Hozier - Francesca (Official Video)

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  • Опубліковано 30 тра 2023
  • Official video for “Francesca” by Hozier
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    Lyrics:
    Do you think I’d give up
    That this might’ve shook the love from me
    Or that I was on the brink
    How could you think darling I’d scare so easily?
    Now that it’s done
    There’s not one thing that I would change
    My life was a storm
    Since I was born
    How could I fear any hurricane?
    If someone asked me at the end
    I’d tell them put me back in it
    Darling, I would do it again
    If I could hold you for a minute
    Darling, I’d go through it again
    I would still be surprised I could find you, darling
    In any life
    If I could hold you for a minute
    Darling, I would do it again
    For all that was said
    Of where we’d end up at the end of it
    When the heart would cease
    Ours never knew peace
    What good would it be on the far side of things?
    It was too soon
    When that part of you was ripped away
    A grip taking hold
    Like a cancer that grows
    Each piece of your body that it takes
    Though I know my heart would break
    I’d tell them put me back in it
    Darling, I would do it again
    If I could hold you for a minute
    Darling, I’d go through it again
    I would still be surprised I could find you darling
    In any life
    If I could hold you for a minute
    Darling, I would do it again
    I would not change it each time,
    Heaven is not fit to house a love
    Like you and I
    I would not change it each time,
    Heaven is not fit to house a love
    Like you and I
    I would not change it each time,
    Heaven is not fit to house a love
    Like you and I
    Directed by Anthony Byrne
    Producer - Alexander Handschuh
    Exec Producer - James Byfield
    Prod Co - After Party Studios
    Hozier - Vocals
    Alex Ryan - Bass
    Rory Doyle - Drums
    Kristen Rogers - BV
    Melissa McMillan - BV
    Joy Morales - Keyboards
    Larissa Maestro-Scherer - Guitar
    Kellen Wenrich - Guitar
    Ryan Connors - Keboards
    Duchess Iredale - Production Director
    Samantha Pauly - Tour Manager
    Murt Murphy - Guitar Tech
    Fred Burke - Backline Technician
    Bailey Griffith - Backline Tech
    Hunter Scoggins - Audio Engineer
    Mark Philips - Truck Driver
    DP - Ilya Maksymenko
    Steadicam - Tommy McMahon
    CAM OP - Bohdan Rohulskyi
    CAM OP - Wouter Verheul
    CAM OP - Ciro Candia
    1AC - Tom Finch
    1AC - Jon Scaife
    1AC - Eliot Stone
    1AC - Sammy Johnson
    2AC -Liam Rough
    2AC - Rosie Rayner
    Stylist - Lucy James
    HMU Artist - Charlie Murray
    Designer - Ash Halliburton
    Editor - Beth Roberts
    Grade - Alex Gregory
    Post/Online - No.8
    Director Assist - Imogen Harrison
    PM - Joanna Vymeris
    1st AD - Ali Copland
    2AD - Harry Hough
    Loc M - John-Tore Eastmond
    Set Hand - Mike Elliot
    Set Hand - Bohdan Whitfield
    Runner - Tamzen Moulding
    Runner - Jess Emens
    Gaffer - Craig Davis
    Spark - Scott Heavy
    Spark - Barry Keegan
    Spark - Joe Hissey
    Spark - Richard Harrowing
    Key Grip - Johnny Donne
    Grip - Tom North
    Grip - Billy Smith
    Crane Tech - Ross Bainbridge
    Grip Trainee - Charlie Bainbridge
    DIT - Pete Banks
    Vid Op - Pete Hodgson
    Photographer: Christian Tierney
    Photographer: Leigh Page
    Catering - Mama Jay
    Medic - Tony Alexander
    Huge thanks to Chatham Dockyard, TenThree, No.8, Prolight, Focus24 and The Grip Company!
    #Hozier #Francesca #UnrealUnearth

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  • @thouartcastiel9237
    @thouartcastiel9237 11 місяців тому +6970

    I didn't think I'd have a favourite lyric other than "no grave can hold my body down, I'd crawl home to her." But "heaven is not fit to house a love like you and I" has altered my brain chemistry. Listening to this song isn't enough. I want it injected in my veins

    • @Wickedmama
      @Wickedmama 11 місяців тому +45

      I’m right here with you on this one.

    • @MariaHossain
      @MariaHossain 11 місяців тому +7

      Where's the first lyric from? Is it his?

    • @thouartcastiel9237
      @thouartcastiel9237 11 місяців тому +45

      @@MariaHossain It's from Work song

    • @carolmisokane
      @carolmisokane 11 місяців тому +20

      Can only agree 10000000% with you 😭

    • @TheMayhemMommy
      @TheMayhemMommy 11 місяців тому +9

      Omg totally agree!!!

  • @lileydumzela3191
    @lileydumzela3191 11 місяців тому +2933

    Something about the way he sings " put me back in it", so forceful , makes this song so powerful

    • @sincerelyparand
      @sincerelyparand 11 місяців тому +60

      ESPECIALLY in that one live performance of "Francesca"!! that moment where you can see even Andrew himself being hit with emotions lives in my head rent-free, it's so beautifully raw. this song is definitely one of my favourites so far.

    • @ceeveegee519
      @ceeveegee519 11 місяців тому +8

      I cried! 😭😭😭😭

    • @lilyui470
      @lilyui470 10 місяців тому +8

      @@sincerelyparand Do you have the name or maybe can you share link of that performance?

    • @gelflingmama
      @gelflingmama 10 місяців тому +5

      Yes!!! That’s the part I keep getting stuck in my head.

    • @quinbrady
      @quinbrady 10 місяців тому +2

      It sounds like MHB's channelling a hungry Gaelic-footballer's desire to give the lyric a bang!! at that point

  • @rebekahvaught2747
    @rebekahvaught2747 11 місяців тому +312

    What I love about this song's incredible artistry is that Hoizer based it on a real-life tragic love affair. Francesca da Rimini (d. 1283-1286), was married to Giovanni Malatesta ("The Lame"), but had a decade-long relationship with his younger brother, Paolo. Giovanni found out and killed them both. Dante knew of the lovers from Francesca's nephew and put them in his "Inferno." Thus, Hozier's song is probably from the perspective of Paolo, who extols his undying love for her, consequences be damned.

    • @jasminesofela5724
      @jasminesofela5724 11 місяців тому +21

      i love you for this

    • @rebekahvaught2747
      @rebekahvaught2747 11 місяців тому +19

      Thanks. You should check out Honor Luca's analysis of "Francesca." She explains the historical love affair, Dante's opinion in "Inferno," and how she believes Hozier challenges the poet's interpretation of Francesca and her 'sinful' love for Paolo.

    • @jasminesofela5724
      @jasminesofela5724 11 місяців тому +17

      @@rebekahvaught2747 oh I'm definitely going to go down that rabbit hole today haha! I'm consistently in awe of how Andrew takes these creative stances on classic/traditional narratives. with this song the instinct is to think "oh he clearly had an intense love for someone called Francesca at some point', but it's always something much more than that, and i admire that greatly about him; truly an artist in every sense of the word, almost makes me a bit jealous sometimes LMAO

    • @rebekahvaught2747
      @rebekahvaught2747 11 місяців тому +21

      It's impressive (and sexy 😉) how well-read he is. Listening to him talk about his interests and creative progress, you get the sense that he's one of the most intelligent people you could hope to meet. He doesn't mind being intense but does it in a non-toxic way. Does that make sense? Lol, I feel like you could debate him, and he would defend his position without being patronizing.

    • @EdgeCrush10
      @EdgeCrush10 2 місяці тому +2

      @@rebekahvaught2747 Smart really is the new "Sexy." It's from Sherlock, in case you wondered.

  • @erniechipdouglas9779
    @erniechipdouglas9779 10 місяців тому +1171

    I can hear his Irish accent in this one and it adds another layer to his voice he is a true artist

    • @pasquale1650
      @pasquale1650 7 місяців тому

      The Irish are an endangered species, as are all Europeans. He should be singing about that authentic tragedy not some tortured, esoteric, meaningless nonsense. Great song though.

    • @amstreater
      @amstreater 6 місяців тому +73

      I feel like his accent comes through a lot more on this album and it makes me so happy

    • @kimotoole8635
      @kimotoole8635 6 місяців тому +4

      ​@@joanneanderson4190def from Ireland, wicklow

    • @Denny_Boi
      @Denny_Boi 6 місяців тому +19

      Each album his accent gets more pronounced.

    • @pmc237
      @pmc237 5 місяців тому

      ​@@joanneanderson4190born and bred paddy

  • @BeccaBee20
    @BeccaBee20 10 місяців тому +1349

    I didn't think he could come up with anything more painfully romantic than Work Song or In a Week but bloody hell, this is heart wrenching. I can't stop listening and I'm so excited for the album.

    • @imaXkillXya
      @imaXkillXya 9 місяців тому +22

      Movement, would that I, cherry wine, and shrike are all songs about love. But this one really takes it.

    • @asrahelena8632
      @asrahelena8632 8 місяців тому +6

      Wait til you read the poetry piece the lyrics are taking from

    • @monch2277
      @monch2277 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@asrahelena8632what's the name of it please??

    • @asrahelena8632
      @asrahelena8632 8 місяців тому +5

      @@monch2277 it's the V (fifth) Canto from Dante's Inferno

    • @CriAleMar
      @CriAleMar 8 місяців тому

      @@monch2277 Honor Luca has a great video talking about this song and its inspiration as well

  • @luciamajerova7044
    @luciamajerova7044 11 місяців тому +2121

    I want this to be permanently on a loop on my head...

    • @AspienPadda
      @AspienPadda 11 місяців тому +16

      Luckily UA-cam has a loop function now

    • @GonzaloMartinez-tc9uk
      @GonzaloMartinez-tc9uk 11 місяців тому +3

      But "Someone New" always best Hozier song

    • @AspienPadda
      @AspienPadda 11 місяців тому +9

      Defo a contender @@GonzaloMartinez-tc9uk but I am partial to Shrike and Cherry Wine

    • @kiratvirmaan9320
      @kiratvirmaan9320 11 місяців тому +11

      This song is scarily addictive right now!!

    • @kristbjorg999
      @kristbjorg999 11 місяців тому +4

      Work Song by Hozier is the best one ! 👌🏻

  • @AntoPineiro
    @AntoPineiro 9 місяців тому +651

    "If I could hold you for a minute, darling, I would do it again" it's just so painful and devastatingly beautiful, Hozier invented yearning when he wrote this song.

  • @garden.gremlin
    @garden.gremlin 7 місяців тому +124

    "i'd tell them put me back in it"
    the POWER behind this mans voice. and yet in all his interviews he's so gentle. what a man.

  • @naina9064
    @naina9064 11 місяців тому +1206

    Hozier is a literary genius. His songs must be written down in textbooks, learnt by heart, recited during gatherings, thought upon on rainy days and ugly cried during the darkness of the nights.

    • @laurakubiak4507
      @laurakubiak4507 10 місяців тому +8

      Na początku było słowo... Hozier ceni ten dar .. To moje osobiste odczucie .To nie słowa rzucone na tzw. wiatr

    • @Changelingheart
      @Changelingheart 8 місяців тому +13

      ​@@laurakubiak4507...yes, these are not words thrown into the wind. Rather they are words thrown straight at us. Beautiful beautiful song .. Francesca

    • @aliyah9500
      @aliyah9500 8 місяців тому +3

      This was poetic

    • @jenniferwilson8815
      @jenniferwilson8815 6 місяців тому +6

      Oh that the current educational system makes no room to study the brains of genius' such as Hozier. He is such a gift.

    • @laurenmontine
      @laurenmontine 5 місяців тому +1

      beautifully said❤

  • @marthakoppreddy
    @marthakoppreddy 11 місяців тому +2807

    My brother just lost his battle with cancer and life has been heartbreaking. All of Hozier’s new songs (and his old ones too) have been so therapeutic for me these past months. Francesca turns me into an absolute puddle, but gives me hope at the same time. I’m so thankful for you, Andrew 🫶🏻 thank you for sharing your talent with all of us and for getting us through some tough times in our lives. You are a bigger deal than you know!

    • @mignonhagemeijer3726
      @mignonhagemeijer3726 11 місяців тому +42

      It is incredible how music can be so universally touching. Wishing you strength ❤

    • @aprilgarrett1613
      @aprilgarrett1613 11 місяців тому +40

      Hozier saved me after the death of husband from cancer in 2015....Sending you strength and love!❤❤❤❤

    • @catmansma
      @catmansma 11 місяців тому +40

      Please accept my condolences. Death is such a lonely, frightening, horribly sad for those left behind. It seems as if the world should stop. I hope you will be able to enjoy happy times soon. Be well. Take care.

    • @bigpigeon2002
      @bigpigeon2002 11 місяців тому +56

      Lost my mum to cancer when I was 18. "Like a cancer grows, each piece of your body it takes." Sunk my stomach. And, "If I could hold you for a minute, I'd do it again." Makes me cry. I'm 20 now. 2 years without a mother's love and it's really difficult. I can't imagine with your brother. Siblings feel like another part of you so having that ripped away, I can't imagine. I'm so sorry for your loss. I wish you so much happiness. It's kinda lovely to see all the family members of cancer victims getting comfort and bonding from this song. Fck cancer.

    • @projectanimation7730
      @projectanimation7730 11 місяців тому +9

      So much love to you through your grief journey. 💜

  • @Pera152
    @Pera152 11 місяців тому +312

    how can a song be so healing and heartbreaking at the same time

    • @astrobabbler
      @astrobabbler 24 дні тому

      That is precisely his Alchemy! He has this extraordinary power to sublimate the deepest pain into a healing balm that can be soothing and often even ecstatically sweet! I’m in awe of his magical talent! Who else can do this?!! What other artist has ever had the power to heal my deepest wounds with such a beautiful buzz?! Even if I was merely reading his lyrics it would have this effect but then he has this VOICE! He is a singular soul!! The quality of my daily life has improved greatly since I first heard his music ten and a half years ago! Absolutely phenomenal!

  • @rajkamat3474
    @rajkamat3474 8 місяців тому +468

    “My life was a storm, since I was born
    How could I fear any hurricane?”
    I feel these lyrics in my bones. They bring up all the emotions that I have been holding in. To be able to do that, I truly do believe that Andrew you are a genius.

  • @chelseawelter2714
    @chelseawelter2714 11 місяців тому +1406

    My God. So much to say, but I feel like we're seeing a full lean into Hozier's own personal style. The storm raging outside pays homage to the song. The scene inside is dirty, gritty, animalistic, raw, cathartic, and builds into a perfect storm of voices for Dante's lovers to swirl around forever in. Absolutely gorgeous video.

  • @netovisnica
    @netovisnica 5 місяців тому +79

    My middle son died in my womb 10 days before his due date. No song is about "romantic" love anymore, but I heal especially when I listen to Hozier. His lyrics are genial, like a balm on my broken heart...

    • @thathobbitlife
      @thathobbitlife Місяць тому +2

      💛💛💛🦋

    • @katharinas9854
      @katharinas9854 20 днів тому +1

      I'm so sorry for your loss, truly. From the bottom of my soul I wish you all the healing and peace this life has to offer. I hope that your life is beautiful.🌻🤍🌈💐

    • @netovisnica
      @netovisnica 17 днів тому +1

      @@katharinas9854 Thank you so much! I gave birth to twins a year after, and even though no baby can replace the one that was before, their bubbly personalities made so many new lovely memories.

  • @angelabarsallo153
    @angelabarsallo153 11 місяців тому +399

    This song gives me Cranberries vibes in the best way possible, what a work of art. Hozier simply does not miss

    • @colleenhall9593
      @colleenhall9593 10 місяців тому +19

      Yes! I keep feeling like I'm being transported to the 90s - but I couldn't pin point the band. The music style as well

    • @bethmw28
      @bethmw28 10 місяців тому +2

      Yes!! THIS ❤

    • @thisisagift01
      @thisisagift01 8 місяців тому +2

      exactly what i was thinking when i first heard it!

    • @SheOh2Nyce
      @SheOh2Nyce 5 місяців тому +1

      Omg, yes, i was tryna figure out how familiar it felt, the part that says "in any life" 😭imma listen to it again

    • @eliasmasharbash4039
      @eliasmasharbash4039 3 місяці тому

      i tell them put me back in "AHHHHHHHH" and the ZOOOOOMBIEEESSSS part from the cranberries song really mesh.

  • @SqueezySponge
    @SqueezySponge 11 місяців тому +295

    The last minute is so fucking amazing. Literally sounds like what you’d hear when you make it to heaven and your loved ones and past pets are at the gates welcoming you.

    • @Changelingheart
      @Changelingheart 8 місяців тому +3

      I'm passing through the hurricane....or the storms, eye of the hurricane.

    • @Changelingheart
      @Changelingheart 8 місяців тому +17

      ​@@derekprospero.. please don't tell ppl how they should talk. You understand the comment well enough.

    • @KamisatoElias
      @KamisatoElias 8 місяців тому +8

      @@derekprosperoit’s the correct usage of the word. They’re not speaking figuratively, to them this is actually what heaven would sound like when entering.

    • @anastasiayoung9179
      @anastasiayoung9179 8 місяців тому +9

      I was just telling a friend it feels like being caught between Heaven and Hell.

    • @leesakura8726
      @leesakura8726 28 днів тому

      The last minute lyrics is
      Heaving is not fit to house a love like you and I
      Meaning their kind of love is forbidden into the so called Heavens.

  • @ssm66666
    @ssm66666 11 місяців тому +585

    Francesca / Lyrics
    Do you think I'd give up
    That this might've shook the love from me
    Or that I was on the brink?
    How could you think, darling, I'd scare so easily?
    Now that it's done
    There's not one thing that I would change
    My life was a storm, since I was born
    How could I fear any hurricane?
    If someone asked me at the end
    I'll tell them put me back in it
    Darling, I would do it again, ah, ah
    If I could hold you for a minute
    Darling, I'd go through it again, ah, ah
    I would still be surprised I could find you, darling
    In any life
    If I could hold you for a minute
    Darling, I would do it again, ah, ah
    For all that was said
    Of where we'd end up at the end of it
    When the heart would cease
    Ours never knew peace
    What good would it be on the far side of things?
    It was too soon
    When that part of you was ripped away
    A grip taking hold
    Like a cancer that grows
    Each piece of your body that it takes
    Though I know my heart would break
    I'll tell them put me back in it
    Darling, I would do it again, ah, ah
    If I could hold you for a minute
    Darling, I'd go through it again, ah, ah
    I would still be surprised I could find you, darling
    In any life
    If I could hold you for a minute
    Darling, I would do it again, ah, ah
    I would not change it each time (I would not change it each time)
    Heaven is not fit to house a love (Heaven is not fit to house a love)
    Like you and I (like you and I)
    I would not change it each time (I would not change it each time)
    Heaven is not fit to house a love (Heaven is not fit to house a love)
    Like you and I (like you and I)
    I would not change it each time (I would not change it each time)
    Heaven is not fit to house a love (Heaven is not fit to house a love)
    Like you and I (like you and I)

    • @carolynkepes5451
      @carolynkepes5451 11 місяців тому +12

      Thank you for these beautiful lyrics - bringing more depth of longing and love for this song…
      💖🙏🎶🔥💫

    • @amandabuttrey4603
      @amandabuttrey4603 10 місяців тому +2

    • @agb534
      @agb534 10 місяців тому +1

    • @user-mu4np4ze3y
      @user-mu4np4ze3y 10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you!

    • @Changelingheart
      @Changelingheart 8 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much. Now I need to paste and copy.❤

  • @shreeteshthapa1387
    @shreeteshthapa1387 11 місяців тому +559

    I feel like Hozier's music comes out every time I am feeling down or overwhelmed. And each time his songs become my only companion. Crying to his songs, singing along as loudly as I can, or just sitting under the shower, his songs have never stopped accompanying me.

    • @shaghayeghmnf6467
      @shaghayeghmnf6467 8 місяців тому +2

      I have the same experience during the 9 years Ive known of him

  • @nixmix6278
    @nixmix6278 11 місяців тому +159

    This. This is music. This needs to be what we hear on the radio. It's meaningful, it's poetic, it's high quality. It's music

    • @salt_witch
      @salt_witch 2 місяці тому +1

      I personally believe that the best songs have the ability to send chills through the body. They’re few and far between but this is one of them

  • @pinkkitten_nails
    @pinkkitten_nails 10 місяців тому +51

    This makes me think of my late fiancé. Even knowing all the pain that would come at the end I would go through it all again just to hold him once more

    • @idepartasair
      @idepartasair 9 місяців тому +1

      I'm so sorry for your loss. I can only imagine your pain. I hope that you're doing okay.

  • @alexanderjones5109
    @alexanderjones5109 11 місяців тому +921

    i'm SO ecstatic for this music video. this album so far (and it's not even fully out yet!) has been incredibly helpful for my peace of mind at this point in my life. i recently became disabled and nearly bedridden, and this song has REALLY helped me to not feel like a burden to my fiance

    • @maysan9878
      @maysan9878 11 місяців тому +16

      Hang in there ❤

    • @susan-1love
      @susan-1love 11 місяців тому +38

      I wasn't able to accept my disabled body at 25 now I'm 51.If I could with love, give my best advice to you accept &( love your body) as it is,fight like hell & never forget you are NOT a burden to those that choose to LOVE you ✌️🧠💕🤗👍

    • @GraceAustin2
      @GraceAustin2 11 місяців тому +14

      I am in similar circumstance but with my sister not a fiance. I regularly break down about it. Finding solace is hard but I hope you continue finding it.

    • @user-be6rw3qh3m
      @user-be6rw3qh3m 11 місяців тому +5

      ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @erniechipdouglas9779
      @erniechipdouglas9779 10 місяців тому +6

      Your not a burden to anyone rid your mind of that thought and enjoy each day. I'm not saying this without empathy so pls don't be offended I am not trying to tell you what to think as I'm not in your position obviously. Please enjoy your life you can't stay here miserable wasting it most of the time we have regrets over not enjoying the time we had I got diagnosed with cancer which I've managed to beat for 9 years now it could have possibly come back and all I can think about is why didn't I travel more and enjoy my life more I'm angry with myself for not realising life doesn't have to be perfect to enjoy it you just have to be alive and have some fair circumstances. To all the people who dont have those circumstances may there pls come a day when they can look back and know they are in a better place alive and living each day with joy

  • @knothing4579
    @knothing4579 Місяць тому +29

    I'll just leave this comment here so that when someone likes or reacted to this comment I'll be reminded of this MASTERPIECE!

  • @ambreenali.
    @ambreenali. 11 місяців тому +170

    He's super aware of the world we're living in and the brutality of it all, he's someone who actually cares, it's really hard to find an artist like him nowadays ❤

  • @lvcheather
    @lvcheather 11 місяців тому +89

    Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time ❤️

  • @Thawookiemunster
    @Thawookiemunster 11 місяців тому +625

    Every Hozier album has been released during a different era of my life and I can already feel that Unreal, Unearth is going to be just as crucial to my life as Wasteland, Baby! and the Self Titled album were.
    “Do you think I’d give up, that this might have shook the love from me” #bpd
    “But it was too soon when that part of you was ripped away” #trauma

    • @zoefuentes9155
      @zoefuentes9155 11 місяців тому +7

      Now that I think about it, the same is true for me too. Holy shit

    • @musiclover-cu5jy
      @musiclover-cu5jy 11 місяців тому +5

      His music helped me to feel again after a devastating loss. I hadn’t even realized I’d closed off so much until I listened to the first LP.

    • @littlespacesuit
      @littlespacesuit 9 місяців тому

      Very well said, I feel the same way in my own life. Each album has come out during a shift in my life, and it brings me back to those times (in a comforting way). And here I am again, in a period of personal change; so I am very much looking forward to Unreal, Unearth.

  • @musicalmadi1438
    @musicalmadi1438 11 місяців тому +178

    It’s simple but so effective. HE HITS IT OUTTA THE PARK EVERY TIME😭😭😭

  • @heytherehello1370
    @heytherehello1370 11 місяців тому +48

    I hope Andrew knows the depth of his soul-crushing and heart-soaring poetic lyricism because by god, I am stunned to speechlessness at the sheer beauty of his writing and emotion every single time he releases anything

  • @laneejohnson9547
    @laneejohnson9547 4 місяці тому +15

    If I ever go to a Hozier concert I'd just ugly cry and sing the whole time.

  • @mcr5truther
    @mcr5truther 11 місяців тому +106

    seeing this song preformed live healed me of anything wrong ever and broke me at the same time chills the entire time

  • @floffy2695
    @floffy2695 5 місяців тому +45

    Aside from the obvious historical and literary references, I just realized that the song can also apply to queer couples.
    With how same-sex relationships are considered as a "sin" in most religions, the lines can be related to a queer couple forcefully separated (and/or killed) by society's heteronormative views.
    "Though I know my heart would break, I'd tell them put me back in it", "I'd go through it again" and "I would not change it each time" - their love for each other is so deep and strong that they'd go through it all over again, bear the pain of homophobia/transphobia, just to be with their lover
    And of course, the most beautiful line - "Heaven is not fit to house a love like you and I" - can be referenced to how queer couples are constantly cursed to "go to hell" for their "sin", so the couple retaliates by:
    1. Accepting hell as more fitting for their love, which is an ironical mockery of Heaven as lesser than the grand splendor it is made out to be by religious fanatics, therefore showing the falsehoods of religious extremists
    Or
    2. Their love is not "sin" at all and is so blessed and passionate that Heaven itself says It is not worthy to house such a love, i.e., their love lies somewhere even beyond the Heavens
    Either way, I'm just starting to appreciate the layers of depth in Hozier's works

  • @auroralee3934
    @auroralee3934 11 місяців тому +24

    "Heaven is not fit to house a love, like you and I"....gosh these beautiful lyrics😭

  • @ngrace294
    @ngrace294 8 місяців тому +36

    I LOVE when Hozier does rock!! This so easily could be a Cranberries song, stylistically, lyrically. And with his voice!! What a class act Hozier, you're a genius 👏

  • @womanlovercapitalismhater
    @womanlovercapitalismhater 11 місяців тому +28

    This song is a fucking masterpiece I wish Hozier was real

  • @EvergreenElvish
    @EvergreenElvish 11 місяців тому +404

    Hey queen! Girl, you have done it again. Constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly. I’d say I’m surprised, but I know who you are.

    • @madalynp6090
      @madalynp6090 10 місяців тому +18

      …I’ve seen it up close and personal. Girl you make me so proud. And I love you.”

  • @floffy2695
    @floffy2695 Місяць тому +5

    I like how the final chorus of "Heaven is not fit to house a love like you and mine" sounds like an actual angelic choir.

  • @paigeschlicht5291
    @paigeschlicht5291 Місяць тому +4

    "If I could love you for a minute, I'd go through it again" had me bawling in my car. Kudos to him for being such a literate, illustrative storyteller.

  • @kaim0nd
    @kaim0nd 11 місяців тому +21

    The part with the dino plushie sitting by the guitar amp was so cute and unexpecting.

    • @kaim0nd
      @kaim0nd 11 місяців тому +8

      @ 3:34

  • @bhagyalakshmy4999
    @bhagyalakshmy4999 3 місяці тому +5

    When he says "Do you think I'd give up"... I melt

  • @sofimr
    @sofimr 11 місяців тому +33

    i love this man’s brain. his lyrics honestly make my soul light up.

  • @randomuser3054
    @randomuser3054 10 місяців тому +15

    Absolutely obsessed with this song, in fact I've started reading Dante's divine comedy. The power that hozier has over me is insane

    • @gelflingmama
      @gelflingmama 9 місяців тому +1

      How is it? I want to read it too but I’m very low income and have to make sure I’ll be able to get through it. I have a book in old English about pirates and I love it but it’s kinda hard to read with the language difference.

    • @randomuser3054
      @randomuser3054 9 місяців тому +1

      @@gelflingmama I am still reading and yes, it's definitely not a fast read. but it's easier than old english depending on the translation u read. I am reading the translation by Henry Longfellow. His translation is quite modern but as i do not know Italian, I'm not sure how faithful longfellow is to the original. I've not bought the book but borrowed it from the library. You can do the same if there are libraries near you or give ebook a chance.

  • @elizabethgates8918
    @elizabethgates8918 4 місяці тому +15

    This song....heck, this whole album has consumed my mind, heart and soul. So many songs hit so hard and bring out emotions and feelings that I had forgotten about.

  • @Michelle.Garces
    @Michelle.Garces 11 місяців тому +128

    I tear up everytime I hear this song. The lyrics are so beautiful along with Hozier’s amazing voice, my heart can’t take it. 🥹❤️

  • @that_guy_evanp8501
    @that_guy_evanp8501 11 місяців тому +47

    i cannot express how close to my heart this song hits, i have not heard ONE song out of this mans mouth that i havent fallen in love with.
    i would do ANYTHING to see him live
    Unreal Unearth is going to destroy me in the best way

  • @odusavi5559
    @odusavi5559 10 місяців тому +40

    Most of all, the level of consciousness of the community that Hozier was able to create around himself is striking. It's like moths searching for light around a lantern.

  • @rin8761
    @rin8761 Місяць тому +4

    The fact that this was written with someone in mind shatters me to my core. Oh to be loved by Hozier

  • @aleyahaque124
    @aleyahaque124 10 місяців тому +34

    Decades and decades of brilliant songs by various bands and artists and yet this song has captured my heart in a different way.

  • @clairecoren2314
    @clairecoren2314 11 місяців тому +8

    I've said it before and I will say it again: Andrew is truly the T.S Elliot, the William Butler Yeats of our generation. I have been listening to Hozier since I was a freshman in high school and I just graduated college a week ago! I just got dumped after 2 years together and I have no clue what I am going to do with my life. But this music helps me ride the waves as they come. From the bottom of my heart, I owe this man a lot and I am so grateful for his existence.

  • @deeojq7191
    @deeojq7191 11 місяців тому +44

    What's wrong with you? Do you have to be this GOOD?
    All I can do for a couple of days is cry over this masterpiece.

  • @delulugirl2025
    @delulugirl2025 11 місяців тому +30

    This song is nothing but the thoughts of people - made into a beautiful melody- who've lost their loved ones.
    It's heartbreaking but you can't really help yourself from playing it again and again. Hoping, maybe, listening to it might send out a message to the universe, to your lost-loved ones, that they are being missed, that they never faded from your memories.

  • @AbrielleLlewellyn
    @AbrielleLlewellyn 11 місяців тому +75

    This song made me nearly wreck my car I was sobbing so hard. I had to pull over and cry at how beautiful the sentiments were. Well done, sir.

    • @pasquale1650
      @pasquale1650 7 місяців тому +1

      You might need professional help.

    • @AbrielleLlewellyn
      @AbrielleLlewellyn 6 місяців тому +13

      @@pasquale1650 Oh no! Someone expressing emotion at art! They must be crazy! Grow up.

  • @naomm8832
    @naomm8832 11 місяців тому +25

    when i’m telling you this is one if not the best love song i’ve ever heard ? how tf does hozier create these songs with so much power and beauty and heartbreak and feeling in them ? he’s like a wizard i swear

  • @notaburden
    @notaburden 8 місяців тому +12

    Every time Hozier sings "i would do it again" I just can't help but tear up, what an emotional song! Love you Andrew!!

  • @robertsheldon1776
    @robertsheldon1776 10 місяців тому +35

    This new song caught my eye. Just last week, a dear friend named Francesca lost her battle with cancer, so the timing of this was uncanny. Perhaps that is why I took to this song like I have. Great job on this.

  • @foolsgoldenrod
    @foolsgoldenrod 10 місяців тому +12

    There’s something desperately beautiful about choosing all the hardship that comes with living, just because a single moment with a loved one is worth it.

  • @shay8502
    @shay8502 11 місяців тому +34

    I love the chaotic editing and cinematography during the chorus! All of the whirling glimpses and flashes of light really feel to me like being in a hurricane. And the band looks great! It's nice to see everyone get some screen time ❤

  • @simps356
    @simps356 11 місяців тому +136

    Hozier dropping Francesca MV right on time for Pride is his gift to us all thank u king

    • @Grrranola
      @Grrranola 11 місяців тому +19

      He is king of the lesbians

    • @tabathaarria9558
      @tabathaarria9558 11 місяців тому +19

      i mean if you take the song out of context, it really fits for pride month

    • @mandimb20
      @mandimb20 10 місяців тому

      Doesn’t fit pride at all. Screw pride month.

    • @Aqui..
      @Aqui.. 10 місяців тому

      Lol yeah it's soooo gay. 🙄

    • @annagates8461
      @annagates8461 10 місяців тому

      @@Grrranola lol

  • @arianaagigian1847
    @arianaagigian1847 11 місяців тому +32

    This song is so moving. I’m currently bawling my eyes out thinking about the love of my life and how i just simply want him to hold me. we have been through so much together and he still chooses me everyday. he is such a beautiful soul and every love song Hozier releases makes me cry happy tears

  • @serenahussain-fy9mx
    @serenahussain-fy9mx 9 місяців тому +5

    today like 3 hours ago I saw Hozier play Alexandra Palace in London, not only him but the entire band in this video accompanied him on stage in this tour. I have never heard someone sound so flawless play live it was the best concert I have EVER been to. It was dark, electric, sexy, stunning in every sense and it was incredible seeing this man live for the first time after years of listening to him daily.

  • @blitzwinger999wright6
    @blitzwinger999wright6 11 місяців тому +41

    Love how there isn’t a real story or theme to the video because the performance of the group is entertaining enough to stand by itself. Incredible job Hozier. Your team is impeccable!

  • @shannondunn8195
    @shannondunn8195 11 місяців тому +14

    the entire band is so devastatingly beautiful

  • @aurorareed2791
    @aurorareed2791 11 місяців тому +17

    Literally my favorite song off the new album he’s released so far

  • @JJ-io2yv
    @JJ-io2yv 11 місяців тому +34

    This song .. this man.. gives me hope for humanity . Thank you for such an incredible journey with you Hozier .. the love, energy and brilliance you pour into your art is simply life giving … I am so grateful for you and the chance to hear this magic! My daughter says to hear hoziers voice is like your eardrums being kissed .. I agree 💖 please keep creating

  • @rubyharkleroad2796
    @rubyharkleroad2796 8 місяців тому +17

    This is just- heartbreakingly beautiful. I get that feeling of something trying to leap out of my throat, and it’s just, wow. Like a human person created this song. And is just someone you could see on a street. It’s just baffling. Even more so, the person this was wrote about also wanders the earth. It makes me want to cry of joy and sadness. Incredible piece. Just amazing

    • @razz6475
      @razz6475 5 місяців тому

      Aww❤
      I love your energy.

  • @mightme6887
    @mightme6887 11 місяців тому +18

    I had a loved one pass on Saturday, and singing along to this song, for the past few days, has been surprisingly cathartic. Between good music, good comfort food, and good friends, I'm doing better than I had initially thought I would be. Sometimes peace comes naturally, sometimes we have to create it for ourselves, and right now I'm dealing with the latter, so I'm grateful to have this song to sing along with- despite the fact that I butcher it bad enough to be considered parody.

    • @emmapalya1682
      @emmapalya1682 11 місяців тому +3

      I'm so sorry for your loss. Sending you well wishes and hoping you continue healing as much as possible.

    • @mightme6887
      @mightme6887 11 місяців тому +1

      @@emmapalya1682 thank you for your kind words; I appreciated it very much.

  • @SCEnver
    @SCEnver 4 місяці тому +4

    This kind of love is a living hell. I wish I could be free of it every day.

  • @pastels8139
    @pastels8139 9 місяців тому +9

    The emotions and words are so raw, so sincere, it makes me break out in tears just hearing “i’d go through it again.”

  • @Wickedmama
    @Wickedmama 11 місяців тому +17

    The passion in this song is overwhelming and all encompassing. It’s on a loop in my brain all the time right now.

  • @confusedhuman4351
    @confusedhuman4351 11 місяців тому +10

    Currently in hospital with my mum who has cancer. This song resonates so well and is really something. Finding it hard to describe with human words the emotions we are feeling, but this comes really close.

  • @peepobeebo
    @peepobeebo 8 місяців тому +3

    oh to be loved the way that hozier loves...

  • @moniqueoctober4848
    @moniqueoctober4848 2 місяці тому +2

    I cannot imagine love expressed more deeply that how it feels in this song

  • @candacewilliams9933
    @candacewilliams9933 Місяць тому +2

    Why is this not playing on the radio 😮‍💨it’s literal magic

    • @midtownkitten483
      @midtownkitten483 13 днів тому

      I first heard this on Sirius XM if you count satellite radio

  • @postgold
    @postgold 11 місяців тому +9

    Hozier makes gloriously intuitive and radiant, heart-centred music. Francesca calls out to the soul and gifts the strength of a love that invigorates and raptures humanity. This bold unwavering love warrants a destination amongst the stars.

  • @dominikawrrr7637
    @dominikawrrr7637 10 місяців тому +8

    This is a real masterpiece... I'm crying.

  • @icequeen9
    @icequeen9 10 місяців тому +11

    This song is impeccable in vibe, melody, lyrics, and bass. It's also giving me Dolores O'Riordan vibes, and I mean that as a great compliment. It's gonna be a while before I can listen to it workout crying, I think, for personal reasons.
    This man's music almost always hits me in the soul. Legend.

  • @chillvibesmix
    @chillvibesmix 11 місяців тому +12

    His voice, the lyrics, the rhythm, beat and energy. Perfect, i love it!!

  • @hozierupdates
    @hozierupdates 11 місяців тому +20

    Let’s talk about Francesca!
    Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta was a medieval noblewoman of Ravenna.
    She fell in love with Paolo, the younger brother of her old and deformed husband Giovanni, who she had married as part of a political strategy only.
    Enraged at their betrayal, Giovanni slew both Paolo and Francesca where they laid.
    In Inferno, Dante and Virgil meet Francesca and her lover Paolo in the second circle of hell, reserved for the lustful.
    Very Hozier of them 🥺
    I am absolutely in love with it! What do you all think about it? 🤎

    • @mr.alpaco855
      @mr.alpaco855 11 місяців тому +3

      I came into Hozier’s music knowing jack squat about anything referenced in his songs 😅 I love learning new things with each song that comes out! So thank you for this bit 💚 May almighty Hozier bless you

  • @Clarissan512
    @Clarissan512 11 місяців тому +3

    "How many times have you watched this?" Yes.

  • @iraedwin
    @iraedwin 8 місяців тому +10

    I absolutely love this song. His voice is so rich and clear. I could listen to this over and over. I feel this is the best album he has put out to date. He has grown as an artist and the control of his voice is exquisite.

  • @_Shalala_
    @_Shalala_ 3 місяці тому +4

    Oh, to be loved by Hozier 😩🥺

  • @tristanvillalontriss9220
    @tristanvillalontriss9220 2 місяці тому +2

    Best Ballad Rock Song of the 21st century🎼🎤🎸

  • @roblesmetalart
    @roblesmetalart 9 місяців тому +25

    I’ve been listening to this song on repeat for the past week since I first heard it. There is so much beauty, pain and transcendence in this work of art. Hozier, you have created a masterpiece.

  • @AutumnLovingPallette
    @AutumnLovingPallette 7 місяців тому +5

    Stunning literary themes aside - When I listen to this song, I always think of all the amazing partners, family members, chosen family or best friends who are helping a loved one going through horrendous mental health breakdowns, hard times and/or shame and are instrumental to their recovery. I feel like this is an homage to them ❤

  • @Cryptic_Fangs
    @Cryptic_Fangs 4 місяці тому +3

    My best friend died of cancer on November 30. This is the last song I sang to him. I keep thinking there was more I could do to change the outcome. More I could do to help. But the one thing I am sure of is that even knowing how painful this loss is and all the hard times we would have, 'I would do it again.' That part of the song always hits me right in that part of my spirit that knows that there aren't any regrets for the love I gave and the hardships we had.

  • @ave123ization
    @ave123ization 11 місяців тому +19

    I love this song, it gives me 90s rock vibes, even reminds me of the cranberries a bit, spectacular!

  • @jazminvelasque
    @jazminvelasque 11 місяців тому +13

    His voice, the lyrics, the rhythm, beat and energy. I love this song 🤍

  • @Mindyours1999
    @Mindyours1999 11 місяців тому +16

    It really sounds like ascending to another dimension. ✨💕

  • @razz6475
    @razz6475 7 місяців тому +2

    Goddd, this songg, the way he stresses certain words, the video.
    Can't get over itt

  • @shauntaviawilkerson5865
    @shauntaviawilkerson5865 29 днів тому +1

    Wow the fact that someone will have the divine pleasure of being loved by this guy🥰🥰🥰

  • @bambibunia
    @bambibunia 11 місяців тому +5

    Suddenly everyone’s name is Francesca.
    thankyou so kindly for this beautiful masterpiece 🤍

  • @korbaisblessed2562
    @korbaisblessed2562 11 місяців тому +8

    Hoziers ability to use the music of the instrument and back up singers to resonate your core while his voice penetrates so deep into your mind and soul that you lose time when his music plays. 🙌👏👏 masterclass

  • @cthulhujankinx5652
    @cthulhujankinx5652 11 місяців тому +10

    The whole song is so full of sound and complexity, and grabs the mind body and soul in so many ways. I will listen again, and with chills every time

  • @catmcquillan7499
    @catmcquillan7499 11 місяців тому +7

    I am digging the vibe.
    Hozier is the only musician who never disappoints.

  • @RaurXDberry
    @RaurXDberry 11 місяців тому +96

    The video isn't out yet
    But I know we will all cherish it and all the effect that got put into the music video
    Like all the editors and the people who actually shot everything, the dancers I assume and the people who picked the outfits, or made the settings
    We are all very thankful to have you around and help hozier with his music ❤❤❤ -all of his fans
    (I havnt seen the trailor I want to be very surprised so idk if there's dancers and who actually help but i assume so )

    • @stephanienkurtz
      @stephanienkurtz 11 місяців тому +2

      How did you post a comment before the video was out? Just curious.

    • @RaurXDberry
      @RaurXDberry 11 місяців тому

      @SNK because I got a notification saying it will be out tomorrow
      And I watch the trailor til then
      And decided to comment

  • @Grrranola
    @Grrranola 11 місяців тому +26

    I'm going to go absolutely feral when I see him in Vancouver. My heart can't take how perfect of a person this man is ❤️‍🔥 seriously chills from the vocals towards the end

  • @junaleecarpenter9704
    @junaleecarpenter9704 2 місяці тому +2

    This is a beyond touching beautiful song. The first time I heard it I was instantly filled with emotion and had so many tears running down my face. It really tells a story and you can feel the love in his voice that he speaks of. It's expressed heavenly and wholeheartedly. I can listen to this again and again and each time it speaks to my soul.

  • @Ash-qf1wx
    @Ash-qf1wx 11 місяців тому +13

    I love that this music video is so different from Hozier's other videos that feature somewhat of a storyline and other visual aspects to complement the song. The live performance of this song is powerful and visceral enough that it needs nothing but Hozier and his band to drive home the emotional aspects straight to the viewer's heart. Truly can't wait for the new album.

  • @Xxgracejordanxx
    @Xxgracejordanxx 11 місяців тому +10

    I’m so excited hope you guys all have an amazing day wherever you are and you all know you are loved and appreciated even when you don’t feel like it or feel like you don’t deserve it. Y’all are beautiful wonderful people ❤

  • @coochie_monster_
    @coochie_monster_ 8 місяців тому +8

    This is so overwhelmingly beautiful. Music has an unmatchable power, it's magical and life affirming. Andrew is a fenomenal musician, singer and songwriter. His work is so rich, poetical and raw. He really knows how to portray the human experience in a way that reaches all of us and moves every fiber of our bodies. His music makes me feel alive, both through pain and beauty. A true artist.

  • @VerityHuerta-es6hw
    @VerityHuerta-es6hw 4 місяці тому +2

    Oh, to love and be loved like a Hozier song has been my life’s unrealized quest. This song makes me weep.

  • @user-ll7uz1cq2c
    @user-ll7uz1cq2c 11 місяців тому +4

    I used to think, that I fell in love with Hozier's music cause of first album.
    But no, all this time I was just waiting for Unreal Unearth. Thank you, Andrew, for turning our feelings into music