombro desvergonzado / La criatura perfecta pocas veces vista / Desde que un mentiroso trajo el trueno / Cuando la tierra era impía y libre / Sus
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Genius Traductions françaises – Hozier - Foreigner’s God (Traductions Françaises)
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[Verset 1] / Elle s'est déplacée avec un émerveillement éhonté / La créature parfaite rarement vue / Depuis qu'un menteur a apporté le tonnerre / Quand la terre était impie et
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Hozier – Take Me to Church
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“Take Me to Church” is the debut single by Irish recording artist Hozier. It has become an international hit, reaching #1 in 12 countries, and has been certified five times
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Hozier – To Be Alone
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[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
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Hozier – Jackie and Wilson
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This is the third song from Hozier’s eponymous debut. Below is a video from Hozier’s facebook page, where he talks about the song.
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Hozier – In the Woods Somewhere
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This song draws strong parallels to the first Canto of Dante’s Inferno, which begins as follows:
Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the
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Hozier – Work Song
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This is the only song on Hozier’s self titled album to have a title that is not entirely composed of lyrics from the song.
The song is about the love of a worker’s life lending
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Hozier – Someone New
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[Verse 1] / Go and take this the wrong way / You knew who I was with every step that I ran to you / Only blue or black days / Electin' strange perfections in any stranger I choose
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Hozier – From Eden
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“From Eden” is the title song of Hozier’s second EP. He says he wrote it in a tongue-in-cheek way from the point of view of the devil looking at something innocent and seeing it as
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Hozier – Cherry Wine (Live)
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This song details an emotionally and physically abusive relationship that is excused and lovingly described by the victim because of his attachment to his abuser. The tone of the
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Hozier – Jackie and Wilson (Live)
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[Verse 1] / So tired trying to see from behind the red in my eyes / No better version of me I could pretend to be tonight / Soul deep in this swill with the most familiar of swine
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Hozier – Someone New (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Go take this the wrong way / You knew who I was with every step that I ran to you / Only blue or black days / Electing strange perfections in any stranger I choose / [
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Hozier – Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene
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The song is primarily about codeine (an opiate drug), but Hozier draws a parallel to a hard-to-get sometimes heartless woman and the drug.
The Angel of Small Death refers to ‘la
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Hozier – Like Real People Do
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This song is a metaphor. Hozier uses “bog bodies” in Ireland, bodies which are exhumed after centuries of natural mummification, to describe a new relationship.
Hozier explained
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Hozier – Take Me to Church (Live)
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[Verse 1] / My lover's got humour / She's the giggle at a funeral / Knows everybody's disapproval / I should've worshipped her sooner / If the heavens ever did speak / She's the
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Hozier – It Will Come Back
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“It’s quite a sad song to me and it’s about asking somebody to do the right- the merciful thing and to cut all the ropes, cut all the ties.”
The lyrics of this song evoke the
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Hozier – Sedated
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Hozier has stated that this song is about escapism. Given the lyrics, the song is most likely about escapism through drugs (“sedated”) and sex (“slaves to any semblance of touch”).
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Hozier – Do I Wanna Know? (Live at the BBC)
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[Verse] / Have you got colour in your cheeks? / Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift / The tide that sticks around / Like somethin' in your teeth? / Are there some aces
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Hozier - Like Real People Do (Traducciones al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Tuve un pensamiento, querida, por muy aterradora que fuera / Sobre esa noche, los bichos y la suciedad / ¿Por qué estabas cavando? que enterraste / ¿Antes de que esas
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