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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • 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 Рік тому +8750

    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

  • @rebekahvaught2747
    @rebekahvaught2747 Рік тому +1283

    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.

    • @jasminesofela
      @jasminesofela Рік тому +58

      i love you for this

    • @rebekahvaught2747
      @rebekahvaught2747 Рік тому +73

      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.

    • @jasminesofela
      @jasminesofela Рік тому +49

      @@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 Рік тому +58

      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 Рік тому +15

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

  • @lileydumzela3191
    @lileydumzela3191 Рік тому +3932

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

    • @sincerelyparand
      @sincerelyparand Рік тому +74

      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 Рік тому +10

      I cried! 😭😭😭😭

    • @lilyui470
      @lilyui470 Рік тому +8

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

    • @gelflingmama
      @gelflingmama Рік тому +5

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

    • @quinbrady
      @quinbrady Рік тому +2

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

  • @stickii_fiingers
    @stickii_fiingers Рік тому +1312

    "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.

  • @Doublechinchiller
    @Doublechinchiller 10 місяців тому +142

    "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.

  • @garden.gremlin
    @garden.gremlin Рік тому +371

    "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 Рік тому +1462

    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 Рік тому +10

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

    • @Changelingheart
      @Changelingheart Рік тому +17

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

    • @aliyah9500
      @aliyah9500 Рік тому +6

      This was poetic

    • @jenniferwilson8815
      @jenniferwilson8815 Рік тому +8

      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 Рік тому +2

      beautifully said❤

  • @erniechipdouglas9779
    @erniechipdouglas9779 Рік тому +1705

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

    • @pasquale1650
      @pasquale1650 Рік 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 Рік тому +114

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

    • @kimotoole8635
      @kimotoole8635 Рік тому +8

      ​@joanneanderson4190def from Ireland, wicklow

    • @Denny_Boi
      @Denny_Boi Рік тому +34

      Each album his accent gets more pronounced.

    • @pmc237
      @pmc237 Рік тому

      ​@joanneanderson4190born and bred paddy

  • @BeccaBee20
    @BeccaBee20 Рік тому +1678

    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 Рік тому +26

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

    • @asrahelena8632
      @asrahelena8632 Рік тому +6

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

    • @monch2277
      @monch2277 Рік тому +3

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

    • @asrahelena8632
      @asrahelena8632 Рік тому +6

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

    • @CriAleMar
      @CriAleMar Рік тому

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

  • @rajkamat3474
    @rajkamat3474 Рік тому +631

    “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.

  • @Pera152
    @Pera152 Рік тому +485

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

    • @astrobabbler
      @astrobabbler 10 місяців тому +4

      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!

  • @netovisnica
    @netovisnica Рік тому +170

    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 10 місяців тому +5

      💛💛💛🦋

    • @katharinas9854
      @katharinas9854 10 місяців тому +9

      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 9 місяців тому +11

      @@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.

    • @drilonkennedy-gorne2049
      @drilonkennedy-gorne2049 7 місяців тому +6

      May his memory be a blessing and may Hozier continue to be a source of comfort, love, and strength for you

    • @sharpatite4684
      @sharpatite4684 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@netovisnica❤❤❤

  • @marthakoppreddy
    @marthakoppreddy Рік тому +3002

    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 Рік тому +42

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

    • @aprilgarrett1613
      @aprilgarrett1613 Рік тому +42

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

    • @catmansma
      @catmansma Рік тому +41

      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 Рік тому +57

      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 Рік тому +9

      So much love to you through your grief journey. 💜

  • @bhagyalakshmy4999
    @bhagyalakshmy4999 Рік тому +41

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

  • @chelseawelter2714
    @chelseawelter2714 Рік тому +1520

    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.

  • @floffy2695
    @floffy2695 11 місяців тому +57

    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.

  • @luciamajerova7044
    @luciamajerova7044 Рік тому +2377

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

    • @AspienPadda
      @AspienPadda Рік тому +19

      Luckily UA-cam has a loop function now

    • @GonzaloMartinez-tc9uk
      @GonzaloMartinez-tc9uk Рік тому +3

      But "Someone New" always best Hozier song

    • @AspienPadda
      @AspienPadda Рік тому +9

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

    • @kiratvirmaan9320
      @kiratvirmaan9320 Рік тому +13

      This song is scarily addictive right now!!

    • @kristbjorg999
      @kristbjorg999 Рік тому +4

      Work Song by Hozier is the best one ! 👌🏻

  • @laneejohnson9547
    @laneejohnson9547 Рік тому +92

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

  • @angelabarsallo153
    @angelabarsallo153 Рік тому +477

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

    • @colleenhall9593
      @colleenhall9593 Рік тому +23

      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 Рік тому +3

      Yes!! THIS ❤

    • @thisisagift01
      @thisisagift01 Рік тому +4

      exactly what i was thinking when i first heard it!

    • @SheOh2Nyce
      @SheOh2Nyce Рік 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 Рік тому

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

  • @DeMediciCath
    @DeMediciCath 3 місяці тому +7

    the guitars distorting at the end with the sighs and distant voices reminding us of the eternal windstorm that Francesca and Paolo are doomed to face for loving each other is just the icing on the cake for me. Amazing work, as always.

  • @ssm66666
    @ssm66666 Рік тому +705

    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)

  • @rin8761
    @rin8761 10 місяців тому +42

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

  • @shreeteshthapa1387
    @shreeteshthapa1387 Рік тому +589

    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 Рік тому +2

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

  • @nixmix6278
    @nixmix6278 Рік тому +217

    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 11 місяців 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

    • @ViDuhy
      @ViDuhy 9 місяців тому

      Our own broadcasters don't give Irish artist much airtime and there are really great ones out there

  • @alexanderjones5109
    @alexanderjones5109 Рік тому +946

    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 Рік тому +17

      Hang in there ❤

    • @susan-1love
      @susan-1love Рік тому +39

      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 Рік тому +15

      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.

    • @Людмила-и6л6р
      @Людмила-и6л6р Рік тому +6

      ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @erniechipdouglas9779
      @erniechipdouglas9779 Рік тому +7

      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

  • @SqueezySponge
    @SqueezySponge Рік тому +391

    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 Рік тому +6

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

    • @Changelingheart
      @Changelingheart Рік тому +19

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

    • @KamisatoElias
      @KamisatoElias Рік тому +9

      @@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 Рік тому +11

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

    • @leesakura8726
      @leesakura8726 10 місяців тому +2

      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.

  • @pinkkitten_nails
    @pinkkitten_nails Рік тому +81

    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 Рік тому +3

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

    • @alexandraromero8529
      @alexandraromero8529 7 місяців тому +3

      Same thing to me but we were married and he died of complications with his heart in 2020, he was my childhood best friend and we were just married for 2 years. It's been 4 years and i'm dating someone and I still remember him and love him

  • @heytherehello1370
    @heytherehello1370 Рік тому +66

    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

  • @ambreenali.
    @ambreenali. Рік тому +195

    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 ❤

  • @moonshine9836
    @moonshine9836 2 місяці тому +7

    Francesca and Paolo ❤ ...Dante has inspired and will inspire artists all over the world forever. The best and most genius piece of literature you can ever read. Italian pride. Thank you Hozier for this beauty🙏

  • @knothing4579
    @knothing4579 10 місяців тому +560

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

  • @clairecoren2314
    @clairecoren2314 Рік тому +14

    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.

  • @auroralee3934
    @auroralee3934 Рік тому +34

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

  • @Cryptic_Fangs
    @Cryptic_Fangs Рік тому +13

    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.

  • @elizabethgates8918
    @elizabethgates8918 Рік тому +19

    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.

  • @cherrykkura
    @cherrykkura 5 місяців тому +13

    Hozier's gotta be one of the best songwriters out there

  • @mcr5truther
    @mcr5truther Рік тому +112

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

  • @moniqueoctober4848
    @moniqueoctober4848 11 місяців тому +8

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

  • @sofimr
    @sofimr Рік тому +41

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

  • @aleyahaque124
    @aleyahaque124 Рік тому +40

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

  • @randomuser3054
    @randomuser3054 Рік тому +23

    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 Рік тому +2

      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 Рік тому +2

      @@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.

  • @that_guy_evanp8501
    @that_guy_evanp8501 Рік тому +54

    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

  • @foolsgoldenrod
    @foolsgoldenrod Рік тому +20

    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.

  • @notaburden
    @notaburden Рік тому +14

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

  • @gimenamercado1358
    @gimenamercado1358 6 місяців тому +11

    This is one of the best love songs of all time....

  • @Kafka_girl
    @Kafka_girl Рік тому +37

    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.

  • @naomm8832
    @naomm8832 Рік тому +31

    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

  • @serenahussain-fy9mx
    @serenahussain-fy9mx Рік тому +7

    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.

  • @musicalmadi1438
    @musicalmadi1438 Рік тому +188

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

  • @floffy2695
    @floffy2695 Рік тому +80

    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

  • @ukiii738
    @ukiii738 7 місяців тому +4

    I've experienced this song while at the concert in Dublin, in Marlay Park a week ago.. With nearly 40 thousand people singing along it was something to behold.

  • @ngrace294
    @ngrace294 Рік тому +47

    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 👏

  • @krash4046
    @krash4046 8 місяців тому +3

    listened to this song bringing my kids home from the hospital when they were born and i’m listening to it now while their grandparents have temporary custody and the lyrics “if i could hold you for a minute, i’d go through it again” just break me every time

  • @paliacho9
    @paliacho9 Рік тому +5

    Am I the only one, when listening to this (about 100 times), literally screaming the words while balling my eyes out over the love I lost years ago?

  • @honeyari22
    @honeyari22 Рік тому +31

    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

  • @confusedhuman4351
    @confusedhuman4351 Рік тому +14

    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.

  • @blitzwinger999wright6
    @blitzwinger999wright6 Рік тому +42

    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!

  • @pastels8139
    @pastels8139 Рік тому +10

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

  • @lvcheather
    @lvcheather Рік тому +110

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

  • @odusavi5559
    @odusavi5559 Рік тому +45

    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.

  • @robertsheldon1776
    @robertsheldon1776 Рік тому +37

    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.

  • @hajraijaz
    @hajraijaz 6 місяців тому +2

    the thought and originality behind these lyrics are unbelievable
    the energy
    the band
    cant get over it

  • @AutumnLovingPallette
    @AutumnLovingPallette Рік тому +6

    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 ❤

  • @postgold
    @postgold Рік 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.

  • @mightme6887
    @mightme6887 Рік тому +20

    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 Рік тому +3

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

    • @mightme6887
      @mightme6887 Рік тому +1

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

    • @hellokitgurl4life
      @hellokitgurl4life Місяць тому +1

      ❤❤❤

  • @___t510
    @___t510 Рік тому +2

    Is this the most painfully beautiful song ever? I love that, despite being named for a reference to a romantic relationship, he kept the video ambiguous. The sentiment could apply to all types of relationships.

  • @Thawookiemunster
    @Thawookiemunster Рік тому +631

    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 Рік тому +8

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

    • @musiclover-cu5jy
      @musiclover-cu5jy Рік 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 Рік 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.

  • @ruarifinn
    @ruarifinn Рік тому +2

    I’m probably old enough to be his grandmother but I surely love Hozier’s music. As for Francesca, having lost the most dear person in my life, I would say “put me back in it” but for me, heaven is the only place fit for the love invested experienced.

  • @candacewilliams9933
    @candacewilliams9933 10 місяців тому +5

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

    • @midtownkitten483
      @midtownkitten483 9 місяців тому +1

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

  • @mariafernandajuarez1914.
    @mariafernandajuarez1914. Рік тому +1

    My life has been a complete storm since I was born, and still I am here, and I am not afraid of the hurricanes that might come. I know how difficult it is to love someone who in result for being hurt "too soon" and "ripped away" is mentally destroyed, but hearing of someone willing to go to hell twice for a loved one.... is like hearing how someone could go through all my battles, all my hell and still want choose me, or how even after all, I still appreciate to be here, alive, and how some moments in my life have been so beautiful, that "I'd go throught it again".
    This song goes straight to my heart like not another song ever has. The understanding I feel, the hope I feel, everything!
    Thank you Andrew, you have no idea, but this song impulsed me to take actions and seek help to heal my past and my heart❤

  • @deeojq7191
    @deeojq7191 Рік тому +47

    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.

  • @EdgeCrush10
    @EdgeCrush10 Рік тому +2

    So much grief is expressed in the final verses. It's heartbreaking.

  • @kunami228
    @kunami228 7 місяців тому +4

    One of the best outros to a song I've heard in decades - what a masterful performance

  • @tristanvillalontriss9220
    @tristanvillalontriss9220 11 місяців тому +8

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

  • @heatherclarke406
    @heatherclarke406 Рік тому +5

    My younger brother is in very poor health, he's been better mentally than he was, but his physical health is deteriorating. He's in a medical hospital this weekend, that we are praying will bring better results. I'm going to see Hozier on October 22 in Vancouver, with my older brother. Absolutely cannot wait! Thanks so much for the new music, Andrew! Loving it!

    • @danielefreire9618
      @danielefreire9618 Рік тому +1

      I hope ur brother get better soon ❤

    • @hellokitgurl4life
      @hellokitgurl4life Місяць тому

      I hope that your brother is doing better than that you enjoyed the concert. Happy holidays! ❤❤❤

  • @AnsleyTaylor-nl1re
    @AnsleyTaylor-nl1re 11 місяців тому +1

    As someone who has lost the love of my life, this song hits me so very deep. He may not exist physically anymore but the love hasn’t faded one bit. Him passing is the most painful thing I have ever dealt with but I am so grateful for the love I experienced with him. I would choose him every chance I could.

  • @AbrielleLlewellyn
    @AbrielleLlewellyn Рік тому +80

    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 Рік тому +1

      You might need professional help.

    • @AbrielleLlewellyn
      @AbrielleLlewellyn Рік тому +14

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

  • @bradhennig
    @bradhennig Рік тому +3

    This is everything. You can't ever fully "recover" from a song like this. I can't imagine the loss that fueled these lyrics. Well, actually, I can. And that's why he's an artist of a lifetime.

  • @bebo5584
    @bebo5584 8 місяців тому +2

    his voice and lyricism hit me right in the bone.I am crying because of this art.

  • @Michelle.Garces
    @Michelle.Garces Рік тому +129

    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. 🥹❤️

  • @iraedwin
    @iraedwin Рік тому +11

    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.

  • @junaleecarpenter9704
    @junaleecarpenter9704 Рік тому +4

    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.

  • @shay8502
    @shay8502 Рік тому +35

    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 ❤

  • @shannondunn8195
    @shannondunn8195 Рік тому +14

    the entire band is so devastatingly beautiful

  • @VerityHuerta-es6hw
    @VerityHuerta-es6hw Рік тому +3

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

  • @fernspace
    @fernspace 4 місяці тому +5

    so umm just saw him live this week and hearing this song live was insane. Everything I could've asked for and more. I quite literally ascended through the roof of the kia forum after this song was over.

  • @hanjnk
    @hanjnk Рік тому +4

    My mums boyfriend passed away yesterday and I can do absolutely nothing to help her. It kills me to see her like this but this is the only song that will cure my grieving.

  • @rubyharkleroad2796
    @rubyharkleroad2796 Рік тому +18

    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 Рік тому

      Aww❤
      I love your energy.

  • @summerchild_
    @summerchild_ 5 місяців тому +1

    "No grave can hold my body down, I'd crawl home to her" used to be my favorite Hozier lyric but "My life was a storm, since I was born, how could I fear any hurricane?" Hits so so so hard

  • @Marie-Share
    @Marie-Share Рік тому +4

    Soul speech, the language of music, of true music.... So beautiful...so powerful...

  • @maiavergara9650
    @maiavergara9650 Рік тому +1

    I know this is a masterpiece that is ripping all of our hearts out, but can we also please appreciate how beautiful his nose looks in this whole video?

  • @cthulhujankinx5652
    @cthulhujankinx5652 Рік 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

  • @BrassicaPrime
    @BrassicaPrime 9 місяців тому +1

    you can tell hozier is intelligent by the way he writes both his tweets and his music just pure genius

  • @kaim0nd
    @kaim0nd Рік тому +33

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

  • @ValeriaKosach
    @ValeriaKosach Рік 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

  • @chillvibesmix
    @chillvibesmix Рік тому +12

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

  • @LocalTadpole03
    @LocalTadpole03 11 місяців тому +1

    I love artist’s slower stuff, but I never knew I needed this energy from Hozier… like seriously, one of my fav new songs I have heard in awhile.

  • @EvergreenElvish
    @EvergreenElvish Рік тому +408

    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 Рік тому +18

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

  • @jean-philippemoulsma918
    @jean-philippemoulsma918 6 місяців тому +2

    The lyrics clean my soul whereas the melody trembles old memories with a girl named Francesca during my UK erasmus time.... I used to have a crush with her. She never noticed because I was not able to tell her.

  • @jazminvelasque
    @jazminvelasque Рік тому +13

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