I love how they depicted that the war 'ate' his hand and how his anger at her 'ate' her emotions and how they 'ate' the child by forcing him to be something else. Hozier has such a nuanced way of depicting a vicious cycle that society forces us into.
Quick analysis because I love Hozier's art and this vidoe is just great. About the performance, it starts from the guy and the girl meeting and falling in love. they then proceed to unveil each other's wardrobe. or 'costumes.' focus on how they themselves don't choose the costumes, its the other, this can refer to the expectations we put on the other person regarding their mesculinity/femininity. the way this is choreographed and runs smooth can show that we most often let others, even if it may be our partner define or limit our masculinity/femininity, like it is expected of them. Hozier's costumes get him into the role of the someone who is more hands-on with their work. like a typical male they are also only work attires (enforcing man as main breadwinner of the family) while for the lady she's wearing what may be a nurse uniform or a chef or just in a dress (role of a housewife) which shows her role as the nurturing female. Hozier, dressed as a solider goes off to war, again something which may be expected of him. The couple part and the woman is starts to beautify herself by painting herself as aphrodite. (the statue in front of her). this is enforcing traditional masculine/feminine roles on them again and again. Hozier comes back with an arm missing and when his lover greets him his reaction is not the most welcoming. This could be the aftermath of the war. this could be just his envy that while she was at home he had to go out and he gave a part of himself too. (point is, he's not happy) Venus de Milo (the statue on the table) doesn't have arms, the woman looks at her and then she's seen removing her arms too (not sure how THIS worked. did she cut them?) it could metaphorically show her attempts and efforts to become a 'perfect' female. or just one who was the most beautiful. This could also show (and this is only my interpretation) her response to her husband losing his arm. to maybe sympathise with him. to swooping down to meet him (can this reflect on her trying not to hurt the male ego? i dont know.) But she does meet him, it's shown in the performance that the kids are watching when her arms goes to touch his. hozier then, will embrace his lover and show affection (interesting tangent on how he won't show affection when she was in a better 'place' than him and now that she isn't and now that she has embodied aphrodite fully (i.e. reached peaks of femininity idk?) he's then comfortable to show love. cue: child, who is revealed by the woman. and when hozier the father) goes to meet him the exchange is not the most warm. The father only shakes the little boy's hand and almost is looking down at him. this is not the interaction between a boy and his father. the father is wholly treating it as meeting another man. an adult. and when toys are revealed to the boy and he goes for the doll before anything else the father gets mad. he snatches it and throw it away. he's teaching his son how to be a 'man' (cue: toxic masculinity) the boy grows violent and starts smashing all the toys (because he wasn't allowed to express himself fully) while the mother does nothing until grabbing the boy's arm and putting the cloth over it. same arm his father also lost. this could show how both the parents are enforcing these roles and expectations on the boy while he's really too young to understand or retaliate. (the lyrics, seven new ways that you can eat your young, fits so well because this sis showing how youth gets destroyed. how trampling on their individual egos and personas while trying to make this cliche traditional story for yourself and imposing it on other only will eat away at your young.) the father unveils the costumes of the young boy then. which are all similar to the ones hozier was wearing at the start. the boy has been molded into this shape created by his parents and the society. thank you for coming to my tedtalk.
This is so well put, Thank you so much! I am still shook, having watched the Video twice in a row and now scrolling through the comments looking for something to hold on to... Its so emotional...
Love this!!! Maybe the lose of an arm can be interpreted as a symbol of trauma - first, the father gets traumatized in war, then the mother, and then it eventually passes down to the child?
In addition, I think its worth noting that the woman is turning herself into a statue. When he kisses her she’s perefctly motionless, not even her eyes move - she’s only accepted by the man once she’s fully turned herself into an object to be admired and nothing else.
wow. the husband leaving for war, the mother turning to stone, the anger that grew in the child from being guided away from true interests and towards traditional masculinity. showing him in a worker uniform before he was gone. the tantalizing glimpse of something red in that little fridge which sent the children scattering away from the puppet show. nice job, everyone involved!
@@thaliar9093 it looked like blood, but it also was the kids hand who opened the fridge. and don't forget the meat hook behind them at the end. when the kid was send away. it looked like the kid was killed off, because of the title 'eat your young' and the various parts in the song using them for war or something else.
Repent. Believe in Jesus Christ and become a new person in this life. John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Matthew 4:17 KJV From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
I love that even when the curtain falls, the child is not included in the final bows, as if his destruction, or consumption as the title/fridge/hook suggests, is a real-life consequence of the play. Incredible work as always 🤍 I can’t wait to see what else Hozier has in store for us.
Mayhaps this is why the children scattered when the fridge opened. They knew that -- when the play is performed again, as it always is -- one of them will be next.
I often find myself wondering how this man could ever come close to the bar that he’s set for himself and yet he somehow continues to raise it every single time he releases Absolute work of art
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
It always amazes me how Hozier's songs become even more alive and real through their music videos. When I think a song can't get any better, a music video comes out for it and proves me wrong. Truly powerful. I love it.
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
I feel like I haven't even begun to understand it, but I love the way the kids and adults have such different reactions when they're pretty much watching different versions of the same show. I think I'll just keep watching it. Edit: Monsieur Dorgat has a great analysis in the replies
lol nothing wrong with that. I think some general pointers that I could glean: - The couple go through short and superficial courtship and present each other with their roles. They play these rolls, but one man's role is to go to war. They perform these rolls for the audience, representing society. - While the man is at war, the woman becomes obsessed with unrealistic/unhealthy beauty. She tries to become like the statue she idolizes. When the man returns from war, his trauma stops them from connecting and she completes her transformation into stone, physically and emotionally. - The man comes back from war with one arm on the other stage - the one that raises the children. He's already changed the lives of some children. When the woman becomes stone, she also puts her hand into that stage. Together, they play sanitized and caricatured versions of their roles for the children to idolize them. - When the two materialize their own child, they try to reinforce the roles they've internalized on the child, but the child doesn't want to and rebels. When the child's hand is forced into the puppet stage, he mocks and tears things down like he did the toys he was supposed to play with. He exposes their puppets for the violent and ugly life they truly have, showing their fights and he ultimately deposes them on the stage of the next generation. - The couple double down, and force the boy into the same rolls the man took. This is no longer a puppet show. They cover the boy with a blanket, and he disappears. The crowd cheers at the "successful child raised into the workforce", but the set behind the couple falls apart and exposes the dirty meat hook. The puppet stage now has a fridge, within which is implied the boy's flesh as meat, and they run. Apparent to all but the couple that raised him, the boy was slaughtered for the sake of adult society and his body fed to the next generation. The next generation is horrified, and wants nothing to do with what adult society is lauding. It could alternatively be implied that the boy's last effort was to expose to the next generation what happened to him. - Overall, it fits the theme of the song that our society is built on the sacrifice of the next generation for the selfish desires of the older generation's society. While it's supposed to be self-perpetuating, the younger generation is starting to see the cracks and dissociate from the violent and cruel world their parents try to sustain.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 incredible work analysing the video! It was really helpful, and I think you should post this interpretation as a separate comment so more people could see it.
The key is the lyric: "Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns; It's quicker and easier to eat your young" In our current society we do tons of short sited things that we do in the name of 'protecting our families' but really we are just building war machines, contributing to climate change, and deplete resources. We are giving our children shiny christmas presents but stealing from them in the future. The video show the violence inflicted on the next generation as 'eating the young'
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
The fact that he chose Ivanna as a co-star for this M/V makes it so much more meaningful and important to me as a ukrainian fan. Hozier is just so considerate and always pays attention to the details. True artist 👏
Keith Woods: "russian" oligarchs. Igor Kolomoisky. Great russian famine, Holodomor, Famine in Khazakhstan, Lazar Kaganovich, Genrikh Yagoda, Aron Solts, Filipp Goloshchyokin, Yakov Yurovsky, Lazar Kogan, Matvei Berman, Naftaly Frenkel, Salomon Morel, Helena Brus. Minimum replacement birth rate: 2.1 Israel birth rate: 3.00 EU birth rate: 1.53 Canada birth rate: 1.47 USA birth rate: 1.70 Australia birth rate: 1.66 Russia birth rate: 1.50 Ukraine birth rate: 1.23 Moldova: 1.28 Belarus: 1.38 Serbia: 1.48 Bulgaria: 1.56 Romania: 1.60 Albania: 1.58 You must understand. The leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. The October Revolution was not what you call in America the "Russian Revolution." It was an invasion and conquest over the Russian people. More of my countrymen suffered horrific crimes at their bloodstained hands than any people or nation ever suffered in the entirety of human history. It cannot be understated. Bolshevism was the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant of this reality is proof that the global media itself is in the hands of the perpetrators." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I love the fishhook at the end of the video. It shows that when the children finally get up to go watch the play on the other side of the room, they are not being tricked into it, but rather, they voluntarily are seeing the play that displays bloodshed and suffering, just like how if a fish were to bite onto a fishhook without a worm, the fish wouldn't be being tricked into latching onto a hook where it will inevitably die, it chose to go that path. I feel like this is all a symbol for the fact that war is so glorified throughout childhood, that the cycle is going to happen and happen. We are shown pieces of war and pain in ways that seem appealing to us as children, just so we see war in a good light and further continue the cycle.
You said it wasn't a trick because it was voluntary... then you perfectly explained how it was still most certainly a trick. You described it almost like cooking a frog slowly so they don't realize it's too hot until it's too late. The adults like to label those moments as free and voluntary choices even when they're not, not truly. Makes the adults feel less ugly and uncomfortable when they frame it as a choice. Doesn't even matter if they believe it themselves, as long as they're never put on the spot. Nothing's as scary to some people as questioning their own power and comfort.
As a songwriter and poet myself, I find it hard to express my emotions as clearly and creatively as this beautiful man. His work really highlights parts of the human experience I think we all at some point or another experience and it not only exceeds my expectations, but raises them to a level I feel no other artist has ever reached. Bravo.
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
@Nolia Pastel Stelate And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became Blood. Revelation 16:3-4
I... words escape me. He has raised the bar so high for himself after this. I feel I'll need to watch this about 8 more times to peel all the layers. It's so beautiful. It's so good. I'm so happy he wasn't afraid of doing something different. This is why he keeps me hooked (no pun intended).
So many things to love about AHB. For me, this isn’t one. Lived through the pandemic, through years of crazy politics, too much gun violence. I know the world is a mess. I need light, inspiration, optimism, not a journey through the circles of hell. Apologies to one of my favorite musicians.
@@EveLyn-jm4zq I understand it, particularly from his interview comments, that it’s a reflection on how we are destroying the world for future generations with climate change, endless war. Greed, and policies that are bankrupting us on every level; he’s saying might as well just eat your young; it would be quicker.
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
wow... a cinematic masterpiece which needs multiple watches to unpack all the levels of meanings. the woman turning herself into sculpture to resemble an injured husband is such an accurate depiction of what survival syndrome feels like. love from Ukraine ❤ (and Ivanna Sakhno, a Ukrainian actress, is incredible here) UPD: love how at the beginning when the couple picks their costumes they start with the wardrobe of the opposite gender, and later their son goes for a doll first when he gets to pick up toys... as if deep down the parents would like to break the traditional roles imposed by society, but it's so deep already that they subconsciously accommodate to them, and then force the boy to accommodate
A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). Denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) which can be fertilized by male gametes. Women inherit a pair of X chromosomes from their parents, and are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, SRY-gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. The adult female pelvis is wider, the hips broader, and the breasts larger than that of adult males. Women have significantly less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men. A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the father. Sex differentiation of the male fetus is governed by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. During puberty, hormones which stimulate androgen production result in the development of secondary sexual characteristics, thus exhibiting greater differences between the sexes. These include greater muscle mass, the growth of facial hair and a lower body fat composition.,,,..., . ...,,...,,..
Kalergi plan Loxist subversion Minimum replacement birth rate: 2.1 Israel birth rate: 3.00 EU birth rate: 1.53 Canada birth rate: 1.47 USA birth rate: 1.70 Australia birth rate: 1.66 Russia birth rate: 1.50 Ukraine birth rate: 1.23 Moldova: 1.28 Belarus: 1.38 Serbia: 1.48 Bulgaria: 1.56 Romania: 1.60 Albania: 1.58 Keith Woods: "russian" oligarchs. Igor Kolomoisky. Great russian famine, Holodomor, Famine in Khazakhstan, Lazar Kaganovich, Genrikh Yagoda, Aron Solts, Filipp Goloshchyokin, Yakov Yurovsky, Lazar Kogan, Matvei Berman, Naftaly Frenkel, Salomon Morel, Helena Brus. You must understand. The leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. The October Revolution was not what you call in America the "Russian Revolution." It was an invasion and conquest over the Russian people. More of my countrymen suffered horrific crimes at their bloodstained hands than any people or nation ever suffered in the entirety of human history. It cannot be understated. Bolshevism was the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant of this reality is proof that the global media itself is in the hands of the perpetrators." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
@Pattern Recon oooook, so is this a bot or a psychopath who thinks Trans people believe they are biologically the opposite gender. That's not even the talking point here.
This was a work of art. Criticisms of hypermasculinity, war, feminine anger and validation, heteronormativity, ans childhood resistance or succumbing to the past. The community approval vs the kids understanding from so young that its Bad. Its so beautiful.
Gorgeous on every level. It might be a weird compliment but a) I really appreciate how Hozier chooses such interesting video concepts AND appears in them himself, and b) he’s clearly gotten more comfortable with filmed appearances and choreography! What do I call that, parasocial pride?
I think the moment he comes back from the war, he is not in a position to handle "active" behaviour. He desires a Pygmalion, an Aphorite without arms. Probably caused by PTSD. She does not even blink when he kisses her, does not move by herself(he turns her around) and she is aware of this "mutilation of movement" Mother also teaches the kid to supress his urges/identity/activity. Eat your young, war destroys the young and the lover. All of the missing parts go to the kids' theatre. The theatre is applauded by adults, appreciated whilst kiddos are afraid of witnessing the end, the inside of locker, the growth and the world after maturation. The video as a whole is not reflective of the song, but a rather a corresponding interperetation within the song. A truly unique approach- despite being so common in life.
some details i love about this video: 1:29 the fact that shes about to become a statue, but then she sees he's back from the war and runs to him, only to find he's not the same man anymore. 2:32 the fact that the mother introduces the kid to the father and him just giving him a "manly" handshake, without any affection thanks to toxic masculinity is amazing how this music video convey so much with the tiniest details
Oh my god I cannot wait to spend the next ten years of my life unpacking this video until one night at three am where I finally understand everything and the secrets of the universe will be revealed to me
@@ayoolukoga9829 Thou shalt not shove religion on people who don't give a fuck: for the lord will not hold him guiltless that is a asshole. Common Sense 24:7
Lyrics. I'm starving, darling Let me put my lips to something Let me wrap my teeth around the world Start carving, darling I wanna smell the dinner cooking I wanna feel the edges start to burn Honey, I wanna race you to the table If you hesitate, the getting is gone I won't lie, if there's something to be gained There's money to be made, whatever's still to come Get some Pull up the ladder when the flood comes Throw enough rope until the legs have swung Seven new ways that you can eat your young Come and get some Skinning the children for a war drum Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns It's quicker and easier to eat your young You can't buy this fineness Let me see the heat get to it Let me watch the dressing start to peel It's a kindness, Highness Crumbs enough for everyone Old and young are welcome to the meal Honey, I'm making sure the table's made We can celebrate the good that we've done I won't lie, if there's something still to take There is ground to break, whatever's still to come Get some Pull up the ladder when the flood comes Throw enough rope until the legs have swung Seven new ways that you can eat your young Come and get some Skinning the children for a war drum Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns It's quicker and easier to eat your young.
Wow. They pair up and give each other their wardrobe/roles, and the man loses his arm to war, the woman loses both of hers to an ideal of beauty which she worships in her grief and loneliness, and when they return to each other both are changed, traumatized and numb to love. The hands that disappear appear in the children's puppet show; it's all they see. When the woman reveals their child the man shakes the boy's hand like he's a stranger, because he is, and when that child reaches for the doll, the man (maybe remembering how his wife used to be and in a pang of grief?) rips it from the child's hands, and the child in turn begins to act out his anger and destroy everything else he was given. In the end when the adults make the child disappear with an ominous meat hook revealed at the end, the audience of adults, numb like they are, see nothing wrong nor the implications and clap dryly while the woman and man take their bows, clearly without feeling. Meanwhile in the children's puppet show (where disappeared things go, remember) the boy's hand appears and opens a vault, and whatever's inside scares all the children so much they run away in fear - the exact opposite response to the parallel adult audience. There's so much here but it definitely resonates for me for familial reasons relating to WWII & the intergenerational trauma that was passed down.
I find the themes of this song to be so interesting, especially in how it’s also reflected in its reception as it was released. The song talks about exploitation of one generation by another “skinning children for a war drum, putting food on the table selling bombs and guns.” While at the same times makes it sound so alluring, and the song was released in a way to emulate that theme. Hozier release the opening line and made it sound like some sexy, sultry song of desire, only to have the true message of the song sink in after everyone was lured into the sensuality of it. As for me personally, when I heard the teased release of the opening lyrics, I did pick up on the sexuality tone of the verse, but felt there was more to it. Since hearing the full song now I understand what I heard. It is has the sexuality of a pack of lions circling a trapped gazelle. It is about the sexuality of predation.
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
0:41 I like this part and how they both reveal the ‘roles’ for eachother (through their clothing)- kind of re-enforcing each others roles in society because they both know how they “should be”
Hozier never fails to make incredible art with his videos. I love the juxtaposed macabre here - the music itself and the puppet show against the lyrics and content. The innocence boy dressed the same as his wounded father. Really emphasizes how much evil is done up pretty in the world.
"Eat Your Young" by Hozier is a song that lays bare the greed and destruction of those in power. The lyrics are a commentary on the brutality of a world where people are consumed by the desire to achieve wealth and power at any cost, even if it means destroying the future. The song's opening verse paints a picture of a world where people are hungry for success and will stop at nothing to achieve it. The lyrics suggest that these people are willing to "wrap [their] teeth around the world" in order to carve out a piece for themselves. The pre-chorus continues this theme, with the singer racing to the table to claim his share before it's all gone. The chorus takes the message in a more grotesque direction, highlighting the ways in which those in power "eat their young". This can be interpreted as the wealthy and powerful exploiting and consuming the younger generations for their own gain. The chorus suggests that those in power will go to great lengths to maintain their position, even if it means "skinning the children for a war drum" or "putting food on the table selling bombs and guns." Overall, "Eat Your Young" is a powerful and thought-provoking song that calls out the systemic corruption and greed that exists in society. It's a commentary on the ways in which the rich and powerful consume the resources of the world at the expense of future generations, while leaving those who are left behind to fight over the scraps.
I think the song is about how toxic parents destroy [eat] your childhood [young] and leave their toxic tendencies with you as child and you grow up with those tendencies as a part of yourself
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
to me, it feels like parents ruining their children's lives with what they want rather than what the children want. thus, "eat our young". I go through it personally. anyone else who has been through it or is experiencing it, you'll get what you want and what you deserve, which is only the best. hold on, stay strong. i love you.
it took me a while to see the parallel between this and "a modest proposal". between this and "swan upon leda", he's really leaning into irish literature and I'm loving it.
It's about societal violence and the war machine. The loss of innocence and tenderness to violence. When the son picks up the doll, Hozier frowns and takes it from him, and we see the boy playing more aggressively after, hitting the toys instead. Then you see the boy "lose" his arm, as if he's lost a bit of himself to the aggression. The way the man lost his own arm to the extremes that this societal aggression and violence leads to. You literally lose pieces of yourself, physically (their limbs) and emotionally (their relationships). And you see these pieces that they lose appear on the stage for the laughing children. It symbolizes the desensitization that we develop to violence as we grow up. The same show is presented to the children, but in a way that's meant to entertain (the sparklers symbolizing the bomb that took his arm) so they get comfortable with the violence without realizing it. And ofc when you listen to the lyrics, so much of it is about sacrificing innocents, our young, to violence and the war machine. "Skinning our children for a war-drum". "Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns". It's about sacrificing innocence because of greed and hunger for power. "I'm starving darling.... let me put my teeth around the world.... Start carving..." Also "If there's something to be gained... there's money to be made." It's about the selfishness and inhumanity that people will sink to when it benefits them. "Pull up the ladder when the flood comes" People who only care about themselves in times of crisis, and will not offer help to others. You can also see it in the way the woman almost hardens herself, literally turning herself into stone. How we become desensitized to this violence and the damage it has done to us, psychologically - not just war, but this mindset of only caring for what’s mine, to the point of sacrificing our young, our innocence and our children to this system.
موسيقى هوزير وكلماته تأخذك الى عالم آخر… عالمٍ مختلف عن عالمنا هذا لكن عندما نراه نجد بأنفسنا المقدرة والشجاعة لمواجهة عالمنا الحالي ورؤية عيوبه بوضوح تام
بسبب الحرب خسر دراعه وبيطلع غضبه عليها, وبسبب كده هي بتفقد مشاعرها. فالاخار هما الاتنين بيطلعوا المشاكل النفسية دي علي ابنهم. كأن الحرب "اكلت" دراعه وعصبيته "اكلت" مشاعرها فهما "اكلوا" حياه ابنهم وده اسم الاغنية.
Beautiful and haunting expresions of how our inner loving childlike selves are eaten away by trauma and revisited upon our own expectations and treatment of the next generation as we feed their future life to the holes in our own souls as the world watches. Brilliant modern twisted Johnathan Swift-like take on the post-modern predicament. Bravo, maestro.
Kalergi plan Loxist subversion Minimum replacement birth rate: 2.1 Israel birth rate: 3.00 EU birth rate: 1.53 Canada birth rate: 1.47 USA birth rate: 1.70 Australia birth rate: 1.66 Russia birth rate: 1.50 Ukraine birth rate: 1.23 Moldova: 1.28 Belarus: 1.38 Serbia: 1.48 Bulgaria: 1.56 Romania: 1.60 Albania: 1.58 Keith Woods: "russian" oligarchs. Igor Kolomoisky. Great russian famine, Holodomor, Famine in Khazakhstan, Lazar Kaganovich, Genrikh Yagoda, Aron Solts, Filipp Goloshchyokin, Yakov Yurovsky, Lazar Kogan, Matvei Berman, Naftaly Frenkel, Salomon Morel, Helena Brus. You must understand. The leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. The October Revolution was not what you call in America the "Russian Revolution." It was an invasion and conquest over the Russian people. More of my countrymen suffered horrific crimes at their bloodstained hands than any people or nation ever suffered in the entirety of human history. It cannot be understated. Bolshevism was the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant of this reality is proof that the global media itself is in the hands of the perpetrators." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I've been obsessively replaying this song ever since it came out. This video made me tear up. I can't really describe it or give an in-depth analysis but there was so much emotion, beauty, and storytelling in this. Love this so much!
Crazy how this man makes the most danceable, most slappy beat, and it's all about how mankind is cruelly and selfishly feeding off the futures of their own offspring
I was worried to watch this music video because I've had music videos ruin favourite songs before, but I found myself deeply moved. Go raibh math agat, you're a brilliant artist and wordsmith 💚
I cried watching this. Such a beautiful and deep piece of art, as expected from the King. Well done to everyone involved in the project, and thank you!
ok so since i've watched this about 40 times now, here's my analysis (kinda long): it starts out with two audiences facing different directions: the old and the young. the older people are watching a play-like stage with a man and a woman, and the children have a miniature hand-puppet sort of thing (starts out empty). The man and the woman fall in love, and they then choose each other's costumes--representing who they want each other to be. the man goes off screen (to war, as he is a soldier) while the woman paints her face grey (representing stone, as she is losing her emotions). This happens right as the chorus hits, symbolizing the loss of themselves and how they "ate" away at each other. The man comes back on screen with a limp and a missing arm. This is when the first hand appears on the children's screen, and flexes as if it's experiencing being a hand again for the first time. The man and woman run to each other but he refuses her touch, possibly leading to her sense of guilt and putting on the black sleeves (more or herself "eaten" away). As she puts on the sleeves, the second hand appears on the children's screen. These hands are the man and woman's. The woman then refuses the man's love, as she is now stone. Then a backdrop appears on the children's screen and a hand starts to make funny pictures. This is the woman's lost sense of fun and emotions. Everything that is on the children's screen is a part from the adult's play that was eaten away. Adults notice only what is missing of each other, but the children are enjoying making believe that everything is right again and they are playing pretend with what was lost. The woman then reveals a child. The hands on the children's screen then turn into puppets of the man and women (who are whole) in a loving relationship, as this is now one more thing that they have lost. The man gives the child choices of toys to choose from, and the child chooses a doll--big mistake. This violates the norms and goes against what the man wants and he rejects the child. The child now puts on a black sleeve and a part of him is "eaten" away. This is when another hand appears on the children's screen, allowing the child to play with the dolls he wanted to. (very aggressively, i might say, due to anger in denying himself) The man then gives the child the same costumes as in the beginning before settling on a miner--a more stereotypical boy's role. because of this, the boy is now gone completely, eaten away by the man and woman. the backdrop falls leaving only the man, the woman, and a hook. they bow and are applauded because "it's so hard parenting and you did such a good job" ...even though the child is eaten away. The dolls are fallen and a hand reaches to open a cooler. there is only a glimpse of red --i'm assuming the child is showing what's left of himself -- and the children run away. In the end, all that's left is the hook. The parents and the child do not matter anymore, only the traditions of "eating your young". tl;dr: man and woman eat each other. child is unhappy, lost things are shown to the children. generational trauma and "eating your young" means taking away who they really are in favor of tradition and stereotypical values.
I had a lesson centering around that video, discussing the symbolism, the meaning etc... The 7th graders were hooked. When I translated the lyrics to their language they were even more shocked. Great song and video to convey the message of how society molds you to be something you're not, hopefully us discussing it in class will be a slight obstacle from them getting "eaten" by the system.
I love reading all the interpretations here. I totally agree with the analysis that this is describing how we change ourselves to fit society, to support society (in the case of the war) and do whatever we can to fit what we think our partner needs (her turning herself into venus). And then there's the child, getting the toy snatched away. But just after that, instead of playing, he's smashing. I think it's important to keep in mind that 'eat your young' is a reference to "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift in the midst of the Irish Famine. He wrote that perhaps the poor Irish folk should just sell their children to be eaten if they don't want to be poor. It's very much a mimicry of the times now, when we give up everything we love and work towards only to ruin what we've made. The man goes to war, loses an arm, all for his country, for his family (presumably) only to then send his own child into violence trying to make him fit that mold too, the mold the man didn't fit in before and doesn't now. I can also see the man kissing the woman when she is fully venus as a sort of... placation I guess? Like, her seeing his coldness to her when he came back from war was read by her as 'he no longer loves me/finds me attractive: i must change more' when it could have simply been that he has been hurt and traumatized. And then he sees the way she's changed, looks worried even, and reaches out to comfort her, but now she can't return it. There's a complete loss of communication between everyone, just assuming and guessing and hoping. Hozier never fails to make me think through his songs, but then his videos get me going even deeper.
Love the hands symbology. In my opinion represents their sense of self and happiness. He lost his for chasing a traditionally stereotypical male duty (fighting for his country/family/etc...) she hide it voluntarily in an attempt to embody the feminine ideal. And following those paths drove them away from eachother. And at the end, those same ideas made their son unhappy, and he ends up resenting them, destroying them and following the same path his father took before him.
The layers of history and thought that goes into this writing is astounding, to chip away at the catchy melodies and upbeat music like I am in English class to dissect what's underneath is a pleasure. I've never really been into writing but this is special.
Love all these analysations on how war ‘ate’ his hand, ‘ate’ his child, how we force roles of society onto ourselves and ppl around us, and other interpretations. But I’d like to add on to that because this. Is. A. Masterpiece. The song is basically about how we influence each other into something we were not originally. The narrative of the song embodies a person who is greedy, hungry and villain-like but he doesn’t think it is wrong, because it is considered a norm. By the way the parents in this video were treating their child, you can most likely guess that the parents themselves were faced with the same experiences growing up. They don’t let their child play with what he wants, instead, they cut (eat) his hand the way his mother had in order to please the father, please society in a way. When you eat a young without anyone (not yourself, not even you child) realising, that child turns into the boy in the vid, agressive, angry, and that child turns into the parents, cold as stone. At the end of the vid, the children watching the puppet show are shown a fridge, a household object for food. The adults, on the other hand, are shown a fishing hook. Both ways ensure food but a fishing hook is sharp and hurts a lot more. When the children see the fridge, they run away. But we don’t get to see the adults’ reactions to the hook because hozier is showing that hook to us, the real audience. It’s such a clever way to show the differences of childhood and adulthood in the same matter of ‘eating’ (stripping someone of their desire to be themselves, and eventually making them forget who they were, causing them to live for the sake of others and not for ourselves). And ironically, who are the eaters? Well, us too.
Hozier is killing it on this track! The only reason he’s not getting more hits is because he hasn’t checked out the short on my channel that breaks down how all these trappers are blowing up so big.
hozier, this man never disappoints me, I've been following him for about three years and I haven't regretted it for a second. what a wonderful mind. all my applause for him and the team. 🇲🇽✨
Just my quick interpretation~ It starts off with 2 actors falling in love, or at least “choosing each other”, since we are expected to find partners come a certain age. Next they are both given a set of costumes to choose from, only a handful of choices for each one both confined to the typical gender stereotypes. Only traditional “women’s jobs” for her and “men’s jobs” for him. Then just as quickly as they met, they are separated by war. At this moment, the show for the children is still not starting. The scene then cuts to the woman sitting in front of the vanity. Just like the man who was subjected to war, she too is subjected to the pressures of society. This is conveyed by the statue of Venus de Milo in front of her, an ageless representation of the ideal feminine beauty. She conforms and starts painting herself just like the statue. The man comes back from war with an arm missing, he loses a part of himself by conforming to everything that was expected of him. So does the woman in trying to become more like the statue. At one point, the man also recoils at the woman being worried for him, personally I feel like this also pertains how men are frowned upon when they show any kind of emotion. He only ever responds to her when the she fully depicts the statue… with both arms missing, inexpressive , not a single word from her mouth, in short…an object only to be looked at. In a way, that is also what he expects from her. They are both scarred and broken at this point and it’s obvious that the relationship is built on them just going through the motions of society’s set standards. It is only when the man and woman loses their arms that the show for the children starts. IT IS THEIR ARMS RUNNING THE SHOW, those already broken and traumatized parts of them that they lost by going along with what is expected of them, the casualties. At the start, the woman’s arm tries to reach for the man again but he still recoils, further confirming the lack of actual genuine love and communication in the relationship. And what is the children’s puppet show about? The exact opposite of what happened in the other play with the actors. The puppets meet, fall in love, they don’t get separated, they don’t even lose parts. They’re even jumping/ dancing around with firecrackers, as if saying “we are happy and you can be like this too if you do the same” even though it’s quite the opposite. Meanwhile, in the show with the actors, they have a kid already. The man simply shaking the child’s arms upon meeting him already shows his lack of emotions and how he expects his kid to be the same. He shows him the toys and gets mad when his son chooses a “girl’s toy”. The child starts breaking the other “boy’s toys” they left for him so his mother reprimands him by covering his arms. And so the cycle starts again, he starts losing parts of himself, just like how his parents did before him. The child’s hand now show’s up in the puppet play but what does it do? Does it pretend to be happy like his parents? No. He tears off the puppet dad’s military costume and reveals the butcher costume underneath. The man who has been cutting everyone to pieces and “eating his young” by subjecting him through the same cycle trauma instead of stopping it. The puppets fight, probably revealing the actual unhappy relationship of the couple. As for the meaning of the ending, it’s a long shot but here’s what I think. For me the covering of the child with the black fabric (the same fabric that they used to cover their arms) and then disappearing completely only to be replaced with a meat hook signifies a “finished product”, another child “properly raised” in this wretched system, and the crowd of adults applaud at this. Meanwhile, the puppet show ends with the child’s hand opening a bloody fridge. Maybe signifying and showing the ugly truth of it all, that he is nothing but a butchered product. For once someone decides not to sugarcoat it and acknowledges how destructive it really is. The children run from this, maybe after seeing the truth for what it is they are scared it could happen to them too? Either way, this MV honestly gives me hope for the future. That someday somehow the following generations will end the vicious cycle. Thank u Hozier for the wonderful MV!
Thank you for this. This is such a brilliant interpretation and it truly makes me so happy to see it put into words♥️ I also want to add some of my extra observations: the woman is covered with the black cloth a lot more, both arms, and her abdomen, in a shape that I think signifies not just loss of agency overall, but especially loss of agency over her reproductive organs (Rape culture, Roe v. Wade). The reveal of the child under the black cloth also happens at the angle where the kid and the woman’s body are in perfect line (the first time the black cloth around her waist is fully visible) signifying that women also are forced to have children within marriages. Even the Venus de Milo statue has no arms, (the woman even mimics the black cloth’s placement on her arms exactly at the spots as the Venus Statue) signifying how women should be beautiful which they are only when they lose without agency - to do, to change things. Ultimately it goes on until the woman is just a socially desirable statue instead of herself. That’s the only way he loves her back too, once she loses more of herself for him than he has of himself. Once the hands transition into the puppet show, you see what each parent gives to the children through what each hand does. The man is repression and aggression (clutching fists) and the woman is denial (shadow puppets). The fact that the child is dressed as a worker in the end until he vanishes could also be symbolic of so much, child labour or how young people are labouring through a system that’s waiting to butcher them. There’s honestly so many interpretations of each scene and detail.
I am not smart enough to properly dissect or understand hozier music videos but this is beautiful and even if I can’t put it into words this is something I can feel in my roots
He just never fails at the work he is doing, I watched it for multiple times and it is just so pure, the message behind is so perfectly transfered to the stage and to the audience, to us. I can't really describe how amazing it is, I am putting myself into a repeat at this point because the capaticy of my word knowledge is not enough to describe how perfect this is. Long time haven't seen something that is actually good in the music industry. Luck to listen his music in my teenage years !
Oh my goodness. The complexity, the themes, the representation. Gosh. I had to read synopses in the comments in order to understand completely, but once I did 🤯! Thank you for delivering yet ANOTHER glass onion Hozier.
I love how they depicted that the war 'ate' his hand and how his anger at her 'ate' her emotions and how they 'ate' the child by forcing him to be something else. Hozier has such a nuanced way of depicting a vicious cycle that society forces us into.
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Yass they really are that, left no crumps!🤩🤩🤩 Slayyy💅💅💅💅✨
What does the fishhook stand for? I never could quite get that
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This!
Quick analysis because I love Hozier's art and this vidoe is just great. About the performance, it starts from the guy and the girl meeting and falling in love. they then proceed to unveil each other's wardrobe. or 'costumes.' focus on how they themselves don't choose the costumes, its the other, this can refer to the expectations we put on the other person regarding their mesculinity/femininity. the way this is choreographed and runs smooth can show that we most often let others, even if it may be our partner define or limit our masculinity/femininity, like it is expected of them.
Hozier's costumes get him into the role of the someone who is more hands-on with their work. like a typical male they are also only work attires (enforcing man as main breadwinner of the family) while for the lady she's wearing what may be a nurse uniform or a chef or just in a dress (role of a housewife) which shows her role as the nurturing female.
Hozier, dressed as a solider goes off to war, again something which may be expected of him. The couple part and the woman is starts to beautify herself by painting herself as aphrodite. (the statue in front of her). this is enforcing traditional masculine/feminine roles on them again and again.
Hozier comes back with an arm missing and when his lover greets him his reaction is not the most welcoming. This could be the aftermath of the war. this could be just his envy that while she was at home he had to go out and he gave a part of himself too. (point is, he's not happy)
Venus de Milo (the statue on the table) doesn't have arms, the woman looks at her and then she's seen removing her arms too (not sure how THIS worked. did she cut them?) it could metaphorically show her attempts and efforts to become a 'perfect' female. or just one who was the most beautiful. This could also show (and this is only my interpretation) her response to her husband losing his arm. to maybe sympathise with him. to swooping down to meet him (can this reflect on her trying not to hurt the male ego? i dont know.) But she does meet him, it's shown in the performance that the kids are watching when her arms goes to touch his.
hozier then, will embrace his lover and show affection (interesting tangent on how he won't show affection when she was in a better 'place' than him and now that she isn't and now that she has embodied aphrodite fully (i.e. reached peaks of femininity idk?) he's then comfortable to show love.
cue: child, who is revealed by the woman. and when hozier the father) goes to meet him the exchange is not the most warm. The father only shakes the little boy's hand and almost is looking down at him. this is not the interaction between a boy and his father. the father is wholly treating it as meeting another man. an adult.
and when toys are revealed to the boy and he goes for the doll before anything else the father gets mad. he snatches it and throw it away. he's teaching his son how to be a 'man' (cue: toxic masculinity) the boy grows violent and starts smashing all the toys (because he wasn't allowed to express himself fully) while the mother does nothing until grabbing the boy's arm and putting the cloth over it. same arm his father also lost. this could show how both the parents are enforcing these roles and expectations on the boy while he's really too young to understand or retaliate.
(the lyrics, seven new ways that you can eat your young, fits so well because this sis showing how youth gets destroyed. how trampling on their individual egos and personas while trying to make this cliche traditional story for yourself and imposing it on other only will eat away at your young.)
the father unveils the costumes of the young boy then. which are all similar to the ones hozier was wearing at the start. the boy has been molded into this shape created by his parents and the society. thank you for coming to my tedtalk.
Beautifully explained, I reached similar conclusions and this helps put it to words
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This is so well put, Thank you so much!
I am still shook, having watched the Video twice in a row and now scrolling through the comments looking for something to hold on to... Its so emotional...
Love this!!! Maybe the lose of an arm can be interpreted as a symbol of trauma - first, the father gets traumatized in war, then the mother, and then it eventually passes down to the child?
In addition, I think its worth noting that the woman is turning herself into a statue. When he kisses her she’s perefctly motionless, not even her eyes move - she’s only accepted by the man once she’s fully turned herself into an object to be admired and nothing else.
wow. the husband leaving for war, the mother turning to stone, the anger that grew in the child from being guided away from true interests and towards traditional masculinity. showing him in a worker uniform before he was gone. the tantalizing glimpse of something red in that little fridge which sent the children scattering away from the puppet show. nice job, everyone involved!
i didnt get what was in the little fridge? 😅
@@thaliar9093 it looked like blood, but it also was the kids hand who opened the fridge. and don't forget the meat hook behind them at the end. when the kid was send away. it looked like the kid was killed off, because of the title 'eat your young' and the various parts in the song using them for war or something else.
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Making up your own narrative
@@Jeremy-xu3yu does this like make you feel better or? Cause yk no one ever saw a random yt comment and decided to convert
I love that even when the curtain falls, the child is not included in the final bows, as if his destruction, or consumption as the title/fridge/hook suggests, is a real-life consequence of the play.
Incredible work as always 🤍 I can’t wait to see what else Hozier has in store for us.
Mayhaps this is why the children scattered when the fridge opened.
They knew that -- when the play is performed again, as it always is -- one of them will be next.
Now we have the "too sweet"
I loved it very muuuch
I am so happy you mentioned the child not being included and the butchers hook.
I often find myself wondering how this man could ever come close to the bar that he’s set for himself and yet he somehow continues to raise it every single time he releases Absolute work of art
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
oh my. very well voiced.
Boom, the accuracy. Underrated comment.
It always amazes me how Hozier's songs become even more alive and real through their music videos. When I think a song can't get any better, a music video comes out for it and proves me wrong. Truly powerful. I love it.
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
What do you mean their? His*
@@conoreccleston-jy1kq i think they're referring to the song itself
Same with dinner and diatribes!!
This song is so basic. Disappointing compared to past albums. Melody predictable. And lame guitar playing for a good guitarist.
I feel like I haven't even begun to understand it, but I love the way the kids and adults have such different reactions when they're pretty much watching different versions of the same show. I think I'll just keep watching it.
Edit: Monsieur Dorgat has a great analysis in the replies
lol nothing wrong with that. I think some general pointers that I could glean:
- The couple go through short and superficial courtship and present each other with their roles. They play these rolls, but one man's role is to go to war. They perform these rolls for the audience, representing society.
- While the man is at war, the woman becomes obsessed with unrealistic/unhealthy beauty. She tries to become like the statue she idolizes. When the man returns from war, his trauma stops them from connecting and she completes her transformation into stone, physically and emotionally.
- The man comes back from war with one arm on the other stage - the one that raises the children. He's already changed the lives of some children. When the woman becomes stone, she also puts her hand into that stage. Together, they play sanitized and caricatured versions of their roles for the children to idolize them.
- When the two materialize their own child, they try to reinforce the roles they've internalized on the child, but the child doesn't want to and rebels. When the child's hand is forced into the puppet stage, he mocks and tears things down like he did the toys he was supposed to play with. He exposes their puppets for the violent and ugly life they truly have, showing their fights and he ultimately deposes them on the stage of the next generation.
- The couple double down, and force the boy into the same rolls the man took. This is no longer a puppet show. They cover the boy with a blanket, and he disappears. The crowd cheers at the "successful child raised into the workforce", but the set behind the couple falls apart and exposes the dirty meat hook. The puppet stage now has a fridge, within which is implied the boy's flesh as meat, and they run. Apparent to all but the couple that raised him, the boy was slaughtered for the sake of adult society and his body fed to the next generation. The next generation is horrified, and wants nothing to do with what adult society is lauding. It could alternatively be implied that the boy's last effort was to expose to the next generation what happened to him.
- Overall, it fits the theme of the song that our society is built on the sacrifice of the next generation for the selfish desires of the older generation's society. While it's supposed to be self-perpetuating, the younger generation is starting to see the cracks and dissociate from the violent and cruel world their parents try to sustain.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 incredible work analysing the video! It was really helpful, and I think you should post this interpretation as a separate comment so more people could see it.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 that seems like a great analysis, you should definitely post it so it's not hidden under mine!
@@monsieurdorgat6864 Wonderful analysis!!!
The key is the lyric:
"Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns;
It's quicker and easier to eat your young"
In our current society we do tons of short sited things that we do in the name of 'protecting our families' but really we are just building war machines, contributing to climate change, and deplete resources. We are giving our children shiny christmas presents but stealing from them in the future. The video show the violence inflicted on the next generation as 'eating the young'
Love it when Hozier is Mad and Political, gotta be one of my favourite Hozier's
The war brings out the worst in people but it also brings out the best in some 💙💛
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
DONT HAVE ANY YOUNG. Then you won't be tempted to eat them.
I love him but he is just wrong politically on this one. The amazing and false propaganda.
I love when Hozier. in general.
The fact that he chose Ivanna as a co-star for this M/V makes it so much more meaningful and important to me as a ukrainian fan. Hozier is just so considerate and always pays attention to the details. True artist 👏
Yes, it touches a topic of war and Ivanna is Ukrainian girl
Keith Woods: "russian" oligarchs.
Igor Kolomoisky.
Great russian famine, Holodomor, Famine in Khazakhstan, Lazar Kaganovich, Genrikh Yagoda, Aron Solts, Filipp Goloshchyokin, Yakov Yurovsky, Lazar Kogan, Matvei Berman, Naftaly Frenkel, Salomon Morel, Helena Brus.
Minimum replacement birth rate: 2.1
Israel birth rate: 3.00
EU birth rate: 1.53
Canada birth rate: 1.47
USA birth rate: 1.70
Australia birth rate: 1.66
Russia birth rate: 1.50
Ukraine birth rate: 1.23
Moldova: 1.28
Belarus: 1.38
Serbia: 1.48
Bulgaria: 1.56
Romania: 1.60
Albania: 1.58
You must understand. The leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. The October Revolution was not what you call in America the "Russian Revolution." It was an invasion and conquest over the Russian people. More of my countrymen suffered horrific crimes at their bloodstained hands than any people or nation ever suffered in the entirety of human history. It cannot be understated. Bolshevism was the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant of this reality is proof that the global media itself is in the hands of the perpetrators."
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@@anuari_ Ukrainian woman, I'd imagine is a more accurate description.
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History between Ukraine, NATO and Russia didn’t start in 2022. Stop watching propaganda and do a bit of research..
I love the fishhook at the end of the video. It shows that when the children finally get up to go watch the play on the other side of the room, they are not being tricked into it, but rather, they voluntarily are seeing the play that displays bloodshed and suffering, just like how if a fish were to bite onto a fishhook without a worm, the fish wouldn't be being tricked into latching onto a hook where it will inevitably die, it chose to go that path. I feel like this is all a symbol for the fact that war is so glorified throughout childhood, that the cycle is going to happen and happen. We are shown pieces of war and pain in ways that seem appealing to us as children, just so we see war in a good light and further continue the cycle.
You said it wasn't a trick because it was voluntary... then you perfectly explained how it was still most certainly a trick. You described it almost like cooking a frog slowly so they don't realize it's too hot until it's too late.
The adults like to label those moments as free and voluntary choices even when they're not, not truly. Makes the adults feel less ugly and uncomfortable when they frame it as a choice.
Doesn't even matter if they believe it themselves, as long as they're never put on the spot. Nothing's as scary to some people as questioning their own power and comfort.
As a songwriter and poet myself, I find it hard to express my emotions as clearly and creatively as this beautiful man. His work really highlights parts of the human experience I think we all at some point or another experience and it not only exceeds my expectations, but raises them to a level I feel no other artist has ever reached. Bravo.
Hozier is talent personified.
@@guacamoleontoast4591 truly
@@guacamoleontoast4591 Genius
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
@Nolia Pastel Stelate And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became Blood. Revelation 16:3-4
I... words escape me. He has raised the bar so high for himself after this. I feel I'll need to watch this about 8 more times to peel all the layers. It's so beautiful. It's so good. I'm so happy he wasn't afraid of doing something different. This is why he keeps me hooked (no pun intended).
Can you explain it like I'm 5? I didn't really understand the video
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@@EveLyn-jm4zq +2 I'm not the brightest myself but I really want to understand
So many things to love about AHB. For me, this isn’t one. Lived through the pandemic, through years of crazy politics, too much gun violence. I know the world is a mess. I need light, inspiration, optimism, not a journey through the circles of hell. Apologies to one of my favorite musicians.
@@EveLyn-jm4zq I understand it, particularly from his interview comments, that it’s a reflection on how we are destroying the world for future generations with climate change, endless war. Greed, and policies that are bankrupting us on every level; he’s saying might as well just eat your young; it would be quicker.
The message behind it, I’m amazed. This is absolutely Hozier-like, just wow.
Did you notice how the children and the adults were not watching the same show?
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
What’s the message?
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wow... a cinematic masterpiece which needs multiple watches to unpack all the levels of meanings. the woman turning herself into sculpture to resemble an injured husband is such an accurate depiction of what survival syndrome feels like. love from Ukraine ❤ (and Ivanna Sakhno, a Ukrainian actress, is incredible here)
UPD: love how at the beginning when the couple picks their costumes they start with the wardrobe of the opposite gender, and later their son goes for a doll first when he gets to pick up toys... as if deep down the parents would like to break the traditional roles imposed by society, but it's so deep already that they subconsciously accommodate to them, and then force the boy to accommodate
i never thought about it like that! thanks
I noticed that they started at the opposite wardrobes. So interesting. Everything had symbolism
A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). Denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) which can be fertilized by male gametes. Women inherit a pair of X chromosomes from their parents, and are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, SRY-gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. The adult female pelvis is wider, the hips broader, and the breasts larger than that of adult males. Women have significantly less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men.
A man is an adult male human.
Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent).
Like most other male mammals, a man's genome inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the father. Sex differentiation of the male fetus is governed by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. During puberty, hormones which stimulate androgen production result in the development of secondary sexual characteristics, thus exhibiting greater differences between the sexes. These include greater muscle mass, the growth of facial hair and a lower body fat composition.,,,..., .
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Kalergi plan
Loxist subversion
Minimum replacement birth rate: 2.1
Israel birth rate: 3.00
EU birth rate: 1.53
Canada birth rate: 1.47
USA birth rate: 1.70
Australia birth rate: 1.66
Russia birth rate: 1.50
Ukraine birth rate: 1.23
Moldova: 1.28
Belarus: 1.38
Serbia: 1.48
Bulgaria: 1.56
Romania: 1.60
Albania: 1.58
Keith Woods: "russian" oligarchs.
Igor Kolomoisky.
Great russian famine, Holodomor, Famine in Khazakhstan, Lazar Kaganovich, Genrikh Yagoda, Aron Solts, Filipp Goloshchyokin, Yakov Yurovsky, Lazar Kogan, Matvei Berman, Naftaly Frenkel, Salomon Morel, Helena Brus.
You must understand. The leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. The October Revolution was not what you call in America the "Russian Revolution." It was an invasion and conquest over the Russian people. More of my countrymen suffered horrific crimes at their bloodstained hands than any people or nation ever suffered in the entirety of human history. It cannot be understated. Bolshevism was the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant of this reality is proof that the global media itself is in the hands of the perpetrators."
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
@Pattern Recon oooook, so is this a bot or a psychopath who thinks Trans people believe they are biologically the opposite gender. That's not even the talking point here.
This was a work of art. Criticisms of hypermasculinity, war, feminine anger and validation, heteronormativity, ans childhood resistance or succumbing to the past. The community approval vs the kids understanding from so young that its Bad. Its so beautiful.
Gorgeous on every level. It might be a weird compliment but a) I really appreciate how Hozier chooses such interesting video concepts AND appears in them himself, and b) he’s clearly gotten more comfortable with filmed appearances and choreography! What do I call that, parasocial pride?
I'm so grateful to be living at a time where I can see and listen to masterpieces such as this
now this is a PRODUCTION 🎥
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One reply ayyyyy
This is the first time i see youtube comment not blowing up..
now that is a FACT 💪
No way RUclips commented on this
I think the moment he comes back from the war, he is not in a position to handle "active" behaviour. He desires a Pygmalion, an Aphorite without arms. Probably caused by PTSD. She does not even blink when he kisses her, does not move by herself(he turns her around) and she is aware of this "mutilation of movement" Mother also teaches the kid to supress his urges/identity/activity. Eat your young, war destroys the young and the lover. All of the missing parts go to the kids' theatre. The theatre is applauded by adults, appreciated whilst kiddos are afraid of witnessing the end, the inside of locker, the growth and the world after maturation. The video as a whole is not reflective of the song, but a rather a corresponding interperetation within the song. A truly unique approach- despite being so common in life.
some details i love about this video:
1:29 the fact that shes about to become a statue, but then she sees he's back from the war and runs to him, only to find he's not the same man anymore.
2:32 the fact that the mother introduces the kid to the father and him just giving him a "manly" handshake, without any affection thanks to toxic masculinity
is amazing how this music video convey so much with the tiniest details
Hozier really is like no other. The emotion and feelings given through something as simple as sound is just incredible
"My darling, there is nothing as simple as, nor simple about sound"
Oh my god I cannot wait to spend the next ten years of my life unpacking this video until one night at three am where I finally understand everything and the secrets of the universe will be revealed to me
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Deuteronomy 5:11
@@ayoolukoga9829 Thou shalt not shove religion on people who don't give a fuck: for the lord will not hold him guiltless that is a asshole. Common Sense 24:7
I’ll join you on that journey lol.
@@ayoolukoga9829 Don't be weird.
Lyrics.
I'm starving, darling
Let me put my lips to something
Let me wrap my teeth around the world
Start carving, darling
I wanna smell the dinner cooking
I wanna feel the edges start to burn
Honey, I wanna race you to the table
If you hesitate, the getting is gone
I won't lie, if there's something to be gained
There's money to be made, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young
You can't buy this fineness
Let me see the heat get to it
Let me watch the dressing start to peel
It's a kindness, Highness
Crumbs enough for everyone
Old and young are welcome to the meal
Honey, I'm making sure the table's made
We can celebrate the good that we've done
I won't lie, if there's something still to take
There is ground to break, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young.
Pedophile
thnx pookie
Wow. They pair up and give each other their wardrobe/roles, and the man loses his arm to war, the woman loses both of hers to an ideal of beauty which she worships in her grief and loneliness, and when they return to each other both are changed, traumatized and numb to love. The hands that disappear appear in the children's puppet show; it's all they see. When the woman reveals their child the man shakes the boy's hand like he's a stranger, because he is, and when that child reaches for the doll, the man (maybe remembering how his wife used to be and in a pang of grief?) rips it from the child's hands, and the child in turn begins to act out his anger and destroy everything else he was given. In the end when the adults make the child disappear with an ominous meat hook revealed at the end, the audience of adults, numb like they are, see nothing wrong nor the implications and clap dryly while the woman and man take their bows, clearly without feeling. Meanwhile in the children's puppet show (where disappeared things go, remember) the boy's hand appears and opens a vault, and whatever's inside scares all the children so much they run away in fear - the exact opposite response to the parallel adult audience.
There's so much here but it definitely resonates for me for familial reasons relating to WWII & the intergenerational trauma that was passed down.
I find the themes of this song to be so interesting, especially in how it’s also reflected in its reception as it was released. The song talks about exploitation of one generation by another “skinning children for a war drum, putting food on the table selling bombs and guns.” While at the same times makes it sound so alluring, and the song was released in a way to emulate that theme. Hozier release the opening line and made it sound like some sexy, sultry song of desire, only to have the true message of the song sink in after everyone was lured into the sensuality of it.
As for me personally, when I heard the teased release of the opening lyrics, I did pick up on the sexuality tone of the verse, but felt there was more to it. Since hearing the full song now I understand what I heard. It is has the sexuality of a pack of lions circling a trapped gazelle. It is about the sexuality of predation.
Spot on, nice, man.
Yes! Such an important point!
The song and video both are so perfect with their story telling. This is truly what arts ought to be
thank you for the new fanfic titles king
Hozier isn't a musician he is a artist
It not just a show it's a experience 😌
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
@Ayo Olukoga idk what that mean but I assume it's a good thing
@@RaurXDberryit’s not a good thing. They eat kids like the rest of them.
@@timothyjozeftattoo1541 oh ....then booooo 😅👎
0:41 I like this part and how they both reveal the ‘roles’ for eachother (through their clothing)- kind of re-enforcing each others roles in society because they both know how they “should be”
I didn’t think it was possible for Hozier to outdo himself, and yet he does every single time with every release. Well done everyone involved!!
This music especially now is so important. We couldn't be more grateful. ❤
i LOVE how arthouse and abstract this is. it fits so well, it reflects the tone of the song perfectly
Hozier never fails to make incredible art with his videos. I love the juxtaposed macabre here - the music itself and the puppet show against the lyrics and content. The innocence boy dressed the same as his wounded father. Really emphasizes how much evil is done up pretty in the world.
I'm convinced Hozier is an angel that just decided to live amongst us peasant humans.
"Eat Your Young" by Hozier is a song that lays bare the greed and destruction of those in power. The lyrics are a commentary on the brutality of a world where people are consumed by the desire to achieve wealth and power at any cost, even if it means destroying the future.
The song's opening verse paints a picture of a world where people are hungry for success and will stop at nothing to achieve it. The lyrics suggest that these people are willing to "wrap [their] teeth around the world" in order to carve out a piece for themselves. The pre-chorus continues this theme, with the singer racing to the table to claim his share before it's all gone.
The chorus takes the message in a more grotesque direction, highlighting the ways in which those in power "eat their young". This can be interpreted as the wealthy and powerful exploiting and consuming the younger generations for their own gain. The chorus suggests that those in power will go to great lengths to maintain their position, even if it means "skinning the children for a war drum" or "putting food on the table selling bombs and guns."
Overall, "Eat Your Young" is a powerful and thought-provoking song that calls out the systemic corruption and greed that exists in society. It's a commentary on the ways in which the rich and powerful consume the resources of the world at the expense of future generations, while leaving those who are left behind to fight over the scraps.
I think the song is about how toxic parents destroy [eat] your childhood [young] and leave their toxic tendencies with you as child and you grow up with those tendencies as a part of yourself
wars are truly awful and take away any normality in life, changes personalities
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Deuteronomy 28:53
this has got to be one of the most unhinged videos i’ve ever watched and I LOVE IT😩❤️❤️
to me, it feels like parents ruining their children's lives with what they want rather than what the children want. thus, "eat our young". I go through it personally. anyone else who has been through it or is experiencing it, you'll get what you want and what you deserve, which is only the best. hold on, stay strong. i love you.
it took me a while to see the parallel between this and "a modest proposal". between this and "swan upon leda", he's really leaning into irish literature and I'm loving it.
It's about societal violence and the war machine. The loss of innocence and tenderness to violence. When the son picks up the doll, Hozier frowns and takes it from him, and we see the boy playing more aggressively after, hitting the toys instead. Then you see the boy "lose" his arm, as if he's lost a bit of himself to the aggression. The way the man lost his own arm to the extremes that this societal aggression and violence leads to. You literally lose pieces of yourself, physically (their limbs) and emotionally (their relationships). And you see these pieces that they lose appear on the stage for the laughing children. It symbolizes the desensitization that we develop to violence as we grow up. The same show is presented to the children, but in a way that's meant to entertain (the sparklers symbolizing the bomb that took his arm) so they get comfortable with the violence without realizing it.
And ofc when you listen to the lyrics, so much of it is about sacrificing innocents, our young, to violence and the war machine. "Skinning our children for a war-drum". "Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns". It's about sacrificing innocence because of greed and hunger for power. "I'm starving darling.... let me put my teeth around the world.... Start carving..." Also "If there's something to be gained... there's money to be made."
It's about the selfishness and inhumanity that people will sink to when it benefits them. "Pull up the ladder when the flood comes" People who only care about themselves in times of crisis, and will not offer help to others. You can also see it in the way the woman almost hardens herself, literally turning herself into stone. How we become desensitized to this violence and the damage it has done to us, psychologically - not just war, but this mindset of only caring for what’s mine, to the point of sacrificing our young, our innocence and our children to this system.
موسيقى هوزير وكلماته تأخذك الى عالم آخر… عالمٍ مختلف عن عالمنا هذا لكن عندما نراه نجد بأنفسنا المقدرة والشجاعة لمواجهة عالمنا الحالي ورؤية عيوبه بوضوح تام
ما فهمت المغزى من الفيد ، ممكن شرح لو سمحت؟
انجب
بسبب الحرب خسر دراعه وبيطلع غضبه عليها, وبسبب كده هي بتفقد مشاعرها. فالاخار هما الاتنين بيطلعوا المشاكل النفسية دي علي ابنهم. كأن الحرب "اكلت" دراعه وعصبيته "اكلت" مشاعرها فهما "اكلوا" حياه ابنهم وده اسم الاغنية.
holy shit the entire video was such a visceral experience. i need a book to be written on this
I swear this man is the most Pisces person I’ve ever seen.
Pisces here!
Beautiful and haunting expresions of how our inner loving childlike selves are eaten away by trauma and revisited upon our own expectations and treatment of the next generation as we feed their future life to the holes in our own souls as the world watches. Brilliant modern twisted Johnathan Swift-like take on the post-modern predicament. Bravo, maestro.
So dark, yet so captivating. Immensely beautiful video. Great acting from both Hozier and Ivanna!
this man is art himself,and a mastermind. the lyrical genius
i'm so happy to see a ukrainian actress here!!! thank you so much for this song and this video, i'm literally obsessed
Yess, finally seeing someone Ukrainian
@бідося 🇺🇦 Polunin was also from Ukraine, Kherson...but he supports russia
@@windswael who's Polunin? I can't find him in the credits
@@ascende_superius полунін був в іншому відео. Movement + сам зробив хореографію на take me to church
Kalergi plan
Loxist subversion
Minimum replacement birth rate: 2.1
Israel birth rate: 3.00
EU birth rate: 1.53
Canada birth rate: 1.47
USA birth rate: 1.70
Australia birth rate: 1.66
Russia birth rate: 1.50
Ukraine birth rate: 1.23
Moldova: 1.28
Belarus: 1.38
Serbia: 1.48
Bulgaria: 1.56
Romania: 1.60
Albania: 1.58
Keith Woods: "russian" oligarchs.
Igor Kolomoisky.
Great russian famine, Holodomor, Famine in Khazakhstan, Lazar Kaganovich, Genrikh Yagoda, Aron Solts, Filipp Goloshchyokin, Yakov Yurovsky, Lazar Kogan, Matvei Berman, Naftaly Frenkel, Salomon Morel, Helena Brus.
You must understand. The leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. The October Revolution was not what you call in America the "Russian Revolution." It was an invasion and conquest over the Russian people. More of my countrymen suffered horrific crimes at their bloodstained hands than any people or nation ever suffered in the entirety of human history. It cannot be understated. Bolshevism was the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant of this reality is proof that the global media itself is in the hands of the perpetrators."
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I've been obsessively replaying this song ever since it came out. This video made me tear up. I can't really describe it or give an in-depth analysis but there was so much emotion, beauty, and storytelling in this. Love this so much!
Crazy how this man makes the most danceable, most slappy beat, and it's all about how mankind is cruelly and selfishly feeding off the futures of their own offspring
I can never get enough of this man's music.
"You can't buy this fineness"😭❤️
The more you watch the better it gets. He delivered.
i will never not be amazed by this man. there's truly nobody who does it like him and i'm so grateful for that.
Hozier never disappoints🔥
So early. Watched it, enjoyed it, don’t fully understand it. Hozier is such a phenomenal artist.
Don't know what any of this means but I like your way with words and imagery
Magic man
I was worried to watch this music video because I've had music videos ruin favourite songs before, but I found myself deeply moved. Go raibh math agat, you're a brilliant artist and wordsmith 💚
I cried watching this. Such a beautiful and deep piece of art, as expected from the King. Well done to everyone involved in the project, and thank you!
I love how his songs always have a message to this world...Thank you Hozier for this masterpiece ❤️❤️
I'm officially obsessed with this song! 💖
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Omg Shin Hati in music industry
ok so since i've watched this about 40 times now, here's my analysis (kinda long):
it starts out with two audiences facing different directions: the old and the young. the older people are watching a play-like stage with a man and a woman, and the children have a miniature hand-puppet sort of thing (starts out empty).
The man and the woman fall in love, and they then choose each other's costumes--representing who they want each other to be. the man goes off screen (to war, as he is a soldier) while the woman paints her face grey (representing stone, as she is losing her emotions). This happens right as the chorus hits, symbolizing the loss of themselves and how they "ate" away at each other.
The man comes back on screen with a limp and a missing arm. This is when the first hand appears on the children's screen, and flexes as if it's experiencing being a hand again for the first time. The man and woman run to each other but he refuses her touch, possibly leading to her sense of guilt and putting on the black sleeves (more or herself "eaten" away). As she puts on the sleeves, the second hand appears on the children's screen. These hands are the man and woman's.
The woman then refuses the man's love, as she is now stone. Then a backdrop appears on the children's screen and a hand starts to make funny pictures. This is the woman's lost sense of fun and emotions. Everything that is on the children's screen is a part from the adult's play that was eaten away. Adults notice only what is missing of each other, but the children are enjoying making believe that everything is right again and they are playing pretend with what was lost.
The woman then reveals a child. The hands on the children's screen then turn into puppets of the man and women (who are whole) in a loving relationship, as this is now one more thing that they have lost. The man gives the child choices of toys to choose from, and the child chooses a doll--big mistake. This violates the norms and goes against what the man wants and he rejects the child. The child now puts on a black sleeve and a part of him is "eaten" away. This is when another hand appears on the children's screen, allowing the child to play with the dolls he wanted to. (very aggressively, i might say, due to anger in denying himself)
The man then gives the child the same costumes as in the beginning before settling on a miner--a more stereotypical boy's role. because of this, the boy is now gone completely, eaten away by the man and woman. the backdrop falls leaving only the man, the woman, and a hook. they bow and are applauded because "it's so hard parenting and you did such a good job" ...even though the child is eaten away.
The dolls are fallen and a hand reaches to open a cooler. there is only a glimpse of red --i'm assuming the child is showing what's left of himself -- and the children run away.
In the end, all that's left is the hook. The parents and the child do not matter anymore, only the traditions of "eating your young".
tl;dr: man and woman eat each other. child is unhappy, lost things are shown to the children. generational trauma and "eating your young" means taking away who they really are in favor of tradition and stereotypical values.
i'm speechless..bravo hozier and the whole team for this important message. it's a masterpiece.
Leave it to Andrew to always speak his truth so poetically 🖤
This is so goooooddd!
Andrew never disappoints ❤️🔥
I left my comment here so if anyone after week's , days or years
Likes it so I get the reminder of this legendary song❤️
What a beautiful punch in the gut! Hozier is so good at delighting ears and opening eyes at the same time.
I had a lesson centering around that video, discussing the symbolism, the meaning etc... The 7th graders were hooked. When I translated the lyrics to their language they were even more shocked. Great song and video to convey the message of how society molds you to be something you're not, hopefully us discussing it in class will be a slight obstacle from them getting "eaten" by the system.
everything hozier makes is so poetic. i really appreciate that!
Thank you for giving us this wonderful masterpiece, Hozier. You're absolutely amazing!
I just love this song, Hozier’s voice suits EVERYTHING
okay but why did the boy picking up the doll to play with then the father throwing it angrily made me tear up :')
omg me to 😭
Since it came out, I've been listening to it EVERY DAY. What have you done to me, I have studying to do and a thesis to write! :D
Same
There's something so Divine about this man, his voice, the depth of his work., the message, I am in awe ....... I am unwell, it's overwhelming
🥂
Beautiful voice! ❤
I like this , I also like the song that’s called “Dupe - Folin Kot” 🔥🔥
I love reading all the interpretations here. I totally agree with the analysis that this is describing how we change ourselves to fit society, to support society (in the case of the war) and do whatever we can to fit what we think our partner needs (her turning herself into venus). And then there's the child, getting the toy snatched away. But just after that, instead of playing, he's smashing.
I think it's important to keep in mind that 'eat your young' is a reference to "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift in the midst of the Irish Famine. He wrote that perhaps the poor Irish folk should just sell their children to be eaten if they don't want to be poor. It's very much a mimicry of the times now, when we give up everything we love and work towards only to ruin what we've made.
The man goes to war, loses an arm, all for his country, for his family (presumably) only to then send his own child into violence trying to make him fit that mold too, the mold the man didn't fit in before and doesn't now. I can also see the man kissing the woman when she is fully venus as a sort of... placation I guess? Like, her seeing his coldness to her when he came back from war was read by her as 'he no longer loves me/finds me attractive: i must change more' when it could have simply been that he has been hurt and traumatized. And then he sees the way she's changed, looks worried even, and reaches out to comfort her, but now she can't return it. There's a complete loss of communication between everyone, just assuming and guessing and hoping. Hozier never fails to make me think through his songs, but then his videos get me going even deeper.
Love the hands symbology. In my opinion represents their sense of self and happiness. He lost his for chasing a traditionally stereotypical male duty (fighting for his country/family/etc...) she hide it voluntarily in an attempt to embody the feminine ideal. And following those paths drove them away from eachother. And at the end, those same ideas made their son unhappy, and he ends up resenting them, destroying them and following the same path his father took before him.
I always thought Ivanna is almost uncannily beautiful, she fits in this perfectly.
This song was so underappreciated when it was released. Glad to see it's getting more recognition!
That was so powerful, and sad, but beautifully done. Hozier never disappoints, and always has something important to say.
The layers of history and thought that goes into this writing is astounding, to chip away at the catchy melodies and upbeat music like I am in English class to dissect what's underneath is a pleasure. I've never really been into writing but this is special.
Even better now that we also have Nobody’s Soldier
🖤
I will eat the young! Thanks Hozier, my irish fav
Love all these analysations on how war ‘ate’ his hand, ‘ate’ his child, how we force roles of society onto ourselves and ppl around us, and other interpretations. But I’d like to add on to that because this. Is. A. Masterpiece. The song is basically about how we influence each other into something we were not originally. The narrative of the song embodies a person who is greedy, hungry and villain-like but he doesn’t think it is wrong, because it is considered a norm. By the way the parents in this video were treating their child, you can most likely guess that the parents themselves were faced with the same experiences growing up. They don’t let their child play with what he wants, instead, they cut (eat) his hand the way his mother had in order to please the father, please society in a way. When you eat a young without anyone (not yourself, not even you child) realising, that child turns into the boy in the vid, agressive, angry, and that child turns into the parents, cold as stone. At the end of the vid, the children watching the puppet show are shown a fridge, a household object for food. The adults, on the other hand, are shown a fishing hook. Both ways ensure food but a fishing hook is sharp and hurts a lot more. When the children see the fridge, they run away. But we don’t get to see the adults’ reactions to the hook because hozier is showing that hook to us, the real audience. It’s such a clever way to show the differences of childhood and adulthood in the same matter of ‘eating’ (stripping someone of their desire to be themselves, and eventually making them forget who they were, causing them to live for the sake of others and not for ourselves). And ironically, who are the eaters? Well, us too.
lesbians gather, the father is feeding us
HELLO LGBTQ COMMUNITY
Stop
Stop
@@u.r.i.a.h. LMAOOO?😭😭😭😭😭😭
LETS GO LESBIANS!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I LOVE WHEN MUSIC VIDEOS ARE ACTUALLY ART ❤
Hozier is killing it on this track! The only reason he’s not getting more hits is because he hasn’t checked out the short on my channel that breaks down how all these trappers are blowing up so big.
He only releases the Masterpieces, thats all He writes
I love hozier sm
Beautiful, beautiful. Never ceased to been impressed. This is beautiful.
hozier, this man never disappoints me, I've been following him for about three years and I haven't regretted it for a second. what a wonderful mind. all my applause for him and the team. 🇲🇽✨
Hozier is not just simply music , it is a deep philosophy 💗
Thank God for some really great Irish Singer...most impressive ...this is absolutely brilliant
The depth of his lyrics most folk cannot even grasp.all the hear is a love song when all of his music is full of so much more
Just my quick interpretation~
It starts off with 2 actors falling in love, or at least “choosing each other”, since we are expected to find partners come a certain age. Next they are both given a set of costumes to choose from, only a handful of choices for each one both confined to the typical gender stereotypes. Only traditional “women’s jobs” for her and “men’s jobs” for him. Then just as quickly as they met, they are separated by war. At this moment, the show for the children is still not starting.
The scene then cuts to the woman sitting in front of the vanity. Just like the man who was subjected to war, she too is subjected to the pressures of society. This is conveyed by the statue of Venus de Milo in front of her, an ageless representation of the ideal feminine beauty. She conforms and starts painting herself just like the statue.
The man comes back from war with an arm missing, he loses a part of himself by conforming to everything that was expected of him. So does the woman in trying to become more like the statue. At one point, the man also recoils at the woman being worried for him, personally I feel like this also pertains how men are frowned upon when they show any kind of emotion. He only ever responds to her when the she fully depicts the statue… with both arms missing, inexpressive , not a single word from her mouth, in short…an object only to be looked at. In a way, that is also what he expects from her. They are both scarred and broken at this point and it’s obvious that the relationship is built on them just going through the motions of society’s set standards.
It is only when the man and woman loses their arms that the show for the children starts. IT IS THEIR ARMS RUNNING THE SHOW, those already broken and traumatized parts of them that they lost by going along with what is expected of them, the casualties. At the start, the woman’s arm tries to reach for the man again but he still recoils, further confirming the lack of actual genuine love and communication in the relationship.
And what is the children’s puppet show about? The exact opposite of what happened in the other play with the actors. The puppets meet, fall in love, they don’t get separated, they don’t even lose parts. They’re even jumping/ dancing around with firecrackers, as if saying “we are happy and you can be like this too if you do the same” even though it’s quite the opposite.
Meanwhile, in the show with the actors, they have a kid already. The man simply shaking the child’s arms upon meeting him already shows his lack of emotions and how he expects his kid to be the same. He shows him the toys and gets mad when his son chooses a “girl’s toy”. The child starts breaking the other “boy’s toys” they left for him so his mother reprimands him by covering his arms. And so the cycle starts again, he starts losing parts of himself, just like how his parents did before him.
The child’s hand now show’s up in the puppet play but what does it do? Does it pretend to be happy like his parents? No. He tears off the puppet dad’s military costume and reveals the butcher costume underneath. The man who has been cutting everyone to pieces and “eating his young” by subjecting him through the same cycle trauma instead of stopping it. The puppets fight, probably revealing the actual unhappy relationship of the couple.
As for the meaning of the ending, it’s a long shot but here’s what I think. For me the covering of the child with the black fabric (the same fabric that they used to cover their arms) and then disappearing completely only to be replaced with a meat hook signifies a “finished product”, another child “properly raised” in this wretched system, and the crowd of adults applaud at this.
Meanwhile, the puppet show ends with the child’s hand opening a bloody fridge. Maybe signifying and showing the ugly truth of it all, that he is nothing but a butchered product. For once someone decides not to sugarcoat it and acknowledges how destructive it really is. The children run from this, maybe after seeing the truth for what it is they are scared it could happen to them too?
Either way, this MV honestly gives me hope for the future. That someday somehow the following generations will end the vicious cycle. Thank u Hozier for the wonderful MV!
Thank you for this. This is such a brilliant interpretation and it truly makes me so happy to see it put into words♥️
I also want to add some of my extra observations: the woman is covered with the black cloth a lot more, both arms, and her abdomen, in a shape that I think signifies not just loss of agency overall, but especially loss of agency over her reproductive organs (Rape culture, Roe v. Wade). The reveal of the child under the black cloth also happens at the angle where the kid and the woman’s body are in perfect line (the first time the black cloth around her waist is fully visible) signifying that women also are forced to have children within marriages.
Even the Venus de Milo statue has no arms, (the woman even mimics the black cloth’s placement on her arms exactly at the spots as the Venus Statue) signifying how women should be beautiful which they are only when they lose without agency - to do, to change things. Ultimately it goes on until the woman is just a socially desirable statue instead of herself. That’s the only way he loves her back too, once she loses more of herself for him than he has of himself.
Once the hands transition into the puppet show, you see what each parent gives to the children through what each hand does. The man is repression and aggression (clutching fists) and the woman is denial (shadow puppets).
The fact that the child is dressed as a worker in the end until he vanishes could also be symbolic of so much, child labour or how young people are labouring through a system that’s waiting to butcher them.
There’s honestly so many interpretations of each scene and detail.
"quick" interpretation
I am not smart enough to properly dissect or understand hozier music videos but this is beautiful and even if I can’t put it into words this is something I can feel in my roots
He just never fails at the work he is doing, I watched it for multiple times and it is just so pure, the message behind is so perfectly transfered to the stage and to the audience, to us. I can't really describe how amazing it is, I am putting myself into a repeat at this point because the capaticy of my word knowledge is not enough to describe how perfect this is. Long time haven't seen something that is actually good in the music industry. Luck to listen his music in my teenage years !
Oh my goodness. The complexity, the themes, the representation. Gosh. I had to read synopses in the comments in order to understand completely, but once I did 🤯! Thank you for delivering yet ANOTHER glass onion Hozier.
The hook. It dripped. I swear it dripped.