Hozier // In The Woods Somewhere (Lyrics)

In The Woods Somewhere by Hozier off of his self-titled album

Impulsive 3 AM lyric video. Enjoy?

[memoriam.victoriam]

There’s actually an interview where he talks about being a boy in ye olde Ireland and the first time he heard a fox mating sound (which sounds like a woman/child screaming) he was so scared he dropped his flashlight (thus the empty hands line) and ran into the woods to help whoever was screaming-only to find two foxes going at it...

[charliem.]

the part where he said e e e really hit me hard, man

[harls]

After listening to the song I thought about Leshy, a forest guardian from the Slavic folklore. This was a pretty scary looking creature, with an animal skull for head and tree-like body. He was not dangerous himself, until someone did harm to his forest. I pictured the protagonist meeting Leshy in the woods and getting scared of him, while the guardian was trying to lead the person away from suicide

[jamesbailey]

I always think the groove being so heavy on the third and first beats in this song reminds me of a heartbeat... really gives the song a primal, desperate feel, adrenaline mixed with fear kind of thing...

[jandoe]

Everyone is writing about the lyrics and the meaning of the song, which is awesome but let's just take a moment to appreciate the guitars. So haunting, powerful and beautiful.

[slappybigalow]

Theory time: The creature and the protagonist are one and the same, they're fleeing not from a corporeal threat but rather a manifestation of ones guilt and regret for taking a life.

[SwedishSalmonbox]

Imagine... Hozier and AURORA working together

[drifty]

Y’all are theorizing and I’m over here crying over a fox

[Hollycloud]

Everyone: *gives deep and insightful theory about the song*
Me:

[phirerising]

I'm LIVING for these ominous ethereal vibes

[maviesylesia]

Found this in the series "DARK" and I was standing with eyes and mouth wide open... Couldn't believe what my ears experiencing....! Amazing....!!

[tiffanymcintosh]

Two days after my husband died I walked into a tea shop and this haunting song was playing. It was no coincidence. The sadness and pain in the music was exactly what I was feeling. When I looked up the lyrics I could so relate to parts of it.

[DexterHD]

I've been listening to this for 33 years and I will listen 33 more.

The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning.

[swastikpadhy]

FINALLY, They put a Hozier song in dark. That episode is one of a kind🥺

[sangeetaboodoo]

I love how Hozier's songs allow people to have so many different interpretations. He is a poet indeed!

[bluest]

This song calms my soul but fills my mind with energy. I almost fell 100 years older listening to this

[elo]

I can't remember if it was confirmed or not but I remember reading that the song is inspired by Inferno from Dante's Divine Comedy, specifically one of the circles Dante has to traverse with Vigil - Woods of suicide where men who died by their own hand were chased endlessly by hound-like creatures in a dark forest. While Dante himself wasn't chased the song references the 'dearest love' that Dante was chasing, and also the line 'I turned and ran to save a life I didn't have' implies the man is already dead, and has been wandering the woods for 'many years'.

[macieh]

*LYRICS*

My head was warm
My skin was soaked.
I called your name 'til the fever broke

When I awoke
The moon still hung
The night so black that the darkness hums

I raised myself
My legs were weak
I prayed my mind be good to me

An awful noise
Filled the air
I heard a scream in the woods somewhere

A woman's voice
I quickly ran
Into the trees with empty hand’s

A fox it was
He shook afraid
I spoke no words, no sound he made

His bone exposed
His hind was lame
I raised a stone to end his pain

What caused the wound
how large the teeth
I saw new eyes were watching me

The creature lunged
I turned and ran
To save a life I didn't have

Deer in the chase
There as I flew
Forgot all prayers of joining you
I clutched my life
And wished it kept
My dearest love I'm not done yet
How many years
I know I'll bear
I found something in the woods somewhere

[NightmaresWonderland]

The "My dearest love" in the end always gives me endless chills

[agamingmood]

This is the most haunting thing I have ever heard. I love it.