| Hozier – To Be Alone Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[_Gaia_:7563] Couldn't agree more | |
| Hozier – To Be Alone Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[_Gaia_:6868] I agree! I commented back in June about this. That's what I immediately thought of when I heard the song | |
| Hozier – To Be Alone Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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It does seem like this song is probably about drug use. But when I first heard this song I missed the drug references, so I have a different interpretation. "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 hide, from our times, when you're near me" He hates being in crowds when they are playing songs that promote rape culture. He hides from "our times" (rape culture) when his girlfriend is near him - because his girlfriend has been raped. He hates that society potentially plays a hand in the violence women face. This bothers him and keeps him up at night. "Honey, when you kill the lights, and kiss my eyes I feel like a person for a moment of my life" Though he feels upset/angry about what happened, he feels normal again when his girlfriend turns off the lights, presumably to be intimate with him. Sex is (supposed to be) a normal, pleasurable experience - he feels like a person again. "But you don't know what hell you put me through To have someone kiss the skin that crawls from you To feel your weight in arms I'd never use It's the god that heroin prays to" His hell is knowing that someone assaulted her. The second line is tricky, but I think kiss means something more sexual than kiss. "the skin that crawls from you" - this makes me think the act was not consensual, and she was crawling away, begrudgingly letting it happen, whatever. Third line - It's hell for him to feel her weight and imagine someone using their arms to pin her down (he’d never use his arms). I'm not sure what to make of the fourth line in this interpretation. Maybe the rapist was on drugs, or drugged her. It feels good, girl, it feels good It feels good, girl, it feels good It feels good, girl, it feels good Oh to be alone with you Despite everything, he loves being alone with her and he still finds great joy and passion in their relationship. "There are questions I can't ask, Now at last, The worst is over See the way you hold yourself, Reel against, Your body's borders I know that you hate this place, Not a trace, Of me would argue Honey, we should run away, Oh someday Our baby and her momma, And the damaged love she make" He does not want to ask questions about the details of what happened to her. Though the aftermath of rape is difficult the worst (the actual assault) is over. He sees that she holds herself differently, he sees the physical and psychological toll that the rape had on her. (She reels against her body's borders - she can't get the memory out of her head, she feels dirty, she wants to break free of her body). She hates where she is - in the immediate aftermath of a personal tragedy. He hates it too. He says they should run away someday. When he says "our baby and her momma and the damaged love she make" - this could indicate a pregnancy? He says our baby, meaning he will care for it as his own, and her momma (his girlfriend) and the damaged love she make. (the "love" that brought the baby into the world was very damaged indeed). However, if she became pregnant after a rape that would bring a whole new element into the song that I hadn’t really thought of. “But I don't know what else that I would give Than try to kiss the skin that crawls from you Then feel your weight in arms I'd never use It's the god that heroin prays to” She is starting to pull away and retreat into herself. She feels tainted, unfit for a sexual relationship. He doesn’t know what to do or what to give, than to keep trying (in this case not in a forceful way). It feels good, girl, it feels good It feels good, girl, it feels good It feels good, girl, it feels good Oh to be alone with you |
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| Hozier – It Will Come Back Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I think this song describes lust. After having sex with her, he (assuming this is a guy singing about a girl) becomes animalistic and begins craving it more and more. "I know who I am when I'm alone, something else when I'm with you", and his "howling" are a couple of instances where he indicates he is an animal around her. There are a lot of lines that seem to point to the sexual part of the relationship: "don't give it a hand", "don't let it in with no intention to keep it", and "I've known the warmth of your doorways". All of these could refer to sex or sexual acts. It seems to me they are in an on/off type of relationship, or perhaps they are friends who sometimes but not always have sex... leaving him wanting more. |
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