hozier lyrics, hozier (expanded edition)
โย ย i should've worshipped them sooner. โ
โย ย we were born sick. โ
โย ย the only heaven i'll be sent to is when i'm alone with you. โ
โย ย i'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies. โ
โย ย good god, let me give you my life. โ
โย ย there is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin. โ
โย ย it's toying somewhere between love and abuse. โ
โย ย no more alone or myself i could be. โ
โย ย [i/you] lurched like a stray to the arms that were open. โ
โย ย i lay my heart down with the rest at [your/their] feet. โ
โย ย i wonder if it's better now having survived. โ
โย ย i'm so tired trying to see from behind the red in my eyes. โ
โย no better version of me i could pretend to be tonight. โ
โย ย [they/you] found me just in time. โ
โย ย cause with my mid-youth crisis all said and done, i need to be youthfully felt cause i never felt young. โ
โย ย it'd be great to find a place we could escape sometimes. โ
โย ย we tried the world and it wasn't for us. โ
โย ย you knew who i was with every step that i ran to you. โ
โย ย would things be easier if there was a right way? โ
โย ย honey, there is no right way. โ
โย ย i fall in love just a little bit every day with someone new. โ
โย ย there's an art to life's distractions. โ
โย ย love with every stranger, the stranger the better. โ
โย ย all i've ever done is hide. โ
โย ย when you kill the lights and kiss my eyes, i feel ike a person for a moment of my life. โ
โย ย but you don't know what the hell you put me through. โ
โย ย it feels good to be alone with you. โ
โย ย there are questions i can't ask. โ
โย ย now, at last, the worst is over. โ
โย ย i know that you hate this place. โ
โย ย there's something tragic about you, something so magic about you, don't you agree? โ
โย ย there's something lonesome about you, something so wholesome about you. โ
โย ย innocence died screaming. ask me, i should know. โ
โย ย there's something broken about this but i might be hoping about this. โ
โย ย we'll lay here for years or for hours, your hand in my hand. so still and discreet. โ
โย ย i'd be home with you. โ
โย ย any way to distract and sedate. โ
โย ย i'm somewhere outside my life. i keep scratching but somehow i can't get in. โ
โย ย don't you stand there watching me, won't you? โ
โย ย don't you join in, you're supposed to drag me away from it. โ
โย ย i'm so full of love, i could barely eat. โ
โย ย [they/you] are sweet as can be. [they/you] give me toothaches just from kissing me. โ
โย ย no grave can hold my body down, i'll crawl home to [them/you]. โ
โย ย you never asked me once about the wrong i did. โ
โย ย [you/they] would never fret none about what my hands and my body done. โ
โย ย if the lord don't forgive me, i'd still have you and you would have me. โ
โย ย why were you digging? what did you bury? โ
โย ย i will not ask you where you came from. i will not ask and neither should you. โ
โย ย just put your sweet lips on my lips. we should just kiss like real people do. โ
โย ย i know that look, eyes always seeking. โ
โย ย i will not ask you why you were creeping. in some sad way, i already know. โ
โย ย you know better than to smile at me like that. โ
โย ย i know who i am when i'm alone. โ
โย ย you don't understand. you should never know how easy you are to need. โ
โย ย don't let me in with no intention to keep me. โ
โย ย it can't be unlearned. i've known the warmth of your doorways. โ
โย ย i'll find my way back to you. โ
โย ย my heart is heavy with the hate of some other man's beliefs. โ
โย ย screaming the name of a foreigner's good is the purest expression of grief. โ
โย ย i feel no control of my body. i feel no safety in [your/their] arms. โ
โย ย all that i've been taught and every word i've got is foreign to me. โ
โย ย it looks ugly but it's clean. โ
โย ย your fight and fury is fiery. โ
โย ย it's worth it, it's divine. i have this some of the time. โ
โย ย you called my name til the fever broke. โ
โย ย i heard a scream in the woods somewhere. โ
โย ย i turned and ran to save a life i didn't have. โ
โย ย i need you to run to me. run to me! โ
โย when i was a child, i heard voices. some would sing and some would scream. โ
โย don't you ever tame your demons but always keep them on a leash. โ
โย you've done me wrong for a long, long time. โ
โย after all you've done, i never changed my mind. โ
โย please, try to love me. โ
โย my love will never die. โ
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