A Succinct Review of Hozier’s Top Love Songs

BY: MTHIMKHULU

FOR THE UNINITIATED, ANDREW HOZIER BYRNE IS AMONGST THE FINEST POETIC WRITERS IN POPULAR MUSIC OF THIS GENERATION. HAILING FROM THE WILD ISLAND NATIONS, HOZIER STAYS TRUE TO HIS IRISH ROOTS, FUSING FOLK WITH BLUES AND MORE STORY TELLING MUSIC FOR CRYERS, LOVERS & BEYOND. ALTHOUGH SINGLES FROM EACH OF HIS PROJECTS ARE KNOWN TO BOLT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS, HIS SOFT HEART NEVER SHIES AWAY FROM SHARING WHAT WE ALL NEED.

“WORK SONG” - HOZIER
“MY BABY” “HOLD ONTO HER” - THAT SUBJECT REPRESENTS DIVINITY, HEAVEN, A LOVER EMBRACING THEIR PARTNER IN LOVE. TRUST OUTSHINES THE DISHONESTY AND TRAGEDIES KEPT SECRET. WHEN YOU’RE DOWN, WEAK, AND BURIED, A CRAWL IS THE LAST RESORT. DESPITE THEIR CONFLICTING HISTORY, THIS COUPLE SOUNDS LIKE THEY DON’T GO A DAY WITHOUT ENSURING THEIR HAPPINESS IS A BYPRODUCT OF THEIR UNION.

“MOVEMENT” - WASTELAND, BABY!
A MEMORY OF A NATURAL MANEUVERER–THE GOOD KIND. HOZIER’S POINT OF VIEW SCREAMS DESIRING TO LIVE AT THE WILL OF NATURE. THE “BIRD OF PARADISE,” OCEANS, AND WILLOW TREE REPRESENT THE ONE TRUE LOVE CAPABLE OF FREEING HIM FROM BEING IMMOBILIZED.

“TO SOMEONE FROM A WARM CLIMATE (UISCEFHUARAITHE)” - UNREAL UNEARTH
HOZIER’S PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION EXPERIENCES INVOLVED GAELIC STUDIES. ALTHOUGH IRISH SEEMS TO BE HIS SECOND LANGUAGE, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE LIVES LIFE LIKE IT'S HIS FIRST. MUSIC LISTENERS WILL BE ABLE TO DETECT THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW LOVE SONGS ABLE TO CROSS SHORES LIKE THIS. NON-ENGLISH, HINDI, SPANISH SPEAKERS MAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME TURMOIL IF THEY WANT TO SUCCEED IN POPULAR MUSIC. COUPLES FROM IRAN, AFRICA, CALIFORNIA, ETC. SHOULD ALL CONSIDER THIS FOR THEIR SLOW DANCE WEDDING SONG. THIS IS THE FIRST SONG THAT MADE ME THINK ABOUT LEARNING SOME IRISH. PERHAPS MY NEXT IRISH LOVER GAL CAN TEACH ME.