#Shrike by Hozier

[qrcturus]

what. if. i. said. jegulus.

[man-i-love-folklore]

shoutout to whoever made this sign at the concert last night because i am laughing my ass off right now (and also ur right)

[kacievvbbbb]

Wasteland baby! is the most under appreciated of the Hozier albums and truly what an album to be released just before the pandemic what a song to release before the pandemic. During an uncertain time an album about not being alone in a wasteland the way most of the songs are about devotion, to the point of fault, to the point of personal harm, to the point of manipulation, about doing everything to be with this person even when it's detrimental to you both or even when it's a person you've made up in your head, in a year when we couldn’t go out and see each other. Hozier releases an album that puts the yearning for love in the loneliness of the pandemic into words a full year before the pandemic even happened and we don’t even really talk about it and that should be a crime.

True that love in withdrawal was the weepin' of me That the sound of the saw must be known by the tree

god imagine hearing that in a pandemic and not going insane.

in this essay, I will-

[galacticfo-ol]

unknown/nth // shrike

[hoziercriespower]

Hozier performing Shrike on The Late Late Show

❝ I couldn't utter my love when it counted ah, but I'm singing like a bird 'bout it now ❞

[merthurogies]

modern merthur reunion because they deserve to be together and happy again

[heymolli]

i am such a die-hard hozier fan that i cannot even fathom a mind that doesn't like that music. it is too outside my worldview. normally, i am very accepting of the wide variety of tastes that people can have, but i lose all of that when Would That I comes on. listen to the line "remember me, love, when i'm reborn" from Shrike and tell me it makes sense that someone would be like, uh, no, to that. that's nuts

[somequicknewmusic]

Wasteland, Baby! | March 1, 2019

"There is definitely a kind of wry smile to the work, but it takes place with a great shadow hanging over, I suppose, the end of the world kind of hanging over the album a little bit. But that is enjoyed in the best way possible."

[stupidgrasshopper]

do you. do you get it.

[lost-sheep]

Then when I met you, my virtues uncounted All of my goodness is goin' with you now

[imyelenasexual]

how dare you-

need a destiel edit set to shrike by hozier specifically the “i could not utter my love when it counted” playing over dean sobbing on the bunker floor after the confession

[kapankyo]

i couldn't utter my love when it counted

and i couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted

[nadja-antipaxos]

i love when people have hozier explain his songs and the exasperated laughter that comes out of him that's like 'it's been 10 years! don't you know i'm a literature obsessed freak? my first hit was about making my lover my goddess and criticizing the catholic church! i'm a freak just listen to the song!'

[astralilith]

What I love about hozier's music is that, to me, a lot of his songs aren't instant hits - instead, they grow on me. And they grow HARD. Often it will take me multiple replays to truly get a song and for things to just click, especially when it comes to the lyrics. I'll be listening to a song I had thought sounded alright but that I hadn't been vibing with completely for the 11th time, and suddendly a specific lyric will sink in and make so much fucking sense, and I will feel that in my soul -- me actively falling in love with it.

"Shrike" was one of those songs for me. I just couldn't really get why so many fans were so attached to that song specifically at first. Or at the first ten times I listened to it. But then at some point, I just became utterly obsessed. And now it's one of my favorites and makes me so emotional? It's crazy.

Are all hozier songs enchanted? Is he casting a spell on me with every listen? Absolutely magical.

[the-verbatim]

HOZIER DID NOT WRITE “From Eden” JUST TO BE CALLED THE TAKE ME TO CHURCH GUY

[hoziercriespower]

Hozier performing Shrike on The Late Late Show

❝ Then when I met you, my virtues uncounted all of my goodness is goin' with you now ❞