This song has so much of the energy as one of my favorite lines of poetry, “They asked ‘Do you love her to death?’ I said ‘Speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life.’”

Hozier doesnt sing about love, he sings about devotion

“No grave can hold my body down I’ll crawl home to her”, Good lord this song always gives me chills. The utter devotion in his voice and in the lyrics makes my heart bleed with intensity and hope…

You ever have one of those dreams in which you meet, fall in love with, and live a whole life with someone you've never met? This song fills me with the same sense of loss I feel upon waking.

hosier said "fuck it i'll just invent love" and then wrote this

Crying because I don't think I'd ever experience the kind of love hozier sings about.

2024 anyone still here…?

The fact that somebody wrote this for a woman is just magnificent !

hozier keeps giving me unrealistic expectations for relationships Edit- four years later I've found it we've been together for a year and half and we're in love love

My wife and i dated when we were in high school we got engaged but were too young and immature; so we ended up not working out then. I moved on with my life not liking to dwell on the past. I told myself I no longer loved her. That year work song came out. And even though her and I no longer communicated and I swore up and down we would never get back together, this song would shake me to my very core and I would always think about her. Four years later we lived very very different lives and in even more different worlds and we both happened to be in our home town at the same time for a couple days and we crossed paths by simple chance. Those hours we spent together before she left the next morning were more meaningful than the four years before that day. It was as if we never spent a day apart. Today is the one year of when we started dating again. And we married February 16. It still shakes me how much i love this girl... Edit. I never expected to have so much feedback on this comment. But a little more detail for those who care. After we had our seemingly perfect night together she left town the next day and I tried to think little of it (I told myself we will never be again) but one day whilst playing my ps4 I called her out of the blue and we talked on the phone for about 6 hours that night. We hung up and did the same thing a couple nights in a row. Then one night I FaceTime her and we spent all night FaceTiming. A day or two pass and we started watching movies together and even getting the same dinner in order to be as close as possible without being near one another. One night our movie ends and we are both lying down drifting off to sleep facing the camera she says half asleep "I still love you". with my heart in my stomach i simply say I love you too. It was Thursday night when this happened. She lived about 9 hours away and I told her I'm going to visit her in a couple weeks or a month and she said jokingly/half serious "why not this weekend". "I work a lot and need to make plans' I told her. But something about this girl always made me spontaneous. So I switched shifts the next day with my buddy and with little to no planning I drove out to see her. We had a great weekend together and we talked about taking it slow and seeing where things go. The Sunday before I left she showed me in a little momentos box that she still had her engagement ring and her bands too. This made my heart sing it truly did. We spent a week or so "taking it slow" but we clearly both wanted to be together so we became official. 😇 the next hurdle was me telling my mother (my mom loves loved this girl very much. And my wife has a huge amount of respect for my mother so it was very important to her that she accept her back again) when I initially told my mom about us getting back together she instantly rejected the notion and did not want me to date her again. She said the only way she will accept her again is if she still had her engagement ring. My wife then gf quickly produced a picture with it on her hand. And my mom laughed and was happy for us. This happened late June early July. By late October I proposed to her and we flew to Canada and eloped in February. (Reasons as to why we did this is a whole other story thats us in my profile pic) lol

Used this for our first dance last night at our wedding. It was absolutely perfect.

2024? Anyone

I would ask to play this at my funeral but a song about crawling out of your grave might not be occasion appropriate

"Lay me gently in the cold dark earth; No grave can hold my body down, I'll crawl home to her" GOOD LORD THIS LINE MAKES ME FEEL THINGS I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I COULD FEEL

*Lyrics:* _Boys, workin' on empty Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat? I just think about my baby I'm so full of love I could barely eat There's nothing sweeter than my baby I'd never want once from the cherry tree 'Cause my baby's sweet as can be She give me toothaches just from kissin' me_ _When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her_ _Boys, when my baby found me I was three days on a drunken sin I woke with her walls around me Nothin' in her room but an empty crib And I was burnin' up a fever I didn't care much how long I lived But I swear I thought I dreamed her She never asked me once about the wrong I did_ _When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her_ _When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her_ _My babe would never fret none About what my hands and my body done If the Lord don't forgive me I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me When I was kissing on my baby And she put her love down soft and sweet In the low lamplight I was free Heaven and hell were words to me_ When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her _When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her_

Hozier doesn’t sing about love, he is love.

Hozier, King of the Manbun.

This video is proof that Hozier is a siren.

"If the Lord don't forgive me, I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me." Such powerful words. This is what I hope to find some day.

anyone here 2024 ❤

I was just chilling listening to this song and I swear as soon as the chorus started two flies started fucking on my table wtf hozier

The chemistry between those dancers is fucking intense and so real.

To this day, I experience such euphoria. This song brings out every emotion one can possibly feel. A masterpiece is simply an understatement.

Hands down one of my favorite Hozier songs. That said, the choreographer for this video also deserves some huge kudos. They clearly understand the nature of the give and take in a long term relationship, and how the partnership is more than the sum of the parts. Combined with the song, it is something magical and evocative that gets me every time I watch it.

If someone asks me how I want to be loved I would simply tell them "It would be something similar to a hozier song" because words can't express enough how he makes love sound so fiery, so tender, so poetic and all consuming whenever I listen to his work. Hozier makes loving feel like a religion I have to worship every single day rather than just be something I should acknowlege its existence. Plus, watching this reinforced my big fat crush on Irish guys, that can rock a long mane of hair and has a knack of twisting words like a medieval bard. My single ass quivers in delight and admiration at the thought.

god : how much talent you want for your son ? i was... hozier’s mom : *yes*

I was so lucky to see Hozier yesterday and he played/sang this song and my soul shifted. It is beautiful, it is powerful and it is so so full of love. He's not just a singer, he is a poet and he writes love songs like I've see no other. They feel authentic and so full of pure passion and adoration

as a mother, the chorus brings me to tears whenever i think of it aimed towards my son. i get so sad thinking that at one point, we may exist on this earth without each other and i'm already mourning it.

*"When, my, time comes around, lay me gently in the cold dark earth. No grave, can hold my body down. I'll crawl home to her"* If thats not poetry I don't know what is. Well, I do know what poetry is, and that's definitely something!

"I'm so full of love I can barely eat." I love that, I do.

My love was sent to be with the angels. I found out shortly after he passed that I was going to have our child. This song accurately depicted the love story I shared with him. I’m so grateful I found it.

Just found this song and it is pure as can be. Brings out every emotion I didn't know I had. His voice is so heavy and light. Perfect.

Fun fact: the 37th time you watch this video is just as enjoyable as the 1st.

Can we talk about these dancers.. the choreo is amazing. It's like their souls are connected.. like they are more than in love.. something deeper.. if you told me this was a dance company and they are nothing more than dance partners, I couldn't believe you.. they seem so in tune and in love.. which makes this song so much more

It unbelievable how well the dancers/actors express the music so well through their movement and energy. Their intense, loving, thinking facial expressions are beautiful.

This is hands down one of the most beautiful videos ever. The dynamic partner dance echoes his lyrics in a way that is more than perfect.

This man is a fucking poet.

does anyone else get that feeling when you listen to Hozier and it's more than you liking the music but it almost resonates through your whole soul and you can feel it on a spiritual level even if the words don't actually relate to your life at the current time and you just kind of feel this ethereal moment where all at once this sort of sonorous tone in his voice washes over everything in a swirling kaleidoscope of graceful serenity and mysterious chaos and sometimes it's uncontrolled or wistful or messy but it's always beautiful and you can't help but to feel it so incredibly deeply with your entire being

For anyone reading this, I hope one day someone loves you and makes you feel like this song

There arent enough words to express how beautiful his voice is and this song. . . Magic... Literal goosebumps. ❤

one of the most amazing things about hozier's music is how he makes love sound like a spiritual experience. and there's something just so powerful about the connections he describes- mind, body, and soul, intertwined so closely so sometimes the lines blur regarding where one person ends and the other begins. there's something beautiful about that

I don't know if it's the song, his voice or his man bun but I think I'm in love.

I lost my 21 month old in May and when i hear this song i cry thinking of her..."when my time comes around, lay me gently in the cold dark earth. No grave can hold my body down, ill crawl home to her.."

There's some kind of beautiful ancient-age vibes that he gives off with his music, yet it's still so modern. Truly amazing art:)

What an amazing song! I remember about two years ago a few young people from Ireland (where Hozier and myself are from) died when a balcony in Berkeley collapsed. One girl, Olivia, she absolutely loved Hozier and he flew to Ireland and performed this song at her funeral. I remember watching it on the news. Hozier came, sang and left. Didn't take any attention away from the sad setting in the church... but we all felt he honoured that poor girl so well. What a hero. He's a national treasure!

I want to be loved the way Hozier sings about women in his songs. I want that kind of love.

The music performance, the choreography, the dancers' chemistry, the lighting, the filming, the editing skills... all so fitting 👌 It comes together perfectly!

I still can't believe Hozier didn't get a best album nomination at the Grammys!

I still can't get over that song, even after probably a hundred listenings. The way he describes how he feels home with his lover and what it's like to be loved in spite of his mistakes is incredible. I love that he goes so deep into all the feelings ("I'm so full of love I could barely eat"). He's such a wonderful lyricist and poet

Absolutely love this song. This was first dance song with my wife at our wedding yesterday

I played this song at my wedding. This was the dance. Thank you Hozier.

LYRICS: Boys workin' on empty Is that the kind'a way to face the burning heat? I just think about my baby I'm so full of love I could barely eat There's nothing sweeter than my baby I'd never want once from the cherry tree 'Cause my baby's sweet as can be She give me toothaches just from kissin' me When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her Boys when my baby found me I was three days on a drunken sin I woke with her walls around me Nothin' in her room but an empty crib And I was burnin' up a fever I didn't care much how long I lived But I swear I thought I dreamed her She never asked me once about the wrong I did When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her My baby never fret none About what my hands and my body done If the lord don't forgive me I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me When I was kissing on my baby And she put her love down soft and sweet In the lowland plot I was free Heaven and hell were words to me When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her

Holy shit this guys voice is like medicine

This is my wife and I song! She literally saved me when I had an empty crib because of my life choices. She never judged me for whom I use to be. Crystal made me a better man/father figure. And I got him back in my life and will never let him go!

This guy is remarkable!

Is it me or do you to feel like Hozier doesn’t get enough recognition?!?!?!

"In the low lamp light I was free, Heaven and Hell were words to me." Some of the best lyrics in the history of music. I love it.

When you are happy, you enjoy a song When you are sad, you understand the lyrics

this song reminds me of the quote that goes like "why do you love him, who the world hates so?" "because he loves me more than all the world"

this song is like a favorite book, each time you listen you hear something new that resonates deeper in you

Hozier makes me feel like love is a religion

He is the poet of our generation!!

Lyricism and incredible music aside, can we appreciate the video for this?? Holy hell if this isn't a short movie I don't know what is.

Every so often we get one; pay attention boys and girls! This is not music, it's the universe exhaling!

For those who want to know...the style of dance in the video is contemporary waltz.

I don't want everyone to find this song I want it for me from him. It's 4:00 in the morning, didn't sleep all night. This song takes away all the sorrow, tiredness and fills me with hope, calmness, and light

He sings about devotion in such a biblical way it makes it feel holy again.

Crap does this mean hozier is going to be added to my list of obsessions

that feminine urge to punch a wall when u hear "when my time comes around, lay me gently in the cold dark earth, no grave can hold my body down, I'll crawl home to her"....unparalled i think

There is just something about the words and the way he puts so much emotion in what he says. This song just brings me so much comfort yet sadness, because of just how easily this song seeps into my soul. And somehow I feel how he feels.

Love is not a fantasy, is not just a feeling is a lifestyle. This song is pure poetry for those who understand what love means. I'm so in love with Hozier❤

This song has a very special meaning to me. I was a struggling alcoholic for five years and I finally said enough was enough this year. That's when I found the love of my life, who immediately became my number one sobriety supporter and advocate. She never asked questions about my past actions or words. She sees me for who I am now, not who I was then. The lyrics of this song are an almost perfect reflection of our story. I'm 16 weeks sober now and deeply in love.

did you ever buy an album because you heard like 2/3 songs and they seemed really cool and everything but then you listened to the whole album and you were like shit so there are only 3 solid songs on it and the other 10 or so are just there chilling in order to make a full-lenght album? did you feel betrayed and like you wasted 1hour of music listening? well it seems like with hozier you won't ever feel this way again go hozier you're the hoziest out there

Listening for the first time in 2024 here we go

I absolutely love this song!

this is real music

I saw him live and his voice sounds exactly like this, if not even more ethereal 🌙

“I’ll crawl home to her” I’m obsessed ❤

I just want someone who talks about me like Hozier talks about his lovers

The song is for everyone Those who long for love Those who are in love Those who had it and lost it And those who are afraid to love again

Fun fact; Hozier isn't actually on stage. He's just standing slightly in front of it because he's so tall and didn't want anyone feeling vertically challenged with his presence. He's a cool dude.

oh crap why does he have to *look* good, *sing* well and have meaningful *lyrics* like what an amazing combination hozier is great

In addition to rocking a killer Man-Bun ;) Hozier absolutely shreds this song with his incredible vocals.

Am I rhthe only one here in 2024 still listening to this master piece

Hozier doesnt sing about love, he sings about devotion. A perfeição da voz e da música .

0% nudity 0% sex 100% talent

I feel like saying he's amazing is just stating the obvious. But he's amazing. I saw him at the House of Blues in Boston and it blew my mind. He's awkward and very humble and quiet, but when he sings, he SINGS. There's no need for the "performance" element. The whole band actually, they're mesmerizing. And this song is beautiful. They all are. It's refreshing to hear music like this, lyrics like these. Fan. For. Life.

This is the only Hozier song I like. So rooted, stripped down. Brilliant.

This man is just .. perfection. If his music can bring such a euphoric feeling I can only imagine what type of energy he gives off.

Boys workin' on empty Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat? I just think about my baby I'm so full of love I could barely eat There's nothing sweeter than my baby I'd never want once from the cherry tree 'Cause my baby's sweet as can be She give me toothaches just from kissin' me When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her Boys, when my baby found me I was three days on a drunken sin I woke with her walls around me Nothin' in her room but an empty crib And I was burnin' up a fever I didn't care much how long I lived But I swear I thought I dreamed her She never asked me once about the wrong I did When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her My baby never fret none About what my hands and my body done If the Lord don't forgive me I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me When I was kissing on my baby And she put her love down soft and sweet In the low lamp light I was free Heaven and hell were words to me When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her

I feel like this is what a religion led by hozier would look like

Been listening to the song for over a year and it still resonates with me 😔

This song.. I feel like in every lifetime I’ve lived..I’ve felt the story this song tells.. god make it the last time.

I refuse to be in love until someone holds me like that

I find myself listening to this song all the time, its 5:47AM right now and i just cried a little thinking of the girl i love while listening carefully to the lyrics

The voice, the vibe, the look.... How come I didn't know you till now?!?

Just saw him in concert, I’d love to experience again..

God I love this guy, this song has great structure, great beat, great lyrics, literally perfect

This is the most romantic song ever written and I will die on that hill.

how can I accept some "I love you" when Hozier is singing how he'd be okay with his god abandoning him as long as he has his beloved???