I have never known peace
Like the damp grass that yields to me
I have never known hunger
Like these insects that feast on me
A thousand teeth
And yours among them, I know
Our hungers appeased
Our heartbeats becoming slow
We lay here for years or for hours
Thrown here or found
To freeze or to thaw
So long we become the flowers
Two corpses we were
Two corpses I saw
And they'd find us in a week
When the weather gets hot
After the insects have made their claim
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I have never known sleep
Like the slumber that creeps to me
I have never known color
Like this morning reveals to me
And you haven't moved an inch
Such that I would not know
If you sleep always like this
The flesh calmly going cold
We lay here for years or for hours
Your hand in my hand
So still and discreet
So long we become the flowers
We'd feed well the land
And worry the sheep
And they'd find us in a week
When the cattle show fear
After the insects have made their claim
After the foxes have known our taste
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
They'd find us in a week (Lay here for years or for hours)
When the weather gets hot (So long we become the flowers)
They'd find us in a week (Lay here for years or for hours)
When the cattle shows fear (So long we become the flowers)
And they'd find us in a week
When the buzzards get loud
After the insects have made their claim
After the foxes have known our taste
After the raven has had its say
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
Like the damp grass that yields to me
I have never known hunger
Like these insects that feast on me
A thousand teeth
And yours among them, I know
Our hungers appeased
Our heartbeats becoming slow
We lay here for years or for hours
Thrown here or found
To freeze or to thaw
So long we become the flowers
Two corpses we were
Two corpses I saw
And they'd find us in a week
When the weather gets hot
After the insects have made their claim
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I have never known sleep
Like the slumber that creeps to me
I have never known color
Like this morning reveals to me
And you haven't moved an inch
Such that I would not know
If you sleep always like this
The flesh calmly going cold
We lay here for years or for hours
Your hand in my hand
So still and discreet
So long we become the flowers
We'd feed well the land
And worry the sheep
And they'd find us in a week
When the cattle show fear
After the insects have made their claim
After the foxes have known our taste
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
They'd find us in a week (Lay here for years or for hours)
When the weather gets hot (So long we become the flowers)
They'd find us in a week (Lay here for years or for hours)
When the cattle shows fear (So long we become the flowers)
And they'd find us in a week
When the buzzards get loud
After the insects have made their claim
After the foxes have known our taste
After the raven has had its say
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
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Wicklow has these beautiful hills which sadly only make it into the news if a body has been found there.
I think this song is about two lovers who sneak away into the hills and end up having sex there.
"Our hungers appeased
Our heartbeats becoming slow"
When they lie there next to one another they start to feel such peace and serenity
"I have never known peace Like the damp grass that yields to me"
that they imagine what it would be like to stay there forever. What it would be like if they were just bodies.
"We lay here for years or for hours"
They imagine for a moment the rromanticized version of being dead. More of a frozen forever in a moment together than actually dead.
"I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you"
I just adore this song I would give anything to have Hozier write me a song. Then again I would give anything for anyone to write me a song. :)
And they do not care, because they are at peace within the earth. Becoming everything's food. Feeling EVERYTHING because they become everything.
This song is what I've been feeling for so long & I've never known how to describe it.
Like the damp grass that yields to me
I have never known hunger
Like these insects that feast on me
A thousand teeth
And yours among them, I know
Our hungers appeased
Our heartbeats becoming slow
The first verse describes the peace felt in death (the grave being the damp grass which allows him to pass) as well as the ravenous ways of the insects which eat the dead corpses. The second verse continues the interpretation of the insects. A thousand teeth biting at the corpses and among them are the teeth of his loved one. This meaning that the teeth are there not also biting him. Their hunger has been vanguised and their heartbeats have failed to continue in death.
We lay here for years or for hours
Thrown here or found
To freeze or to thaw
So long we become the flowers
Two corpses we were
Two corpses I saw
And they'd find us in a week
When the weather gets hot
After the insects have made their claim
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
They will lay in the ground as long as time permits until they are given back to the Earth (we become the flowers). Soon however, their rotting flesh will call all the animals, especially in the hot weather due to this being a more welcoming environment for insects and bacteria. In this return to nature, they have found their home and become part of the Earth again, together.
I have never known sleep
Like the slumber that creeps to me
I have never known color
Like this morning reveals to me
The creeping slumber alludes to death overtaking the two characters. In this act of dying, they are enlightened and see new and unimaginable things such as the sunrise in the morning. The death has not only ended their life but brought forth new ones.
And you haven't moved an inch
Such that I would not know
If you sleep always like this
The flesh calmly going cold
This verse refers to the calm, natural part of death. Death is a natural phenomena and the character is realizing that in a way a person dies every night, in sleep, however this death is permanent and alright.
We lay here for years or for hours
Your hand in my hand
So still and discreet
So long we become the flowers
We'd feed well the land
And worry the sheep
And they'd find us in a week
When the cattle show fear
After the insects have made their claim
After the foxes have known our taste
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
Essentially this chorus is similar to the last one, just adding to the fact that their rotting corpses give back to the land. The sheep refer to the common man who follows others lead before his own. These sheep are afraid of death and becoming part of the Earth, something bigger than their current lives. The cattle also can portray this. The cattle fear, while the bugs and foxes eat, playing into the grander scheme of the earthly residence.
They'd find us in a week (Lay here for years or for hours)
When the weather gets hot (So long we become the flowers)
They'd find us in a week (Lay here for years or for hours)
When the cattle shows fear (So long we become the flowers)
And they'd find us in a week
When the buzzards get loud
After the insects have made their claim
After the foxes have known our taste
After the raven has had its say
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
I'd be home with you
Summary:
This song shows the inevitability of death as well as assurance that it is not in vain. The body is reclaimed by the Earth and the two loving characters agree/reassure one another that they go through it together both becoming part of the Earth e.i. going home.
I think it's about being with a now dead lover, not each other but more like they're both speaking and sharing the same feeling about their lovers.