Lyric discussion by maximus104 

Cover art for In the Woods Somewhere lyrics by Hozier

A woman's voice in the woods, but the fox, no sound HE made. Will someone please enlighten me with the meaning of this song. I can't stop listening.

@maximus104 I'd love to tell you, but i don't know myself. I feel though, that the whole thing is a dream, or metaphor for other journeys in life, but someone more analytical than i needs to find this page and decipher

@maximus104, @hokealogenous. I suppose the fox crying in pain could be similar to a woman screaming? the whole sequence is very dreamlike! It's like he's in the woods at night and hearing all these weird noises, and letting your imagination run wild, and imagining all sorts of wild creatures and wild scenarios. I think what he finds in the woods is courage!!

Two things struck me - one was the large teeth, like the wolf from red riding hood. The other was in the final two verses, we've another two animals deer (dear) and a bear (bear). Don't know if that adds...

@maximus104 this is actually very clear. Fox screams sound just like a woman screaming, if you've never heard one. So he thinks he hears a woman, but actually finds instead an injured fox (that's the "he")