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Hozier – Who We Are
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On June 28th, Hozier sent out an autographed postcard to a fan who pre-ordered the album, revealing Who We Are is track 8.
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Hozier – All Things End
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In “All Things End,” the surface interpretation leans toward the end of a romantic relationship, where the finite nature of such things is seen and understood without any cynicism
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Hozier (Ft. Karen Cowley) – In a Week
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In the album’s only duet, Hozier and Karen Cowley sing about being two corpses rotting together. Even death can be romantic.
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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 – 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 – Eat Your Young
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“Eat Your Young” sees Hozier describe a feast being prepared and served together with the chaos that comes with it. According to the artist, the track is a taste of the 9 Circles
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Hozier (Ft. Brandi Carlile) – Damage Gets Done
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In “Damage Gets Done” Hozier recruits Brandi Carlile to reflect on the negative space between being young and silly and being reckless, and the actual harm that is done in the long
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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 – Nobody
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“Nobody” is, in Hozier’s words, a song “about the limitations of love between flawed people.” In it, Hozier describes his lover as someone who is not exactly “a saint,” and how he
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Hozier – Better Love
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“Better Love,” the first new song from Hozier since his acclaimed self-titled debut album in 2014, is a single he wrote for the 2016 film The Legend of Tarzan.
Hozier attended an
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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 – Unknown / Nth
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In “Unknown / Nth”, Hozier expresses themes of distance, betrayal, and the feeling of being unknown or misunderstood in a relationship. The track takes inspiration from Dante
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Hozier (Ft. Mavis Staples) – Nina Cried Power
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Nina Cried Power is a classic look on protest songs. The song is a bit of a tribute to Nina Simone and mentions other artists such as Marvin Gaye, John Lennon, B.B. King and Curtis
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Hozier – De Selby (Part 2)
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“De Selby (Part 2)” is the third and final single and the sequel to the opening track on Hozier’s third studio album, Unreal Unearth. The track takes inspiration from De Selby, an
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Maren Morris & Hozier – The Bones
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[Verse 1: Maren Morris] / We're in the homestretch of the hard times / We took a hard left, but we're alright / Yeah, life sure can try to put love through it, but / We built this
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Hozier – I, Carrion (Icarian)
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[Intro] / If the wind turns, if I hit a squall / Allow the ground to find its brutal way to me / [Verse 1] / I feel lighter than I have in so much time / I've crossed the border
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Maren Morris & Hozier – The Bones (One World: Together At Home)
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[Verse 1: Maren Morris, Maren Morris & Hozier] / In the homestretch of the hard times / We took a hard left, but we're alright / Yeah, life sure can try to put love through it, but
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Hozier – To Someone From A Warm Climate (Uiscefhuarithe)
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‘Uiscefhuarithe’, as described by Hozier, is an irish word for ‘something that has been made cold by water’.
On July 28th, Hozier sent out an autographed letter to a fan
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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 – To Noise Making (Sing)
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“To Noise Making (Sing)” is a celebration of the act of singing and what it offers us. The main message of the song is found in the chorus: it doesn’t matter how talented a person
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Meduza (Ft. Hozier) – Tell It to My Heart
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[Verse 1] / I can't work you out, are you thinkin' 'bout somethin' better? / Holdin' on to you while you drag me through stormy weather / [Refrain] / The only time you smile is in
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Hozier – Francesca
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“Francesca” is the debut single from Hozier’s third studio album, Unreal Unearth. The track is inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, particularly the story of Francesca da
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Hozier – Talk
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“Talk” is a song about seduction. During the album release party, Hozier described the protagonist as an “unreliable narrator” who has “not the best intentions in mind,” as well as
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Lord Huron (Ft. Phoebe Bridgers) – The Night We Met (Remix)
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“The Night We Met (Remix)” is an alternate version of Lord Huron’s melancholy ballad, “The Night We Met”. The remix was featured on the soundtrack for the second season of the hit
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Hozier – Young Americans
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They pulled in just behind the bridge / He lays her down, he frowns / "gee my life's a funny thing, am i still too young?" / He kissed her then and there / She took his ring, took
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Hozier – No Plan
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“No Plan” is a disco-y stomper inspired by physicist Lawrence M. Krauss' belief that we should rejoice at being so lucky to even have this relatively brief moment on Earth, are
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Hozier – Wasteland, Baby!
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“Wasteland, Baby!” is about falling in love. Hozier compares it to an apocalyptic event, but frames it in a way that is not necessarily negative, but more a new beginning. Falling
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Hozier – Moment's Silence (Common Tongue)
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Moment’s Silence is the third track on the Nina Cried Power EP. Here Hozier repeatedly revels in enjoying physical pleasure with the one he loves, and the shrugging off 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 – 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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Hozier – Through Me (The Flood)
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In “Through Me (The Flood),” Hozier contemplates loss and death, both of which had flooded the world back during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also views the strength at which people
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Genius Deutsche Übersetzungen – Hozier - Son of Nyx (Deutsche Übersetzung)
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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 – Would That I
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“Would That I” is about love, and the destruction of love. It describes past romances as trees the protagonist used as shelter, and then a new interest as a fire that burns down
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Hozier – First Time
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On July 28th, Hozier sent out an autographed letter to a fan previewing the lyrics of the song, revealing it was track 3.
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KALEO – Way Down We Go
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“Way Down We Go” is a song by The Icelandic rock band Kaleo, released as the second single for their first studio album A/B.
Two music videos have been released to accompany the
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Hozier – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
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[Verse 1] / God rest ye merry, gentlemen / Let nothing you dismay / Remember, Christ, our Savior / Was born on Christmas Day / To save us all from Satan's power / When we were gone
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Hozier – Butchered Tongue
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In “Butchered Tongue”, Hozier tackles the 7th Circle of Hell Canto XII to XVII, known as the ‘Circle of Violence or Hell of the Violent and Bestial’ which is one of the lower
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