A joy hard learned in winter was the warming of the bed
You'd shake for minutes there and move your legs
Wrap the blanket over you and keep your head within
Let your breath heat the air until you’d feel it getting thin
[Chorus]
Uiscefhuaraithe
The feel of coldness only water brings
There are some things that no one teaches you, love
That come natural as a dream you didn't know that you were in
[Post-Chorus]
And darlin', all my dreamin’ is only put to shame
And darlin', all my dreamin' has only been given a name
But it came easy, darlin'
As natural as another leg around you in the bed frame
[Verse 2]
In summer's heat, I learned to dread the comin' of the night
The awful things we do to make the head go quiet
You'd press your body to the concrete when you were small
The rains of winter seemed to never leave the walls
[Chorus]
Uiscefhuaraithe
The feel of coolness only water brings
There are some things that no-one teaches you, love
That God in his awful wisdom first programs in
But darlin', all my dreamin’ is only been put to shame
And darlin’, all my dreamin' has only been given a name
But it happened easy, darlin’
As natural as another leg around you in the bed
[Bridge]
And I wish I could say
That the river of my arms have found the ocean
I wish I could say the cold lake water of my heart
Christ, it's boilin' over
[Outro]
But it happened easy, darlin'
Natural as another leg around you in the bed frame
About
‘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 previewing the lyrics of the song, revealing it was track 11.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
The previous song reflects upon a parting of ways. I suppose in that context, this reflects upon the great loss of this experience and making sense of love after the fact, which is very often the case. If you’ve grown up in a cold climate like Ireland, you learn to warm up the bed quickly so you’re not shivering for too long. It’s a song I wrote for somebody who is from a warm climate who had never experienced that before. [It’s about] the significance of something so mundane but so remarkable—to experience a bed that has been warmed by somebody else in a space that you now share now with somebody new. It’s a love song.
- 3.First Time
- 4.Francesca
- 8.Who We Are
- 9.Son of Nyx
- 10.All Things End
- 11.To Someone From A Warm Climate (Uiscefhuarithe)
- 12.Butchered Tongue
- 13.Anything But
- 15.Unknown / Nth
- 16.First Light
