hozier // cherry wine lyrics

Another upload ! I've been busy with finals but here's a listen :)

i feel like this song has a "winter" vibe to it idk but check out more songs by hozier :)

[deadhouseplant]

The part where it says "open hand or closed fist would be fine" gets me every time

[TRexRAWWR]

many men never speak out about abuse because people expect them to not feel bad or sad, also because women get abused more people are more inclined to reverse the blame. Its sad but its true, abuse of any kind is wrong, male on male, woman on woman, woman on male, male on woman. Its never ok

[weebnoah]

Fun fact, Hozier recorded this at 5 am on the top of an abandoned building thats why you can hear the birds in the back and it gives of that cold breeze vibe

[cadence]

I found this song on a “romantic love songs” playlist and thought it was so sweet until I heard the open hand or closed fist line and was like hol up—

[rawr]

to all of you males:
your pain is valid. your feelings are valid. you are valid. you aren’t weak, you are human. i love you, stay safe.

[brooke]

the "oh mamma don't fuss over me" line makes me break down crying every time

[runningwolfpup]

"I walk my days on a wire" God I felt that. Always one wrong word or minor fuckup away from getting it.

[bubblegum]

Oh but she loves
Like sleep to the freezing

Holy shit this line gives me chills, what a desperate warmth to crave despite the danger.

[ghostpercs]

she’d be mentally and physically abusive. she’d always play the victim and would tell others i’d abuse her. one day i just got up and left on my motorcycle. i remember the cold wind biting my face and my nose and cheeks growing cold and rosy. once i got home, yeah i cried. we guys go through it too, but we won’t say anything in fear of being called weak and such. i’m tired of that shit so yeah, there’s my story.

edit: thank you guys for the kind words. i get teary eyed every time i see the supportive words. i’m doing way better then before. of course i still struggle, trust issues, anxiety, depression, etc, but i’ve learned to manage it. your kind words give me more motivation to strive for the better. thank you again, and i hope you all are doing great, i’m proud of you. :) <3

[bakedgoodsstud]

“You don’t understand. I must’ve done something wrong for her to be angry with me. It only happens
I could never hit her back! I love her too much to lay a finger on her. If she feels it’s necessary then I will accept the blame”

A friend of mine who went through this heard it with me for the first time and he burst into tears knowing what he had with her was toxic.

This happens too often than we think. A light should be shed on all kinds of domestic abuse.
Especially mental illness of men who have gone through this!

[jamiehatesyou]

As a male victim of domestic abuse, this song means so much to me. Like I can relate to songs about female victims as well because abuse is abuse but there's something about hearing one specifically about a male victim hits different. I don't talk about it to people coz there's a deep level of shame surrounding it, but this song makes me feel so heard and understood.

I'm so grateful to Hozier for making this❤️

[feedmepaperr]

Let's all thank him for bringing attention to F to M abuse. It's more common than you think (especially mental abuse), but us men can be too.. Idk, embarrassed? To bring it to attention.

[louisemuir]

But seriously who did this to him I'm gonna throw hands

[nadija]

y’all are undermining the line “blood is rare and sweet as cherry wine” idk why but that just hits harder than the rest of the lyrics to me

[sin]

as a wlw who was with a girl in a relationship like this... (I got out a little over 3 years ago now)
it is so dangerous to think that girls cant be abusive too. and I almost didn't leave her because of that

[cas]

he loves her so much and it’s clear she doesn’t love him back. he’s become so dependent on her, so infatuated with her, that whatever she does to him or doesn’t do to him just...doesn’t matter. as long as they have semi-sweet moments together, he doesn’t care. this song is so heartbreaking that i can’t even describe it

[areomorales]

The “oh mama don’t fuss over me” line gets me every time.

[bushrat]

these lyrics are straight up poetry 😭💖

[elisebrito]

at around 1:17 you can hear birds in the background. that wasn’t edited in, that wasn’t added in post. hozier snuck onto the roof of a building (at sunrise i think?) and was recording this live and the birds were caught on the recording. this song was recorded in one take and was released with no editing whatsoever. he did this all in one shot with no autotune, nothing. raw dogged one of the greatest modern classics of all time imo. ethereal

[sskrbhusal]

"Oh but she loves like sleep to freezing" The depth this line holds is beyond mentions