[Verse 1]
Better days are comin’, if no one told you
I hate to hear you cryin’, over the phone, dear
For seven years runnin’, you’ve been a soldier
[Pre-Chorus]
But better days are comin’
Better …
[Verse 1]
There is a promised land waiting for me
Sometimes there’s an ocean that lies in between
I’ll keep on traveling the pathway You’ve been
‘Til I’m right where You want me, that’s …
[Verse 1]
Change came like a hurricane
2020 hit us differently
And even though I didn’t want it
This old life got a hold of me
How to float when there’s no control?
Feeling life or …
[Verse 1: Conan Gray]
Make myself feel more at home
I want to be the guy who loves the girl
The girl in the movies
Well, she don’t want me
She wants him and not …
[Chorus]
All the niggas who played with me who dead, them niggas ain’t want to live (No)
She gave me head and that head was givin’ what it’s supposed to give
I came …
Boys workin’ on empty
Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat?1
I just think about my baby
I’m so full of love I could barely eat2
There’s nothing sweeter than my baby3
I’d never want once from the cherry tree
‘Cause my baby’s sweet as can be
She give me toothaches just from kissin’ me4
When, my, time5 comes around
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth6
No grave can hold my body down
I’ll crawl home to her7
That’s when my baby found me
I was three days on a drunken sin8
I woke with her walls around me
Nothin’ in her room but an empty crib9
And I was burnin’ up a fever
I didn’t care much how long I lived10
But I swear I thought I dreamed her
She never asked me once about the wrong I did11
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
My baby never fret none12
About what my hands and my body done13
If the Lord don’t forgive me
I’d still have my baby and my babe would have me14
When I was kissing on my baby
And she put her love down soft and sweet15
In the lowland plot I was free
Heaven and hell were words to me16
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
Hozier refers to the hunger pangs one feels when working a long day without food in one’s stomach.
Hozier believes that being in love is all that is needed to help one get through his day.
All other troubles of life seem to fade away when a beloved girl is on one’s mind.
“She give me toothaches just from kissin’ me” is a figurative statement that is meant to compliment Hozier’s girl.
That is, my time to die.
Hozier refers to being buried after dying here.
Hozier believes that even in the afterlife, those who are deeply in love cannot be separated.
It is unclear whether Hozier’s girl found him severely inebriated or whether the “drunkenness” was metaphorical for another “sin.” Nevertheless, Hozier had done something wrong, and his beloved found out about it.
Hozier communicates that his girl took care of him, despite the fact that he didn’t deserve her care.
The effects of Hozier’s mistake were so severe that even death seemed like a favorable outcome.
Hozier expresses gratitude for the grace and forgiveness shown by his beloved.
“My baby never fret none” means “my girl never worries.”
Hozier reveals that his sins and mistakes were of a sexual nature, at least in part.
Hozier reflects on his mistakes and the effects they have had on his relationship with his beloved.
Hozier loves his beloved’s romantic gentleness and sensitivity.
In other words, nothing else matters to Hozier when his girl is together with him.
7 user explanations and meanings
Kai Anderson
To me this song is about someone who has done a lot of wrong in thier life. Is close to death because they don’t care what happens to them, “heaven and hell were words to me” suggests just that. They is telling the story of how they were saved by the love of their lives…. love conquers all.
Anonymous
Honestly I think he’s talking about his daughter/baby .
Anonymous
I took it to mean he lost his baby that was sweet and innocent and never matured to see his sins. Also that he had nothing to live for but when the day comes he lookd forward to meeting her in death.
Betty Smite
It’s about addiction.
“Boys working on empty” -He needs a fix.
“I’m so full of love I can barely eat”- No appetite for wanting the drug.
“She gives me toothaches just from kissing me”-Chronic tooth decay, cracked teeth, gingivitis or other forms of gum disease and other complications are often ignored by those who have an addiction.
“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 I sober up it’s like death, but I can’t stay away so I’m going to use again.
“That’s when my baby found me
I was three days on a drunken sin”-He was on a bender when he discovered his drug of choice.
“I woke with her walls around me
Nothin’ in her room but an empty crib” – He woke up high. An empty crib symbolizes that to accept addiction means giving up the chance at a family.
“My baby never fret none
About what my hands and my body done”-Drugs don’t judge
Anna wade
Perfect explanation
Anonymous
meth
Dane
This was also how I read it. Drug addiction, sweet oblivion.