[Verse 1]
For starts
What a waste to say the heart could feel apart
Or feel complete, baby
Why would you make out of words a cage for your own bird?
When it sings so sweet
The screaming, heaving fuckery of the world?
Why would you offer a name to the same old tired pain?
When all things come from nothing and, honey, if nothing's gained?
[Pre-Chorus]
My heart is thrilled by the still of your hand
It's how I know now that you understand
[Chorus]
There's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun
There's no plan, there's no kingdom to come
I'll be your man if you got love to get done
Sit in and watch the sunlight fade
Honey, enjoy, it's gettin' late
There's no plan, there's no hand on the rein
As Mack explained, there will be darkness again
[Verse 2]
Let it hurl, let the awful song be heard
Blue bird, I know your beat, baby
But your secret is safe with me 'cause if secrets were like seeds
Keep my body from the fire, hire a gardener for my grave
Your secret is safe with me, and if secrets were like seeds
When I'm lying under marble, marvel at flowers you'll have made
[Pre-Chorus]
My heart is thrilled by the still of your hand
That's how I know now that you understand
[Chorus]
There's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the pain, honey, the sweeter the song
There's no plan, there's no kingdom to come
But I'll be your man if you got love to get done
Sit in and watch the sunlight fade
Honey, enjoy, it's gettin' late
There's no plan, there's no hand on the rein
As Mack explained, there will be darkness again
[Pre-Chorus]
My heart is thrilled by the still of your hand
It's how I know now that you understand
How big the hourglass, how deep the sand
I shouldn't hope to know, but here I stand
[Chorus]
And there's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun
There's no plan, there's no kingdom to come
But I'll be your man if you got love to get done
Sit in and watch the sunlight fade
Honey, enjoy, it's gettin' late
There's no plan, there's no hand on the rein
As Mack explained, there will be darkness again
For starts
What a waste to say the heart could feel apart
Or feel complete, baby
Why would you make out of words a cage for your own bird?
When it sings so sweet
The screaming, heaving fuckery of the world?
Why would you offer a name to the same old tired pain?
When all things come from nothing and, honey, if nothing's gained?
My heart is thrilled by the still of your hand
It's how I know now that you understand
There's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun
There's no plan, there's no kingdom to come
I'll be your man if you got love to get done
Sit in and watch the sunlight fade
Honey, enjoy, it's gettin' late
There's no plan, there's no hand on the rein
As Mack explained, there will be darkness again
Let it hurl, let the awful song be heard
Blue bird, I know your beat, baby
But your secret is safe with me 'cause if secrets were like seeds
Keep my body from the fire, hire a gardener for my grave
Your secret is safe with me, and if secrets were like seeds
When I'm lying under marble, marvel at flowers you'll have made
My heart is thrilled by the still of your hand
That's how I know now that you understand
There's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the pain, honey, the sweeter the song
There's no plan, there's no kingdom to come
But I'll be your man if you got love to get done
Sit in and watch the sunlight fade
Honey, enjoy, it's gettin' late
There's no plan, there's no hand on the rein
As Mack explained, there will be darkness again
My heart is thrilled by the still of your hand
It's how I know now that you understand
How big the hourglass, how deep the sand
I shouldn't hope to know, but here I stand
And there's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun
There's no plan, there's no kingdom to come
But I'll be your man if you got love to get done
Sit in and watch the sunlight fade
Honey, enjoy, it's gettin' late
There's no plan, there's no hand on the rein
As Mack explained, there will be darkness again
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Not sure if I've forgiven Hozier for this song yet. It speaks to my old hippy heart who knows all you can do is to go with the flow, so why are you worried because "there's no race to be run"? You're in the river of time, the sand is passing through the hourglass, just hold my hand and enjoy. If you try to force anything into existence, it never works, like when you're waiting for a phone call by the phone, it never rings, right? The moment you leave for the bathroom, there it is, it rings! Had you just enjoyed the process of it, yearning for something and not sure if you're going to get it, "the same tired old pain", you could have enjoyed it without fretting.
If you could just "sit here and let the sunlight fade", and accept that "the harder the rain, the sweeter the sun", and sing about "the screaming fuckery of the world", that would be great. Because we come from the darkness and to darkness will. This song gave me even courage to pass a cemetery, where I see those zombie looking old ghouls hovering above grave stones. No, I'm not scared of you anymore, it will all end in darkness for all of us, even for you you spooks. There's no plan, go with the flow, and that includes the dead. The heart is always complete, babe.
But then, I hear the words: "there's no kingdom to come", and I can't take it. No, no, no, why would the bird try and escape its cage if it wasn't flying towards a kingdom? Is this song about the real spirit, the true angelic essence who knows everything and over-the-top nihilism of demons? "I'll be your man, if you've got love to be done". Right, no love to give, love to be or love to make even, he's reduced love into "doing". Shaking my head and hanging it low.
Typical Hozier though, he sings about the heaviest tensions made up of contradictions in life. Heavenly choral lines mixed with the sexiest beats as he does in the Angel of Small Death, in which he's craving love from a lean-armed, dry-haired possible crack whore. Or who knows if Wasteland, baby is a love song or a break-up song? (Break-up, obviously).
And what secret does his "blue bird" honey have here? A big secret that he's taking to his grave? He'll be her man, because she's his only connection to believing there's some meaning in this nihilistic world? He wants to be buried with her faith?
@pompandpomp Oh no, what have I written now? Is this going to stay on the internet forever? It is a waste to say that the heart could feel apart or complete, because it is complete and never apart. The heart is where the spirit resides, it's the same spark that witnesses the nothingness from the beginning and in the end and hopefully during this worldly experience.
@pompandpomp Oh no, what have I written now? Is this going to stay on the internet forever? It is a waste to say that the heart could feel apart or complete, because it is complete and never apart. The heart is where the spirit resides, it's the same spark that witnesses the nothingness from the beginning and in the end and hopefully during this worldly experience.
The spirit is the one that loves, the mundane mind is the one that is concerned with unfulfilled wishes and desires, with the tired old pains.
The spirit is the one that loves, the mundane mind is the one that is concerned with unfulfilled wishes and desires, with the tired old pains.
Imho, the blue bird's secret is that the...
Imho, the blue bird's secret is that the world broke her, yet she never lost her faith. The world never broke him, so he can afford to play with nihilism whilst carrying on with the truth that her spirit burns with.I just wanted to say, it's a beautiful song and that all is forgiven.
@pompandpomp I believe you are right. This song is likely to be about existentialism and letting go of the life you cannot ultimately have a say in staying in.
@pompandpomp I believe you are right. This song is likely to be about existentialism and letting go of the life you cannot ultimately have a say in staying in.