The author who "slithers" from Eden is clearly a reference to the serpent in the Garden of Eden, there to tempt this woman, the object of his desire, into sin. There is a reference to the "other man" she will be cheating on. In this context, there is only one person the song is addressed to. "Honey" and "Babe" are one and the same. She is more hesitant to engage in this affair, while the author shares that he once would have felt the same moral reservations, but experience has taken away that idealism/innocence/chivalry.
@tommyg The duality one faces in an affair is ever-present, and Hozier is poetic within his lyrics and not so obvious with the meanings. In the song From Eden, "Babe" and "Honey" represent two separate people. Consider the usage of the two labels in everyday life. Babe is a common chauvinistic term used in a courtships like "Babe, your looking good", "Babe where do you want to meet for dinner tonight?", “Hey, Babe can I buy you and your friends the next round”, Historically, Honey is a pet name used to describe someone close and stable:...
@tommyg The duality one faces in an affair is ever-present, and Hozier is poetic within his lyrics and not so obvious with the meanings. In the song From Eden, "Babe" and "Honey" represent two separate people. Consider the usage of the two labels in everyday life. Babe is a common chauvinistic term used in a courtships like "Babe, your looking good", "Babe where do you want to meet for dinner tonight?", “Hey, Babe can I buy you and your friends the next round”, Historically, Honey is a pet name used to describe someone close and stable: "Honey, can you pick up the kids?" Honey I was going to make Lasagna tonight.", "Honey, do you know where we keep the extra light bulbs?” Hozier further defines these two roles within the structure of the song itself. Highlighting the new fresh lyrics in the verse for his love interest Babe, while using the repetitive stable lyrics for Honey.
The author who "slithers" from Eden is clearly a reference to the serpent in the Garden of Eden, there to tempt this woman, the object of his desire, into sin. There is a reference to the "other man" she will be cheating on. In this context, there is only one person the song is addressed to. "Honey" and "Babe" are one and the same. She is more hesitant to engage in this affair, while the author shares that he once would have felt the same moral reservations, but experience has taken away that idealism/innocence/chivalry.
@tommyg The duality one faces in an affair is ever-present, and Hozier is poetic within his lyrics and not so obvious with the meanings. In the song From Eden, "Babe" and "Honey" represent two separate people. Consider the usage of the two labels in everyday life. Babe is a common chauvinistic term used in a courtships like "Babe, your looking good", "Babe where do you want to meet for dinner tonight?", “Hey, Babe can I buy you and your friends the next round”, Historically, Honey is a pet name used to describe someone close and stable:...
@tommyg The duality one faces in an affair is ever-present, and Hozier is poetic within his lyrics and not so obvious with the meanings. In the song From Eden, "Babe" and "Honey" represent two separate people. Consider the usage of the two labels in everyday life. Babe is a common chauvinistic term used in a courtships like "Babe, your looking good", "Babe where do you want to meet for dinner tonight?", “Hey, Babe can I buy you and your friends the next round”, Historically, Honey is a pet name used to describe someone close and stable: "Honey, can you pick up the kids?" Honey I was going to make Lasagna tonight.", "Honey, do you know where we keep the extra light bulbs?” Hozier further defines these two roles within the structure of the song itself. Highlighting the new fresh lyrics in the verse for his love interest Babe, while using the repetitive stable lyrics for Honey.