| Hozier – From Eden Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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TommyG nailed it. This is about a man in love with a married woman (or one in a committed relationship) whose husband (or boyfriend) is cheating on her. He's there to comfort her, finding her in a "tragic" and "lonesome" state. He tells her it's happened to him ("you're familiar like my mirror years ago") and he knows how painful it is to have the idealism/chivalry/innocence of your relationship "die screaming" ("Honey ask me, I should know"). However, he knows his intentions are far from pure, and just like the snake in the Biblical tale, he's slithering to her door hoping to tempt her into having sex with him (or otherwise cheating on her other man). The copy of the lyrics on this site are missing an important part of the second verse that makes the meaning of the song much more clear: "Babe, there's something broken about this/But I might be hoping about this/Oh, what a sin." Even though he hates seeing how broken she is, he's hoping it will benefit him in the long run, and he hates that he thinks that way. Or at least that was my interpretation of it. One way or another, it's a beautiful song. |
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