#EAT YOUR YOUNG

[hoziercriespower]

Hozier and his light up Christmas jumper

❝ Isn't that so sweet? ❞

[redwolf17]

🙃 Regular reminder that while Hozier has amazing love songs, he is ALSO very outspoken about his leftist politics, specifically anti-fascism, anti-racism, reproductive rights, Palestinian rights and more.

Take Me To Church and Foreigner’s God are scathing critiques of organized religion, specifically the Catholic Church and the colonization of Ireland.

Moment’s Silence is about oral sex but it’s ALSO about how that specific sexual act is often distorted to a show of power rather than that of love.

Nina Cried Power is an homage to various (mostly Black) civil rights activists from the US and Ireland and a call to follow their path.

Be criticizes anti-migrant policies and Trump and his ilk.

Jackboot Jump is about the global wave of fascism and about protest and resistance.

Swan Upon Leda is about reproductive rights and the violent colonial oppression of Ireland and Palestine.

Eat Your Young is about the ruinous way the 1%/capitalism and arms dealers prioritize short-term profit over everything else to the detriment of the youth/99%

Butchered Tongue is about Irish and other indigenous languages being suppressed and erased by imperial powers.

If any of the above surprised you, please, please delve deeper into Hozier’s music, you’re missing such an important part of his work.

[purple-mushroom-cap]

had an idea last night

[mortdeheros]

[kelpeigh]

i love you hozier

[bisexual-berry]

the thing about Hozier is that he's gonna use mythology, literature and folklore to be horny and to make his songs political every time and i'm gonna eat it up every time

[boyorgirlor]

[ghostxlamb]

oh god its happening help

[amali4m]

y'all remember when dante wrote a fanfiction of the bible and then hozier wrote a fanfiction of said fanfiction?? iconic if you ask me

[aralisj]

I want to know how Hozier's brain works. Like, how do you come up with a metaphor for gluttony that's also about the destruction of the planet and the disposability of young people within the war industry??? AND it's also a bop??? Sir???

[nausikaaa]

Eat Your Young seems to be to be directly inspired by A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, a satire written in the 1720s about the poverty in Ireland and the unhelpful solutions offered by the church and aristocracy at the time, which argues that the poor Irish should sell their children to the rich to be eaten, which would prevent them from burdening their families and the country and instead make them useful. it’s satire, of course, but played straight the entire time.

and here is Hozier, 300 years later, making the exact same point. only the set dressing has changed. with all the abuses people are suffering in war and under capitalism, and with the cost of living and rate of poverty rising with no end in sight, is it not more humane and just as exploitative to simply eat the children the government will not feed? would they not recommend it themselves if only they thought they could get away with it?

the state of the world and the powers that be will continue to try and use us all up and throw us aside anyway.

it’s quicker and easier to eat your young.

[hoziercriespower]

Hozier perfoming 'The Fairytale Of New York' on SNL

❝ So happy Christmas, I love you baby I can see a better time, when all our dreams come true. ❞

[pzychojinx]

hozier really said the heartbreak is inevitable and so is the finish line. forever is a lie we tell ourselves. you don't get to the end of your life without feeling a crushing weight on your chest and that's all there is. every path and every bond and every relationship comes to a breaking final point so face it But. this goes both ways. death is rebirth and we move on. and we begin anew and start new journeys and new loves and don't ever let the inevitability of the end keep you from this cycle. all things end for the better or for worse all things end for the better or for worse!!!! and don't you dare keep it from beginning anew!!!! he is so sick man so sick

[pastexistence]

hozier songs aren't about moss and cottagecore they're about eating pussy. get it right

[rebornrosess]

happy hozier day to all those who celebrate

[hoziergifsdaily]

HOZIER — Eat Your Young | Glastonbury Festival 2023