Hozier - Shrike (2018)

Hozier - Shrike

[Instrumental]

Verse-1:
I couldn't utter my love when it counted
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now

Chorus-1:
Bites on above
But never would form
Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn

Verse-2:
And I had no idea on what ground I was founded
All of that goodness is going with you now
Then when I met you my virtues uncounted
All of my goodness is going with you now

Chorus-2:
Driving alone, fall on your thorn
Hung like the pearl of some prey you had worn
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
As a shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn

[Instrumental Interlude]

Verse-3:
I fled to the city with so much discounted
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
Back to the hedgerows where bodies are mounted
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now

Chorus-3:
I was hatched by your warmth
Thus transformed
But you're grounded and giving
And darkening scorn
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
As a shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn