 Genius Meanings
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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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Genius Türkçe Çeviri – Hozier - In The Woods Somewhere (Türkçe Çeviri)
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Başım sıcaktı / Vücudum sırılsıklamdı / Ateşim çıkıncaya dek çağırdım adını / Uyandığımda / Hala asılıydı ay / O kadar siyahtı ki gece, karanlık uğuldadı / Kaldırdım kendimi ayağa
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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 – 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 – 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 (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 – Arsonist's Lullabye
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[Intro] / Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm / Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm / [Verse 1] / When I was a child, I heard voices / Some would sing and some would scream / You soon find you have few choices / I
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=
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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 – 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 – 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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Genius Traducciones al Español – Hozier - It Will Come Back (Traducciones al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Lo sabes mejor, nena, lo sabes mejor, nena / Que mirarlo, mirarlo así / Lo sabes mejor, nena, lo sabes mejor, nena / Que hablarle, hablarle así / [Pre coro] / No le des
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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 – 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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Hozier – Run
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Hozier, in Birmingham at The Institute on 23/01/15:
[James Joyce] famously had a quote about Ireland in which he lovingly said […] that Ireland is the sow that eats its farrow
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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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Genius Traducciones al Español – Hozier - Cherry Wine (Traducciones al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Sus ojos y palabras son tan helados / Oh, pero ella quema / Como ron en un fuego / Caliente, rápida y enojada como puede ser / Camino mis días en un alambre / [Pre-Coro
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Hozier- From Eden (Traducciones al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Bebé / Hay algo trágico en ti / Algo tan mágico sobre ti / ¿No estás de acuerdo? / Bebé / Hay algo solitario en ti / Algo tan saludable sobre ti / Acercate a mi / [Pre-
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Noah Kahan – Stick Season
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[Verse 1] / As you promised me that I was more than all the miles combined / You must've had yourself a change of heart like halfway through the drive / Because your voice trailed
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Hozier - Sedated (Traducciones al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Solo un poco de prisa, cariño, para sentirte mareado / Para descarrilar la mente de mí / Solo un poco de silencio, nena; mis venas están ocupadas / Pero mi corazón está
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Hozier – My Love Will Never Die
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[Verse 1] / You've done me wrong / For a long, long time / But after all you've done / I never changed my mind / [Chorus] / Honey, please, try to love me / Honey, please, honey
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Hozier - Arsonist’s Lullabye (Traducciones al Español)
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[Zumbador] / [Verso 1] / Cuando era niño, escuchaba voces / Algunos cantarían y otros gritarían / Pronto descubre que tiene pocas opciones / Aprendí que las voces morían conmigo
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Hozier - Jackie and Wilson (Traducciones al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Tan cansada tratando de ver detrás del rojo en mis ojos / No hay mejor versión de mí que pueda pretender ser esta noche / Alma profunda en esta basura con el más
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Tom Petty – Wildflowers
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[Chorus] / You belong among the wildflowers / You belong in a boat out at sea / Sail away, kill off the hours / You belong somewhere you feel free / [Verse 1] / Run away, find you
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Genius Traductions françaises – Hozier - Like Real People Do (Traduction Française)
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[Couplet 1] / J'ai eu une idée, chérie, si effrayante soit-elle / À propos de cette nuit-là, les insectes et la terre / Pourquoi tu creusais ? Qu'est-ce que t'as enterré / Avant
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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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Bon Iver – Holocene
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Regarding “Holocene”, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon told NPR:
Holocene is a bar in Portland, Ore., but it’s also the name of a geologic era, an epoch if you will. It’s a good example
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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 – Problem / Regulate (BBC Live Lounge)
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[Intro] / Oh, oh / Oh, oh / Oh, oh / Oh, oh / Oh / [Verse 1] / Baby, even though I hate ya, I really love you / I want you / Even though I can't forgive ya, I really want to / I
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Hozier – From Eden (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Babe / There's something tragic about you / Something so magic about you / Don't you agree? / Babe / There's something lonesome about you / Something so wholesome about
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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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The Fray – How to Save a Life
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The second single, and title track from The Fray’s debut album.
This song is about lead singer Isaac Slade’s experience at a shelter for troubled teens. From an article in “The
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