Hozier - First Time (Official Audio)
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- čas přidán 16. 08. 2023
- Official audio for “First Time” by Hozier
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Lyrics
Remember once I told you about
How before I heard it from your mouth
My name would always hit my ears
As such an awful sound
And the soul, if that’s what you’d call it
Uneasy ally of the body
It felt nameless as a river undiscovered underground And the first time that you kissed me
I drank dry the river Lethe The Liffey would have been softer on my stomach all the same But you spoke some quick new music
That went so far to soothe this soul
As it was
And ever shall be
Unearth without a name
Some part of me must have died
The first time that you called me ‘baby’ And some part of me came alive
The first time that you called me ‘baby’
These days I think I owe my life to flowers
That were left here by my mother
Ain’t that like them… gifting life to you again
This life lived mostly underground
Unknowing either sight nor sound
‘Til reaching up for sunlight
Just to be ripped out by the stem
Sensing only now it’s dying,
Drying out, then drowning
Blindly blooming forth its every colour
In the moments it has left;
To share the space with simple living things
Infinitely suffering but fighting off,
Like all creation,
The absence of itself
Anyway…
Some part of me must have died
Each time that you called me ‘baby’
And some part of me stayed alive
Each time that you called
Each time that you called…
C’mere
Ooh la la, ooh la la
What ever keeps you around, it keeps you around Ooh la la, c’mere, ooh la la
What ever keeps you around, it keeps you around
The last time it was heard out loud, The perfect genius of our hands and mouths were shocked
To resignation as the arguing declined
When I was young I used to guess Are there limits to any emptiness?
When was the last time?
C’mere to me, when was the last time?
Some part of me must have died
The final time you called me ‘baby’ But some part of me came alive
The final time you called me ‘baby’
#Hozier #FirstTime #UnrealUnearth - Hudba
I love how Hozier drops some of the deepest lyrics you've ever heard in your life and then goes "anyway, back to the chorus"
He's like "shit. this was supposed to be a love song" lol
he was like "is this too real? ok move on" 💀
That just proves how great his pen game is! all the lyrics around the chorus being complicated and not so easy to digest contrasted by the easily digestible lyrics in the chorus makes the song even more beautiful than it already is. (Sorry for any mistakes, English isn’t my first language)
That's true af
@@Susuwrld he really is incredible at that
The way it goes from "the first time that you called me baby" to "each time that you called me baby" to "the last time that you called me baby" HURTS
Exactly, from pure excitement to despair.
cherry wine vibes :/
so perfect ❤🔥
The verse that starts at "These days I think I owe my life..." and ends with "...anyways..." is easily one of the most stunning lines of poetry I have ever heard, and coupled with his singing?? HOZIER we do NOT deserve you yet you grace us anyways
I stopped breathing
I love ur profile pic btw!
Oh brother. Really.
Good
I thought it was just me lol
That u SH,I must be losing my mind I'm sure that smile lips yours am I wrong😢
This song absolutely broke me but I thank you, andrew. Also wow...
"These days I think I owe my life to flowers that were left here by my mother, ain't it like them giftin' life to you again?"
😭😭
my favorite part the philosophizing on cut flowers 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Followed immediately by the like about staving off the absence of their own existence 😢❤
And it was so pointedly about his own life, his own mom.
@@zelbernil3790as a metaphor for the struggles of all worldly existence. And then the "well anyway" at the end of it.
his "anyway" at 2:12 is sublime
Listening to Hozier always gives such a Euphoric feeling
YES
Enargia: the feeling when gods reveal themselves, not in disguise, but as themselves
3 songs deep into the album and I'm already tearing up. How beautiful.
Same. And I never cry. By the time I Carrion was done, I had tears running down my face
How am i supposed to get over him giving us just. Beautiful fuckin poetry and then just going ANYWAY
the duality of this the teetering between existential concepts, heartbreak and satisfying saccharine sing along 😗👌
"to share the space with simple things, infinitely suffering but fighting off- like all creation, the absence of itself"
holy. shit.
Facts ❤
“..but anyway” ❤
Remember once I told you about
How before I heard it from your mouth
My name would always hit my ears
As such an awful sound
And the soul, if that's what you'd call it
Uneasy ally of the body
It felt nameless as a river undiscovered underground
And the first time that you kissed me
I drank dry the river Lethe
The Liffey would have been softer on my stomach all the same
But you spoke some quick new music
That went so far to soothe this soul
As it was
And ever shall be
And ever shall be
Unearth without a name
Some part of me must have died
The first time that you called me 'baby'
And some part of me came alive
The first time that you called me 'baby'
These days I think I owe my life to flowers
To flowers that were left here by my mother
Ain't that like them... gifting life to you again
This life lived mostly underground
Unknowing either sight nor sound
'Til reaching up for sunlight
Just to be ripped out by the stem
Sensing only now it's dying
Drying out, then drowning blindly
Blooming forth its every colour
In the moments it has left
To share the space with simple living things
Infinitely suffering, but fighting off
Like all creation
The absence of itself
Anyway
Some part of me must have died
Each time that you called me 'baby'
And some part of me stayed alive
Each time that you called
Each time that you called
C'mere
Ooh la la. Ooh la la
What ever keeps you around, it keeps you around
Ooh la la. Ooh la la
What ever keeps you around, it keeps you around
The last time it was heard out loud
The perfect genius of our hands and mouths were shocked
To resignation as the arguing declined
When I was young I used to guess
Are there limits to any emptiness
When was the last time?
C'mere to me, when was the last time?
Some part of me must have died
The final time you called me 'baby'
And some part of me came alive
The final time you called me 'baby'
Thank you
I am in tears, I heard him say “river lethe…” and I had to double to check. I grew up in Lethe, next to the river 😢
I tell people "all hozier songs are melancholic, even the happy ones". This is what I mean.
Idk, part of me feels kind of understood by that.
@@aaliveagain so relatable
YES
Yea but this one’s not a happy one tho, maybe anything but has a more upbeat but the subject overall is sad. This one you can tell it’s a break up way it goes from first time you called me baby to each time to the last time.
You know, there will only be a handful of times in my life where I hear a song for the first time and it changes my perception of something for the rest of my days. This song’s lyrics tell such a heart wrenching story of a true love being realized as nothing more than fantasization and the “ah ha” moment of realizing that maybe it wasn’t actually love.
I had to take like a full hour to rationalize that’s how I felt about several relationships I’ve been in. This song seriously put things into perspective for me and is going to change how I view relationships going forward on finding the difference between actual love and just temporary attraction.
Whoa! Well said. ❤😊
As much as I agree with your interpretation I can't help but think it doesn't necessarily mean the love wasn't real, it just wasn't... right. Or, it was right for a time and it no longer is. I don't think this song seeks to undermine the love by deeming it as not but rather its an ode and a closure to that love and all that it gave and took from the subject.
Love the symbolism of the flower, chamomile can mean rest, peace, poise, calmness. And sometimes it can mean renewal and rebirth.
This song reminds me so much of Jackie and Wilson, and that song is my ultimate favorite 🥺 I’m loving this so much! 💕
I was just trying to figure out which song from the Hozier album does this song remind me of and you just gave me the answer!
Ahhh yes!! That's why it's my favorite in UU. This reminds me of my fave J&W
Sameeeee
This is my favorite so far. ❤ I love the references to greek mythology in a few songs from the album and also the way he writes his lyrics like classical, yet timeless poetry.
Agreed!!
Bittersweet as it is, I'll let this album be a closure of so many things. The songs beautifully and carefully captured many words and feelings that are maybe better left buried and unsaid. Andy, thank you for this song and for everything else! No regrets for the very long wait! Congrats for your work✨
😮😢😅😂😊❤
“and the first time that you kissed me, I DRANK DRRRYYYYY THE RIVER LETHE!”
What a track.
I think he’s saying the River Liffey.
@sheilaosullivan2794 nah it's lethe
he says Lethe first, then Liffey
River Liffey, Dublin.
I fricking LOVE this line. Sounds so pretty how he sings it and the symbolism is parallel to the whole rest of the song. The River Lethe is the river in Hades, the Greek Underworld, that is said to remove a mortal soul's memories so they may be reincarnated into the land of the living again. He's saying her kiss made him shed himself and be reborn again! Normally all it takes for the oblivion to come is a single drink, but she inspired him to drink the whole river. There's a kind of grandeur in mythological stories that he captures very well with "man falls in love and drinks a whole river of forgetfulness"
I love how this song (and whole album, really) showcases his Irish accent much more than the previous ones. Be you, Hozier!
this is, in my opinion, a spiritual sequel to Jackie and Wilson
This is my favourite song on the album. I've been listening to this for 3 hours on repeat. It's so joyful but so beautifully bittersweet. I can't stop crying. That ending 😭😭😭😭
I was listening to the album for the first time on my drive home from work yesterday and this song shook me to my core, dude.
I mean
These days I think I owe my life to flowers
That were left here by my mother
Ain't that like them... gifting life to you again
This life lived mostly underground
Unknowing either sight nor sound
'Til reaching up for sunlight
Just to be ripped up by the stem
Sensing only now it's dying,
Drying out, then drowning
Blindly blooming forth its every colour
In the moments it has left;
To share the space with simple living things
Infinitely suffering but fighting off,
Like all creation,
The absence of itself
Are you kidding me??? 😭
I'm so glad I bought some Simple Living Things merch along with my preorder of the album, cause I already knew I liked the design but now I know that verse+prechorus will forever change the way I look at a vase of flowers. This might be my new favourite song.
Man has an entire philosophical discussion of life and postfaces it with "Anyway".
This song is so effortlessly Hozier it feels like I'm home again
0:37 "In Orphism, a Greek mystical religious movement, it was believed that the newly dead who drank from the River Lethe would lose all memory of their past existence." I MEAN
he’s done it, yet again. fucking musical genius
Bless Hozier for giving words to the dissonant emotions too painful and complicated to describe, set to the loveliest melodies, no less. Cheers to him.
I had to stop listening for a while because this was so perfect that I had to mentally assimilate it and I literally wanted to cry of happiness
no touching grass won't do, i need to chew on a daisy and bury myself underground.
Why?!? This one is both so radio friendly feelgood bop in the chorus yet verses so devastating and visceral WHY!!!
Dude has got that romantic energy down with this one
Everyone say thank you Hozier
This song sends chills up and down my spine. I cried the first time I heard this song, and I still tear up whenever I listen to it. Hozier is truly a gift. He makes art.
My mum called me right after the “these days I think I owe my life to flowers that were left here by my mother” bit, I just think that’s funny
I really like this one little part that I haven’t seen another comment saying, but that little poem part where he says infinitely suffering but fighting off like all creation the absence of itself and then he just goes anYWAY and back into the chorus of the song . like. yes I have all these feelings that I can only speak of with metaphors removed but ANYWAY 😂
i love him so much. i can’t wait to see him later this year. my partner, who thought the epitome of music was drake, the weeknd, etc. has fallen in love with hozier now. telling me “i can’t believe this type of music exists” i’m so proud of his growth. he’s the one who bought the tickets for our anniversary. i love him. this song is painful as much as it is beautiful. i hope i don’t ever have to feel this way (again), as i am so happy with my baby.
His voice just does something to me. Like it scratches an itch I didn't know I had
A FRESH BREATH HAS FINALLY COME ONCE MORE
Remember once I told you about
How before I heard it from your mouth
My name would always hit my ears as such an awful sound
And the soul, if that's what you'd call it
Uneasy ally of the body, it felt nameless as a river
Undiscovered underground
[Pre-Chorus]
And the first time that you kissed me
I drank dry the River Lethe
The Liffey would have been softer on my stomach all the same
But you spoke some quick new music
That went so far to soothe this soul
As it was and ever shall be, unearth without a name
[Chorus]
Some part of me must have died
The first time that you called me, "Baby"
And some part of me came alive
The first time that you called me, "Baby"
[Verse 2]
These days I think I owe my life
To flowers that were left here by my mother
Ain't that like them, giftin' life to you again
This life lived mostly underground
Unknowin' either sight nor sound
'Til reachin' up for sunlight just to be ripped out by the stem
[Pre-Chorus]
Sensing only now it's dyin'
Drying out, then drowning blindly
Bloomin' forth its every colour
In the moments it has left
To share the space with simple living things
Infinitely suffering, but fighting off like all creation
The absence of itself, anyway
[Chorus]
Some part of me must have died
Each time that you called me, "Baby"
But some part of me stayed alive
Each time that you called, each time that you called
[Bridge]
Come here 💚
Ooh-la-la, ooh-la-la
Whatever keeps you around, it keeps you around
Ooh-la-la, come here, ooh-la-la
Whatever keeps you around, it keeps you around
[Verse 3]
The last time it was heard out loud
The perfect genius of our hands and mouths were shocked
To resignation as the arguing declined
When I was young I used to guess
Are there limits to any emptiness?
When was the last time
Come here to me 💚when was the last time?
[Chorus]
Some part of me must have died
The final time that you called me, "Baby"
But some part of me came alive
The final time you called me, "Baby"
OHMYGOD THESE SONGS ARE MASTERPIECES
The magical mixture of depth, and tongue in cheek. He is seriously masterful. It’s wild. It feels like he knows my soul better than I do. I’m really grateful for that.
Im crying 😭 i didnt expect it until tomorrow! You absolute Darling! Thank you so much
Sameeee! I think time zones worked in our favor
@@sarahkate9060Me too! I was shocked when I went on CZcams and I saw all the new songs!
Andrew this album already feels like a part of me, it’s destroying me. Thank you so much ❤
These days I think I owe my life to flowers
To flowers that were left here by my mother
Ain't that like them, giftin' life to you again
Nearly made me cry
flowers from Ms. Raine would indeed bring me back to life 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I'm not sure, if I understand this part to 100%. English is not my mother tongue. Can someone explain? :)
@@naschy0078 Hozier says that these days, now that he’s older, he thinks he owes his life to flowers. Flowers that were left in his life by his mother. He doesn’t mean literal flowers, more of a metaphor for beauty and growth and seeds planted. He’s talking about how mothers often help you to grow and plant seeds for greatness inside of you. And he owes his life to his mother, and how much she loved him. Then he says “ain’t that like them, gifting life to you again”, stating that mothers often help their children through very hard times, and keep them alive, keep them steady, and continue to help them grow, gifting life to us again, because they gave life to us in the first place by birthing us. Hope that helps!
@@bookishbrookeish oh wow, that is soooo beautiful! That makes the song even more special to me. Thank you for the explanation. I think I need to start thinking around the corner 😅👍
"anyway" ❤
This song sounds like driving on the highway with the top down in summer when you're young and are forgetting every cruelty in the world.
This one is just something else. That second verse is pure poetry.
Which verse are you referring to?
@@nigeljames4368 the one about the flower blooming and dying
@@ActOutYourLife yeahh, felt the same, that was just beautiful!!
Exactly what I said about that verse. pure poetry.
This breaks my heart in a profoundly heavenly way. 💘✨
I just saw him on CBS this morning, and I was blown away. I love this guy ❤❤❤
Can't wait for Honor Luca to listen to this and tell us what she thinksssss❤❤
oh he went crazy. like a third through the album and i had to go back to this one.
THIS SONG. OMFG ANDREW YA DID IT AGAIN 😭😭
I don’t know how or why so there won’t be any explication but this song feels like getting drunk while heartbroken and as a result going into a drunken philosophical and existential rant about life and how fleeting it is
The nihilism that follows a heartbreak, the flower metaphor was so poetic of getting through it and the realization we are all suffering even a flower but it still fights the absence of itself (death) regardless like all creation.
i'm ngl i'm feeling slightly suicidal rn but hozier's voice is soothing me and making me believe there truly is good in the world
He seems very sincere;
singing, breathing life into us/me, unforgettable.
This gets me right in the heart! ❤
hozier never misses
“And the soul, if that’s what you’d call it,/ uneasy ally of the body,/ it felt nameless as a river undiscovered underground”??? Hello?????
I woke up to find that this album was released while I was asleep. What a joyful morning.
I hear a lot of reggae in this song in addition to early soul/Motown.
MY HEART IS POUNDING
Paolo Nutini vibes in this one. That would be a dreaaaam collab for me!
I would die instantly!
his music does something to my brain everytime its sooooo soothing, literally heavenly🥹🥰
This has been my favorite Hozier song ever since I heard the opening notes on the night UU released. Just heard it live last night. Absolutely incredible ❤ poetry
"she's gonna save me, call me baby."
"some part of me must have died the first time that you called me baby."
"blindly blooming forth its every colour"
"all these colors fade for you"
who hurt you damn
unknown ✨
MY FAVORITE SONG IN THE ALBUM AHHH
2:49 the little “come here”.😵💫
I struggle to even consider a favorite but this one is special.
Absolute masterpiece
Motown vibes ❣❣
this is easily my favorite song on the album 😩
This made my soul weep
To be loved as one of Hozier's song❤️
I'll never move on from this
I keep singing this little part to myself as I go through my day… 🎵 some part of me must have died… the first time that you called me baby
But some part of me came alive, the first time you called me baby 🎶
All I can say is that I am damn lucky to be alive and still listen to HOZIER 😊❤❤....what more could I ask for
I couldn't love this song more than I already do.
this is comforting in so many ways i can’t even describe it
Oh im grooving so hard
this one is so beautiful
I love this song so much. Got me smiling and crying.
Hozier killing us all with his SHALALAs & OOH LA LAs 😞😞😞😞😩😩😩😩
I love your poetry . Good to have u here :)
this song is beautiful
Listening with headphones and it’s like he is whispering in my ear!
Hozier be writing the fuck out them songs. Calling the soul the "uneasy ally of the body"? Wow.
Calling death “the absence of itself”. The entire flower verse was a poem. Hozier is Amazing.
The songs melody reminds me of 90's songs of my country.
This album is feeding my soul
,what a beautiful song
Well done son
Well done
The way he samples Prince in this is so beautiful
te amo tanto sabia hozinho..
Omg!! Beautiful!!!❤❤❤❤ love this song, the groove, his vocals🙌🏿
Shoutout to the River Liffey 🌊💪🥰
Wonderful compositions, just feel its beauty!!!
I think this has got to be one of my favourite songs from Hozier. It's so bittersweet. It's so perfect I UGGGHHHH UGHH hgjdjsbwsojw
Already one of my all time favorite songs
my favorite from the album❤️
OH MY GOD this is gorgeous i’m so excited for the full album!!!!
I think it's out now
the full album is out!!
It’s out and it’s fucking fantastic!
I'm ascending to a new plane of existence
AA LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH THANK YOU HOZIER!❤