Hozier - Work Song (Lyrics)

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[Intro]
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm

[Verse 1]
Boys workin' on empty
Is that the kinda way to face the burnin' heat?
I just think about my baby
I'm so full of love, I could barely eat
There's nothin' sweeter than my baby
I'd never want once from the cherry tree
'Cause my baby's sweet as can be
She'd give me toothaches just from kissin' me

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3]
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 kissin' 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

[Chorus]
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

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[PuffleFuzz]

I’m always gonna associate this with Bobby Nash and 9-1-1.

[alysadonahue]

Here after watching the newest episode of 911😭
I will never hear this song the same again!!!!

[marthaholt]

I'm a musicologist, A musicologist is a person who studies music, I have loved music my whole life, And to correct everyone, The real story behind Hozier's song "Work Song" it's about a man who has found love after surviving an abusive relationship. The song is a gospel-blues composition that includes themes of love, sin, and religion.

[bellaboo]

Came from the lastest episode of the show 911 #RIPCaptainBobbyNash

[BlueHazyDreams]

I heard this song for the first time yesterday, as well as my partner's singing voice. He sang it to me right after I proposed. He's never really sung in front of anyone before but he said he's been practicing quietly at work. I'm a singer myself so he was extra nervous and apologised for his pitch, but from the moment he started singing all I could think about was how I never wanted that sound to end.

I bawled like a baby then and listening to it now.

[summerclopp]

“ I didn’t care how long I lived” but Bobby finally did 😭

[felixtheaxolotl]

Yall this song is not abt cheating or addiction, its abt loving her so much and hard that hes lossing all the sleep and health he has

[ondrealowe]

This song makes me cry every time I hear it. I know it’s about romantic love lost; but after I lost my 16 year old a year ago this hits a different chord. She was my first true love of life since I had her as a teenager. I miss her so deeply, I wish I could crawl home to her.

[territim]

My husband is in the ground, but he's right here. He had PTSD from war. Was an alcoholic. Means much to me

[sheylynndavis]

Everyone is so stressed out about having the right opinion on what it means when in reality it means what you perceive it to be! That’s the beauty about music. Music is art and it’s always about the perception. If you resonate then you resonate for whatever reason.

[janvisingh]

He's so used to crawling home to her everyday that he'll do that in death also, such strong is the love he has for her. It is something that is now become natural to him. Something that can be interpreted from chorus of this song. 🌿❤

[Birdi_gaming]

He's saying that he loves her so much not even death can stop him from being with her... 😢 you ppl are twisting it wow.

[katiehutchens]

A big part of me wants this played at my wedding. My fiance loves it too and i introduced it to him. ❤
We love the chorus and sing it together with everything we have lol its both tragic and beautiful.

[debanjanabanerjee]

I found this masterpiece just yesterday on 911 after watching Bobby's death😢😢

[AdamJipson]

I’ve tried so many times and nothing will compare or even come close. Definitely lost and it’s a void that had a piece that fit perfectly in it. It’s a specific piece that no other will fill.

[victoriafowler]

My estranged husband has loved only one other then me and that's his alcohol, I pray someday he gets sober and loves me still and comes home.

[KendrickJohns]

Here from the recent 911 episode. Bobby Nash 😭😭😭😭😭

[ChristieMarie]

When my love and i reunited after 20 years, he was not well. He didn’t want to live, but he said I saved him. We ended up having a son. Our baby boy was our miracle because my love didn’t think he could have children (ex of 13 years lied to him and left him for a woman). Just shy of our son’s 2nd birthday, he had a motorcycle accident and didn’t make it. I had just got my parents house with our son when I got the call. I didn’t make it on time to the hospital. I had to see him at the funeral home. I laid my head on his cold chest for the last time. To love someone so much that you can no longer hold hurts so much. I think of the day we are reunited in our next life. *beautiful song💔

[josephlessard]

My mom just passed away on monday july 22nd at 8:46pm before we made it to windsor ontario 1 hour and 20min from windsor before she passed rip i love you so much 😢❤

[dehzuhrayl]

You can feel the weight of the hope in searching for someone in the next lifetime