I’m going out on a limb here, but I think this song is a fabulous example of allegory. Hozier describes the arsonist and generalizes about such addictions to violence or destruction. He characterizes the things that we are drawn to do, such as arson, or our tendencies toward destruction as “your fire.” He says that this is your demon. And the place you have to reach is the only one that will satisfy you. So he urges us to get there by keeping our demons on a leash. I’m dumbfounded that anyone would miss that.
I’m going out on a limb here, but I think this song is a fabulous example of allegory. Hozier describes the arsonist and generalizes about such addictions to violence or destruction. He characterizes the things that we are drawn to do, such as arson, or our tendencies toward destruction as “your fire.” He says that this is your demon. And the place you have to reach is the only one that will satisfy you. So he urges us to get there by keeping our demons on a leash. I’m dumbfounded that anyone would miss that.