![]() So wretched, this whole predicament, yet something so precious, so unique about it, he doesn't even know what to say about it.īabe, there's something broken about this Satan lost his innocence in a fury, and Satan, often depicted as a snake, dithered out of Eden, God's home, only to sit outside the door, wanting to return.īabe, there's something wretched about this Satan is saying to God how familiar he looks to as he was a time ago, his ideal situation now sits with him in the prison of hell, and chivalry (all the qualities expected of the ideal knight (oh my goodness this fits so well because Angels are often considered God's Soldiers!!)) was lost, fell on its on sword, for he lost all those qualities in his descent. This is the Devil's thoughts as he fell from grace, God wasn't tired or bored of letting go of Satan, there was no rolling of eyes, no time for him. Satan wants to get closer, back to heaven, back to God, or, to pull God down to hell, get closer to him. Leaving God all alone, lonesome.īut something so wholesome, so pure, that is God. And magic, all the miracles he has performed.īabe, there's something lonesome about youĪ story of how the devil came to be is that he literally fell from grace, the devil was once an angel, but wanted to become the equal of God, since God is the one and only, he made Satan fall from heaven down to hell, then Satan continued being evil from the lack of God's love and the want for revenge. Tragic, that those who worship him can only see him once passed away, dead. (I'm not kidding, Hozier confirmed it in a 'Track By Track' video on his channel)Īnyway, I think the whole song can be looked at as Satan talking to and about God. I see a lot of people saying it's about a man and woman, but none have noticed, it's is actually from the point of view of the devil. "A rope in hand for your other man" is about the closeted man's father, who would be ashamed to have a gay son, or about God, who would be angry that men were committing this sin. ![]() He describes his "sin" as both precious and wretched, which alludes to the sin of homosexuality, also the theme of Hozier's song "Take Me To Church". The gay man persists the closeted man, "sitting outside your door" is a metaphor or trying to tempt the man out of the closet and love him back. His "innocence died screaming" was how he faced homophobia, which he thought he would not have to face. "Idealism" is the perfect nuclear family, with a man and a woman, and "chivalry" is men looking after their ladies. The man is familiar to the gay man, like looking in his "mirror years ago", when he was in the closet too and feared a open homosexual life. "Vacant stares" is the man's response to the gay man's invitations to homosexual activity. He is madly in love with another man who is in the closet, describing him as both positive and negative adjectives, because he is beautiful yet not true to himself. He describes himself as the serpent in the Garden of Eden, for the sin of homosexuality is his crime. I think it's about a gay man who is in love with a straight man. I like to interpret this song differently. One way or another, it's a beautiful song. Or at least that was my interpretation of it. The copy of the lyrics on this site are missing an important part of the second verse that makes the meaning of the song much more clear: "Babe, there's something broken about this/But I might be hoping about this/Oh, what a sin." Even though he hates seeing how broken she is, he's hoping it will benefit him in the long run, and he hates that he thinks that way. ![]() However, he knows his intentions are far from pure, and just like the snake in the Biblical tale, he's slithering to her door hoping to tempt her into having sex with him (or otherwise cheating on her other man). He tells her it's happened to him ("you're familiar like my mirror years ago") and he knows how painful it is to have the idealism/chivalry/innocence of your relationship "die screaming" ("Honey ask me, I should know"). He's there to comfort her, finding her in a "tragic" and "lonesome" state. This is about a man in love with a married woman (or one in a committed relationship) whose husband (or boyfriend) is cheating on her. I slithered here from Eden just to hide outside your door To the strand a picnic plan for you and meĪ rope in hand for your other man to hang from a tree I slithered here from Eden just to sit outside your door Innocence died screaming, honey, ask me I should know Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on its sword Honey, you're familiar like my mirror years ago No 'who cares', no vacant stares, no time for me No tired sighs, no rolling eyes, no irony
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