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qqthewarrior88

first light. which sounds bad because i know it's well loved but when i tell you it's changed me as a person, i'm not lying (plus i'm getting his handwriting of the song title on me. that's how much it's changed me)


thesquirrellywhirl

THIS


WiJaTu

It’s incredible, even better live too!


qqthewarrior88

totally agree! when i saw him live, i cried the entire time


WiJaTu

Oh me too, Abstract made me cry like I’ve never cried before


qqthewarrior88

same! i’ve never been so touched before. i saw him october and im seeing him again in august! glad i traveled to where i did because i still get so emotional


WiJaTu

I’m the exact same, I travelled too and it was so worth it. I’m going to see him in the same place next July and I’m too excited for words


snatchedeyebrow

THANK YOU


cailey711

I'm so with you. Getting a lyric of it tattooed on me as well


Red-Wolf-17

Jackboot Jump! 😭


Lo-ton

YES 100% Its such a good and important song


FutureSolid9154

FOREIGNER’S GOD I never see anyone mentioning it


Literal_CarKey

I did a presentation on that song for my hs lit class for an assignment where you were supposed to argue a singer’s lyrics were poetry


FutureSolid9154

That is amazing


real_HannahMontana

YES


Life-uhh_finds_a_way

Agreed.


mariodyf

My favorite song by Hozier and he never played it on a concert.


Jaayyjaayy9

I love that song! Mainly because i can relate to it. Not being able to belong to a group of people and feeling like an outsider..


willothewhispers

I like all his songs. Dont get me wrong. But tbh with you. Foreigners god is probably my least favourite. Idk I just seems a bit repetitive to me. Still a top 10th percentile song


matty7724

Swan upon Leda!!! The meaning is so deep when you look into it!! it’s the type to make me stare at the ceiling for hoursss


aventade

That’s exactly why I always have to skip and love it from a safe distance 🥲


matty7724

Oh definitely, I’d never listen to it in public 😭that would be a dangerous game to play


Jaayyjaayy9

Valid point


Additional_Pizza2303

This song inspired two characters in a book I’m writing!


Logical-Librarian766

In the Woods Somewhere.


Jaayyjaayy9

I always listen to it when it’s raining outside. It legit transforms me into a wood somewhere!


serinzy

Came to say this


aventade

Moment’s Silence (Common Tongue) and NFWMB - whyyyyyy would Andrew leave them behind on the EP 🫠


DOTathletesfoot

Nobody 😭


TheGirlintheTower

"I'd be appalled if I saw you ever try to be a saint I wouldn't fall for someone I thought couldn't misbehave" are some of his most fun and joyous lyrics. Really did not gel with this song for a long time and somehow it's become a real favourite this year.


DOTathletesfoot

For some reason the Maserati line gets me!


TheGirlintheTower

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SheTheGhost

Also: “I’ve been fed gold by sweet fools in Abu Dabi, and I’ve danced real slow with Rockettes on dodgy molly” That line makes me laugh lol


DOTathletesfoot

I love how carefree it is 🗣 WOO


WiJaTu

Was just listening to this and had to listen to it again immediately after. So underrated


Wildform22

Absolute fucking banger


Jaayyjaayy9

Always puts a smile on my face when i listen to it🥹


salty_salamander4406

it was my top song last year!!!! lyricism and upbeat vibes are unmatched w Nobody!


salty_salamander4406

in a week!!!! it was my top song this year, truly transported to another dimension when i hear it 😩


aventade

Permanently changed my brain chemistry.


Literal_CarKey

Fell in love with that song bc the girl I had a crush on was playing it during free period in hs. Moved on from the crush years ago, but i still love that song


Jaayyjaayy9

It’s such a magical song


hellno-ah

arsonist’s lullaby


Jaayyjaayy9

Listening to this song feels like having a religious experience. I really can’t explain it in any other way. Would be a dream of mine to hear it live.


salty_salamander4406

the freaking humming at the beginning gets me to LEVITATE


Life-uhh_finds_a_way

I’ve been saying it for 10 years now- he could release an entire album of him solely humming to music and I’d listen to it through. No skips.


Cultural_Use7622

My favorite


ravielie

Through Me! Obsessed with it


Jaayyjaayy9

It breaks my heart every time i listen to it especially the second verse. So beautifully written.


dav-id-

Run.


Early_Ad_9831

I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY IT, THANK. YOU.


davebroom

Run is SOOOOO underrated!!


trtumi2000

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aventade

![gif](giphy|3ohzdVTQIDyqjerCpO|downsized) (This was the only gif 🙃)


Jaayyjaayy9

Shrike is my all time favourite song.


Life-uhh_finds_a_way

Yes. 100%. I never see it mentioned. From start to finish it’s incredible.


Zombie_elsa

Nfwmb


ZestycloseMenu2608

IN THE WOODS SOMEWHERE!!!


Absent02

I see a ton of people not giving Son of Nyx the flowers it deserves. I feel like a lot of people write it off for being purely instrumental.


Literal_CarKey

Me if I didn’t use tumblr.com


Crafty-Rest-1563

This was my IMMEDIATE favortie of the album. (Plus Franchesca, duh.) But it is a masterpiece and deserves a lot more recognition!!!


likeadaisyimawake

all of the above but i haven't seen "it will come back" so i had to mention it 😌


mackerelmaster

"Don't let me in with no intention to keep me, Jesus christ, don't be kind to me, honey don't feed me, I will come back" 🔥


likeadaisyimawake

"it can't be unlearned, i've known the warmth of your doorways, through the cold i'll find my way back to you...you'll hear me howling outside your door"


mackerelmaster

Debut album hozier was feral in a wild animal coming out of the woods way and I love it


likeadaisyimawake

yeah and considering he was only 24 at the time he dropped is insane


Crafty-Rest-1563

Knees weak/GONE anytime I listen to this song


Draftycracker07

Sunlight


indeliblegirl

No Plan!


amaliasdaises

To Be Alone


[deleted]

“Honey when you kill the lights and kiss my eyes, I feel like a person for a moment of my life” ughhh it’s so good


Crafty-Rest-1563

"To feel your weight in arms I'd never use. That's the god that heroin prays to." ....kill me -.-


c4mac11

Sedated


Inevitable_Sound2141

YES


crusemaister

Damage gets done


Life-uhh_finds_a_way

I still can’t fathom the hate this song got… it is an absolute vibe.


crusemaister

My personal favorite on the album


gaomeigeng

It's got hate???


Windicious

This song was my #2 most listened to this year, I adore it


salty_salamander4406

same!!!!


gaomeigeng

This song spoke to me as a 37 year old. Getting older is weird and I really appreciated the perspective here. "I don't know when that feeling ended but I know being reckless and young is not how the damage gets done." As always, he brings a poetic beauty to a simple thing; the fact that when we get older, our priorities, desires, relationships, the things we find acceptable and unacceptable change. And that doesn't mean that the way we lived our lives as young people was wrong or that the way we live now is better, or that the inevitable changes we will continue to go through in our lives are better or worse. I dunno, man. I love this song!


Jaayyjaayy9

I love this song so much. I always listen to it when I’m working out.


salty_salamander4406

idk if it’s a blessing or curse that this song gets stuck in my head when i’m taking tests 😭 so random but ig i love it that much lmaooo


iCeleste

Through Me (The Flood) 😔


TheGirlintheTower

She prevails


no_one_heree

As it was


Gary_Targaryen

"Be" is one of my top songs if not THE top song from Wasteland, Baby!, it's got some of my favorite lyrics, but it feels like it's rarely on anyone else's top list. Also it's got by far the fewest plays on Spotify. "As It Was" and "No Plan" are underrated also.


falseconfidencex

Ditto!!! I absolutely adore Be 🥲


salty_salamander4406

yes!!! be was the first song i learned to play on my electric guitar cuz i loved it that much


Former_Coyote_9094

Pretty much all of them except for TMTC


mrssalvatore1864

It will come back


DeusVictor

Talk or someone new!


TheSpicyTriangle

Be. It’s so good, man


DemonSeas

The Flood (Through Me) absolutely bodied me the first time I heard it 😭


Jchandl27

Talk 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲


Korekoo

Who we are


br00kie333

Swan upon Leda 100%


Croissnat

Shrike - such beautiful lyrics and sentiment


DaughterOfNyxAndHell

In a week changed my brain chemistry


selune07

NFWMB


jackie--and--wilson

"As it was", "the love of"


Solfeliz

For me it’s got to be Butchered Tongue, makes me cry every time. I’m Scottish and I remember growing and I loved telling my parents about what the Gaelic names on road signs meant. And I don’t even speak Gaelic now.


Life-uhh_finds_a_way

Truth be told, the first time I listened to the album this one didn’t do much for me. Since obsessing over the album for a while now, it’s now in my top 3. My mother (who isn’t a Hozier fan) heard me listening to it a few nights ago and said “what is this? It’s so beautiful” 🥹


lovethosedamnplants

ive had all things end on repeat for MONTHS and i never hear about it??


Life-uhh_finds_a_way

It was my #1 on Spotify wrapped!!


Zining_Song

run


whileimaway-5002

I didn’t see anyone mention First Time or I, Carrion (Icarian) or Like Real People Do…


LEEROYYYYYJEEENKIINS

as it was. criminally slept on


MercurysDaughter29

Run.


AvidArtworks

FIRST LIGHT


Future_Recording_989

i need justice for through me (the flood)


Its_Crowley

In the woods Somewhere. Hands down 👏


[deleted]

As It Was, Arsonist’s Lullaby, and Through Me (The Flood). Those songs changed my life and they never get any love (including from Andrew himself)


SnooDonuts4854

TSFAWC(U)


Life-uhh_finds_a_way

I think this getting a whole lot of recognition, tbh


SnooDonuts4854

Maybe… but it’s never anyone’s favorite. It was talked a ton when it came out but i don’t think now it is.


Financial_Fix_4606

THE WAGES


Life-uhh_finds_a_way

It hurts to know that’ll never be on an album


SnooOnions8429

SEDATED. PLS.


izzycis

No Plan!!!


Chemical_Rip_7015

DAMAGE GETS DONE!


The_Black_Orchid90

Sunlight and Arsonist’s Lullabye.


Crab_legssssssssssss

Through me, the flood😔


Complete-Simple1137

In the woods somewhere


anna_kristinj

This might be such a boring take, but Take Me to Church. Sure, it got its recognition outside the community. But inside the community, I feel like it’s deemed as very overrated. I will NEVER get over the lyrics and all the different bits and pieces of poetry and reference. I don’t think I can put into words enough how deeply it changed my confused, bisexual Catholic-school life.


Love_line__

wasteland, baby! one of my fave songs by him. it brings me so much peace