#anything but

[heinous-bitch]

can we talk about Hozier's Anything But's double sense??? it can mean "if I was the Death, I'll let you live forever. if I was a stampede, you'd get unhurt. you don't deserve anything bad from me" BUT IT CAN ALSO MEAN "christ you're so fucking awful I wouldn't touch you with a hundred meter stick. you don't even deserve the worst of me, you waste of time" ugh his mind

#hozier #unreal unearth #anything but #im not making this up #he explained it in a recent interview #they're irishisms

[crow-in-a-teapot]

hozier on anything but

#this is so funny #hozier #anything but #he's like they thought it was a cute love song >:) i tricked them #crow

[expired-blueberries]

wake up babe new "we tried the world good god it wasn't for us" just dropped

#hozier #unreal unearth #anything but #blue talks

[maybesprout-wings]

For the circle of fraud Hozier really said “if I was death incarnate you’d live forever, that’s exactly how much I don’t fuck with you” and hid it behind the happiest song on the album

#hozier #music #unreal unearth #anything but #dante #dante’s inferno

[onemightygoldfish]

People being convinced that "Too Sweet" by Hozier is a love song is like the "Anything But" situation all over again

#my brother in christ #too sweet #is him not only rejecting you but breaking up with you #anything but #is him just straight up telling you that he hates you #and that he wouldn't touch you even with a 10m pole #TO YOUR FACE!! #hozier #unreal unearth #unheard ep

[bubbles-floating]

Hozier: you know what we need after Butchered Tongue? Anything But. I am sure the difference will not be jarring at all, they will surely enjoy it.

#andrew hozier byrne #hozier #hozier memes #unreal unearth #butchered tongue #anything but

[chronicowboy]

when hozier said "the bliss of not knowin' yourself with all the mirrorin' gone from the world" and when hozier said "i'd still know you, not being shown you, i only need the workin' of my hands" and when hozier said "the soul, if that's what you'd call it, uneasy ally of the body" and when hozier said "my life was a storm since i was born, how could i fear any hurricane?" and when hozier said "if you need to, darling, lean your weight on me" and when hozier said "let me put my lips to something, let me wrap my teeth around the world" and when hozier said "but i know being reckless and young is not how the damage gets done" and when hozier said "so someone with your eyes might come in time to hold me like water or, christ, hold me like a knife" and when hozier said "we didn't get it right, love, but we did our best" and when hozier said "as natural as another leg around you in the bed frame" and when hozier said "and have your guarded heart be lifted like a child up by the hand" and when hozier said "if i had his job, you would live forever" and when hozier said "the moment i knew i'd no choice but to love you" and when hozier said "you know the distance never made a difference to me" and when hozier said "i can scarce believe what i'm believing in"

#sami rambles #sorry but i absolutely had to do one of these posts and obviously i had to pick one quote from every song u know how it is #unreal unearth #hozier #francesca #eat your young #de selby part 2 #de selby part 1 #damage gets done #abstract (psychopomp) #i carrion (icarian) #butchered tongue #all things end #anything but #first light #first time #who we are #unknown nth #to someone from a warm climate

[edscuntyeyeshadow]

crazy how hozier will try to kill everyone with lyrics like

“i do not have wings, love, i never will…”

and then a few songs later on the same damn album he’ll be like

“if I was a riptide I wouldn’t take you out 🤪😘😝”

#hozier #andrew hozier byrne #unreal unearth #hozier lyrics #anything but #unknown / nth #hozier fandom

[wilder-fangirl]

insane and damaging of Hozier to go from "my ancestors' culture and language have been all but destroyed in the same way they were killed and buried without dignity" (butchered tongue) straight into "if I were the forces of nature I would spare you from my destruction, if I were a psychopomp you would live forever xoxo <3" (anything but)

#unreal unearth #hozier #butchered tongue #anything but

[mochifiction]

If Hozier doesn’t get nominated for a Grammy this year, tears will be shed and pitchforks will be sharpened.

#hozier album #hozier #andrew hozier byrne #unreal unearth #icarion #all things end #eat your young #butchered tongue #damage gets done #de selby pt 1 #de selby part 2 #first time #who we are #son of nyx #anything but #to someone from a warm climate #abstract psychopomp #unknown / nth #first light #grammys #take me to church

[the-amazing-boop]

My track by track first impressions for Unreal Unearth (with some contextualized thoughts of the singles)

De Selby Part 1 - straight into the lullabies playlist. Just perfect.

De Selby Part 2 - perfect fade in from Part 1. I couldn't have dreamt up a better, more subtle transition. Still my current creature comfort.

First Time - oh, ffs, it's bluesy and sad. Lethal combination. This might be another one on repeat later. Ow. Ouch, ow. THE FINAL TIME YOU CALLED ME "BABY". Wtf. I see why some of y'all were cussing him out on here.

Francesca - my beloved. Brutal to have this follow First Time, though. Mentally two-stepping through the tears. The bellowing at the outro still has the power to ascend me despite my replaying.

I,Carrion - another certified heartbreaker for the lullabies playlist. She's Greek, she's cosmic, she's pure love.

Eat Your Young - I am once again solidified in my conviction to refuse having children in this fucked up world. Y'all be safe.

Damage Gets Done (feat. Brandi Carlile) - Okay guitar lick! Oh the voices belting together in harmony is hitting me. I'm getting really 2010s feelings I haven't felt in forever. I feel the sudden urge to forgive myself. He's back at it again with the choral work, CAN I LIVE??

Who We Are - and just like that, I'm back on my emo shit. He really went for emotional whiplash in terms of song ordering, huh? Not me literally listening to this while engulfed in a dark room as well. Another one I'll have to repeat, I fear.

Son of Nyx - oh fuck. Oh no. Not the piano dragging along. And no words. THE CUTOFF. THE STRINGS. THE VOCALIZATIONS. It's definitely a warning. Shit's about to start hurting for real. It's so haunting and gorgeous.

All Things End - Hello, old friend, my first favorite. I'm terrified of what follows you. It was bad enough watching the man "die" on the table (my hands are in the air to receive the gospel).

To Someone From A Warm Climate (Uiscefhuarithe) - fucking hell. Just devastating. Idk how much more I can take.

Butchered Tongue - this hits like crazy if you have any connection to a diaspora that was nearly erased or just have ancestry DEEPLY rooted oppression and the like. Ffs, I'm gonna need stitches for a cut that deep.

Anything But - and then this happy shit. Back at it again with the whiplash, the bastard. I love it though! This is going on the light and bright playlist. I'm a sucker for sad lyrics dressed in bright colors. And the vocals?? Come on, now.

Abstract (Psychopomp) - I was right. Everything following Son of Nyx just hurts differently. Dare I say worse than the first half of the album. I really shouldn't get into how I relate OFTEN to the poor roadkill creatures in my area.

Unknown/Nth - a nice and plentiful helping of stake through the heart, as usual. The briiidge. I drown in it every time.

First Light - I'm gonna say it's an instant classic. The imagery. The love on love on love. The catharsis. The drumsss. Oh! The acoustic fade out.

Overall, he didn't bother not once to lift his heel on this album. He's outdone himself. No skips. I am foaming at the mouth, waiting for my vinyl to come in. All get 10s across the board from me. 16 works of art. I really wish I could lock myself in a room for three days to really digest this album.

#unreal unearth #my stereo could not have come at a better time i swear #hozier #andrew hozier byrne #the ONLY white man that can have a little bit of my paycheck #here you go bookie 💰 #de selby part 1 #de selby part 2 #first time #francesca #i carrion #eat your young #damage gets done #who we are #son of nyx #all things end #to someone from a warm climate (uiscefhuarithe) #butchered tongue #anything but #abstract (psychopomp) #unknown nth #first light

[somequicknewmusic]

I'd lower the world in a flood / Or better yet I'd cause a drought.

#it sounds like maybe there was some interest in an exploration of water references in unreal unearth #and how andrew likes to pull a bait and switch #between the album's visual imagery and its lyrical imagery #just like he did with wasteland baby actually being a very fire-centric album #and how we see elements as cleansing and renewing and cyclical forces in his music #so this was fun to think about #with bonus through me (the flood) content #because i still feel like it's canonically part of the album #hozier #unreal unearth #lyrics #francesca #first time #eat your young #i carrion (icarian) #who we are #anything but #abstract (psychopomp) #unknown / nth

[rosyopal-eva]

his vocals, HIS VOCALS

#andrew hozier byrne #hozier #unreal unearth #who we are #anything but #first light

[justasmisunderstoodasloki]

The emotions you feel, the crying, and the chills you get when listening to Hozier are inevitable

#listening to Unreal Unearth #hozier #unreal unearth #hozier unreal unearth #De Selby part 1 #de selby part 2 #first time #francesca #I carrion (Icarian) #Damage gets done #who we are #Son of Nyx #All things end #to someone from a warm climate (Uiscefhuaraithe) #butchered tongue #Anything but #Abstract (psychopomp) #unknown / nth #first light #apologies for the long tag list

[abstractime]

the transition from Butchered tongue to Anything but is actually insane. Give me a minute brother i am still weeping, sniffling, eyes shut. I need at least a couple of minutes to prepare. He said no you’re on a roller coaster actually and there’s is a huge drop about to come, the seatbelt is broken btw so good luck

#hozier #andrew hozier byrne #unreal unearth #anything but #butchered tongue

[opalsiren]

when hozier said 'i don't want to be anything, lord i would do anything just to run away.' yeah

#he gets it!!! #.txt #hozier #anything but