Yesss lol

haha omg, so true. guys usually fall right on their face when asked if they read any actual books. 99% of cases the answer is sth between 'no' and nervous laughter. Then I immediately know I deserve better xD

@@hanami741 99% really? What sort of guys do you speak to.

OMG

@@hanami741 Well books arent really necessary now that youve got the net, almost everything can be read for free online nowadays.

I found it a trifle jarring, TBH.

@@septegram not sure if you are aware Hozier is Irish, its part of our vernacular

@@StrangeShady he used it just enough to make the point...

I was like "he doesn't even say it in this song??" but it's literally iN tHe tiTLe that's how smooth it is lmao

What makes you think there's anything unclassy about that word. Literally the only thing "wrong" with most "vulgar" words is that they are of old English origin after a bunch of French speaking assholes took over the English nobility. Common people (the vulga) continued using words from old English and that is the only reason they are less "polite".

Favourite line!

He even smiled slightly when he said that

What is the meaning behind that?

@Mackenzie Dyer 'If i was born as a tree, you could chop me down and use me to burn your enemies' This is what i interpreted from the lyrics, not sure if that's the right meaning tho.. english is not my first language

Wow this part came at the same moment as I read your comment

Thank you for the wonderful explanation. That's how I've been feeling about this song but I didn't have the words. And I love how low key he is about things others would be emphasizing. Instead of hitting you over the head, he hypnotizes you.

​@@billiey36 yess, hypnosis is honestly the best way to describe this song

+mysteryketchup echoing Yeats hmm

@@BirdsAndPoetrywow.. the best comment I have ever read in any music video... Thank u so much for your explanation.

@@shunemkape1301 I thought as much. Seems like an allusion to The Second Coming

And how aesthetically he says, fuck.

Debdyuti Winchester...HAHA! That part was like, "DAMN BOY! YOU LOVE HER SO MUCH YOU'RE LIKE, DON'T FUCK WITH MY BABY!...SHE'S SOOO MAGIC SHE DON'T LET NOBODY FUCK WITH HER!"...Like, I want someone to think that about me, shit! Make me swear! Gods damn Hozier, make me get all passionate about the content of the song and the meaning! 😏😋😏😋😏😎😎

Is it way too fan-girly of me to wish he'd incorporate my name in some song in any way shape or form?

@@anapm2927 you're not the only one my friend. Also, you have a wayyyyyy better chance than me lmao.

@@bidushipyakurel1885 A girl can dream... haha

And many lesbians have declared in my presence that they'd gladly give life of this man's "legacy".

Oh what a MOOD

that does seem to be the consensus :)

Fuckin' same

I'm Lesbian, but i'm a man... WTF..

You put it so wonderfully. I swear he has parts of the darkness of Poe and the gentleness of Wilde.. I also see some similarity with Jeff Buckley's melancholy... He's kind of a perfect balance between Cohen Waits and Buckley to me at least...

Ana Pm a little bit of yeates in there i think!!

@@HanaBryanne He said he was inspired by Yeates and Joyce for some/most of the lyricism.. in an interview or two so i'm sure,it comes through!

@@anapm2927 Oh ya! It opens right up with a reference to Yeates' The Second Coming. "To Bethlehem, It slouch and and then, must've caught a good look at you."

Greetings to you from Kenya! And i absolutely agree with you.

Say no more sis.

U never will be

@@aceseitsworth9311 ouch. lol

It’s not a person, it’s heroin.

i think it was saoirse ronan but I have no right to guess.

I know exactly what you mean ♥

Thankyou for reminding me this

OMG yes. Music is the cure... This is cure....

Blackcat he triggers 90% of my existential crisis, ironically.

@@lilyraimey3499 I'm sure we can all relate. Hahaha long live our fairy king Hozier hahahaha

damn you right

Best comment n discription about him.he looks very angelic really.very fine n yet sexy.

@@jannahpablosky4282 And his music, makes him more angelic

lmao

Gathua Miricho 😂😂😂

flippetskater not just a creature. The song is from the perspective of someone watchin their lover burn the world down.

And a person is certainly a creature. Metaphor, baby. Flexibility of language. It's not just about the watcher, it's also about the one doing the burning. Thus my statement above.

This got me curious. Which words allude to the burning of the world? Eager to know other interpretations.

If I was born as a black thorn tree I'd wanna be felled by you, held by you Fuel the pyre of your enemies Ain't it warming you, the world goin' up in flames? Ain't it the life where you you're lighting off the blaze? .....it kind of says it right there, pretty literally. The world is going up in flames, and the 'baby' is the one setting it on fire.

@@flippetskater Felt

as a guitar player… yeah i have no idea. i can hardly keep a beat without a metronome or something to keep me together let alone SING at the same time, so my best guess has gotta be LOTS of practice 😂😭

It's called practice

he is definitely the incarnation of Orpheus (let's just skip this weird part where Orphy starts being into boys after he fails to get Euridice back) xDD

I laughed in surprise, I love this comment sm 😂

He is an angel

damn you're more poetic than any english native speaker ive ever met dang lol

@@frogshapedfairy wow ??? thank you!

This comment was gorgeous I love the imagery in that last sentence with my entire soul

@@BevIsGuilty definitely wasn't expecting all these compliments ahaha thank you devon!

so true @@frogshapedfairy

most people don't know what this song is really about. They are to busy saying how Hot looking he is . Instead of understanding why he wrote the song and what it really means.. forget the looks of the Gentleman and go a little deeper.

Natasha Benitez exactly! The lyrics in his songs are incredible. They deserve attention.

@@lizzyt1248yes definitely I watched the history of the album and will continue to remember everything he says about what the status is going on in when he wrote the songs. you would love it Check out the truth ✌️ It's not pretty why... Really Especially when you go back to the original beginning of his history of the songs he wrote... ppl don't realize what this song is truly about and there is nothing pretty about it at all it may sound soothing to some but they don't know the history behind this song. Thanks for your time when you get a chance check it out right from the beginning his interviews even with the other songs on the album that just came out explains everything in detail right out of his mouth.

@@natashabenitez7650 what is the meaning of this song?

Amen

Amen

Amen

Hey, for real, I think I am still a little bit straight because of this man

Amen

Ughhhhhh i just died 😫

Ohhhh my gosh

Oh my gosh

And the way he smiles just after, at 2:30!! Like, ugh, perfection

Ikr

You don't need any god for that, that capacity already exists within you, just try it, sing, get a guitar, don't allow yourself or anyone else get in your way! ;)

Neha The Jedi...PREACH! I NEED THAT IN MY LIFE TOO! 😏🤗😎

There can be no other. Hozier is a one of a kind genius.

But Hozier is god.... how does that work?

God say “no”

And Blackthorns are traditionally used for Shillelaghs. They're Irish walking canes/stealth bludgeoning weapon. So he's saying, cut me down, wield me as your weapon and then burn me with the bodies of your enemies to get rid of the evidence. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/p4mpomuDoGZemac.html And fun fact the village of Shillelagh is in Wicklow, the county where he's from.

It's about addiction

You would have to love her too to understand her absolute power

holy fuck, how did i never notice that.

Nothing With Fucks My Baby... Sounds poetic

looool yeaaah I noticed this a while back also. they never changed it

I'm dead 😂😂💀

I WAS LOOKING AT THAT AND WAS LIKE WAIT AM I WRONG???

Write it for me? I'd love to hear

Go and write it!

You totally have to!

The single string that is repeated kind of reminds me of church bells

Oh boy brace yourselves. It's a long read. Here's what I wrote: It’s a calm song. Haunting even. One of Hozier’s best songs ever. The repetition of the single note-guitar song structures the song like a chant-an ode to his lover. You can feel the admiration and love dripping from his voice. He’s gentle and colludes the song from exactly when he saw her. *When I first saw you The end was soon To Bethlehem It slouched (and then) Must've caught a good look at you* I feel like this song tells a story from centuries ago. Bethlehem. The end was near, the new messiah was slouching to his glory and power. The people and the land were in chaos. Just as the messiah was aiming towards Bethlehem, the people too were slowly starting to move. An unspoken decision to move from Bethlehem. Amidst the chaos of movement and migration, he saw her. He took the long journey/voyage to his advantage. He unintentionally observed her. A secret admiration, a new feeling. *Give your heart and soul to charity 'Cus the rest of you The best of you Honey, belongs to me* He is in awe of her beauty. He approaches her, lazily, and eyes her well. He tells her of his intentions. He is in love with her beauty. The possessive demeanor here is clear. ‘The best rest of you, the best of you’-he lusts for her body first because she already ‘belongs’ to him to devour. His lover is equally passionate and submissive to his desires. He asks her heart and soul to be given away--to him-a heartless and soul-less beggar, and she complies. The sexual encounters fuel their love and desires grow with their journey together. *Ain't it a gentle sound, the rolling in the graves Ain't it like thunder under earth, the sound it makes Ain't it exciting you, the rumble where you lay Ain't you my baby, ain't you my babe* The pre-choruses are my favorite parts of the song. The change from the chant-like guitar driven verses to the bass and harmony driven prechorus. He ‘corrupts’ her naivety. He influences her to think of all those bodies back in Bethlehem. Thinking of how they escaped and met in the journey to escape comforts him. He asks his lover to confirm their privileges-the privilege of being alive. The depth of his character is evident. He’s possessive, lust driven, love driven and dominating, yet gentle and warm. He asks her how relief (of escaping) sounds like the thunder they hear while they’re making love. He asks her how she rumbles with excitement when her climax is heightened. These rhetoric questionings need no answers. She’s agreeing with everything that he says. “Aint you my baby” is another reminder out of passion. He loves her like she’s her own child (sounds weird but think about the degree of love he must have for her). *Nothing f*cks with my baby Nothing can get a look in on my baby Nothing f*cks with my baby Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing* As long as he lives, nothing can hurt her. Nobody gets to see her except him. Possessiveness. Nothing can fuck her up because it would have to go through him first. He worships her. He is devoted to her body. If I was born as a blackthorn tree I'd wanna be felled by you Held by you Fuel the pyre of your enemies Notice how tenderly he sings from here. Before, he wasn’t this delicate. He sang about her beauty and how she belonged to him. But starting here, he speaks of what he’s willing to sacrifice for her. Development of character. He kneels before her wishes now. If he were a blackthorn tree, he would want to be happily cut/killed by her if she pleased. Even after he dies, he would be the one who would burn her enemies. (An interesting choice of word ‘felled’. He’d, maybe, also want to be touched by her and her only.) *Ain't it warming you, the world gone up in flames Ain't it the life you, your lighting of the blaze Ain't it a waste they'd watch the throwing of the shade Ain't you my baby, ain't you my babe* He's telling her about where his commitment to her happiness and protection extends to. The hypothetical rebirth of Hozier as a blackthorn tree-at this point his love for her is endless and beyond his grave--him burning and ending her enemies. She’s ‘warm’ again. She’s safe again. His blaze gives her ‘life’ back. She’s secure inside the fire, inside what he’s burning for her. She’s trapped inside the fire, inside him, yet she’s safer inside--the consuming fire than when she’s out with ‘them’. The fire burns her, consumes her, but that’s his love burning. That’s his passion burning, literally, for her. ‘Them’, the spectators, that try to throw the ‘shade’ to the fire, meaning how they’re trying to put out the fire to save the woman-all futile, mortal, actions. It’s a waste to try to put it off because his love burns so passionately, nothing will kill the fire. And even after he’s gone, and she’s consumed wholly by the fire, it’ll keep on burning. Nothing will be able to get to her. Never. Because he would burn them all, just how he’d burn himself for her. This was my interpretation-so different than Hozier’s! I've been listening to this every single day multiple times on repeat ever since it was released. That’s the beauty of words, they vary from perspective to perspective. The ‘she’ and ‘woman’ in my interpretation may not necessarily be bound to a single gender, I hope you realize. If you made it this far, thank you for your patience haha. Anybody else up for their interpretations?

you and me both honey

This is great. I literally laughed hard at your comment!! ( but feel exactly the same )🥰

Same🙃

Same

Yep

Was it a handfasting beneath an ancient tree by any chance?

@@chrizeldabernil8323 woah!!! We have a witness 😁

@@eyereese1225 Having a witness makes it official you know. Extra disappointing to have to wake up to reality now, right?

@@chrizeldabernil8323 i cried a little more

I married him in my dreams, true story

And here I was thinking how to define this feeling 😂 this was perfect❤

That was so beautiful I almost cried.

You hit the nail on the head. I was trying to describe how this song especially made me feel. You have described it perfectly! I saw him this past summer for the first time and it was a surreal experience. I am totally addicted!

Thank you. Ya know, the Internet is full of crap and than you stumble over this masterpiece of description. I totally understand your feeling about his music. You should start writing, it is really good. Have a nice day/night

@@sempiece thank you lol. And funny that you mention it, i do write actually. I write poems and stories. I'd love to share my work with you sometime 🤷🏾‍♀️

thank you lyric guy

Many thanks 🙏

i owe you my life

+

Thank you😊

Sis....... MOOD

No, its obsessive will bread suffering later on.

@@elenol1310 that’s a big claim to make based on a song

He actually still looks quite fetching with short hair: www.pinterest.ph/pin/528821181217488377/

@@chrizeldabernil8323 eh, not the same

@@chrizeldabernil8323 nope, not the same

@@JhullyAmillyMarangoni It's definitely not the same because you've less to run through and hold on to but he still looks incredibly good with it. And besides it'll grow back, quite fast, from what his interviews and photos seem to suggest.

@@chrizeldabernil8323 I'll still mourn if he cuts it haha

It is in the area where he lives too so pretty convenient.

Well that's not creepy at all 😅

Where can I get his poem TvT

And Greeting from Syria

Wow a human from egypt could really understand how our forest daddy is adorable ..........RESPECT ✊

My thoughts exactly. I just worry it’s not possible to find a man like that. Much less hope he wants to give his life to you as well.

If we're doing Greek characters, I vote Orpheus

@@naturelover9716 I like thinking of him as the god of poetry..Heck he is poetry..

Hmm. I don't thing Dionysus tbh. Apollo is more suited

Apollo or Orpheus, definitely

I’ve always thought Pan bc music+ forest+ cult following

Eh kad bi dosao u Srbiju

Are you Irish?

Yesss it is isn't !!!!

에트왈...Like a model! 😏 YOU BETTER WORK! 😋

Roula Ouni Jesus, oh wait they’re basically the same person

Andy Biersack... maybe not more but he definitely up there with hozier

90s Eddie Vedder.

There is no one!

I literally CAN'T

Actually, BC means Before Christ so. . .

i-

You tried lol

Does OP know what BC means??

this is so fucking funny to me lmfao footage of jesus *BC* 😭😭

Jann Jumonong you mean my TWIG is snatched

Hahahahahahahah love this

You might like pearl Jam and even the band tool if you like this song

hey, where can i find that explanation?

Since I first listened to Hozier I was mesmerized by his talents. All of them. Piano..guitar..vocals. Songwriting is spot on. Some have all..and all have some. He is gorgeous too so that helps. We are all loving Hozier. There's no one else like him. The end

except for that misspelled title.. it bothers me a lot

This curb stomped me but in a good way