Would That I

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Would That I by Hozier

About Would That I

“Would That I” is about love, and the destruction of love. It describes past romances as trees the protagonist used as shelter, and then a new interest as a fire that burns down those trees. Hozier explained the song to Apple Music: “It’s about somebody characterising all of their past romances, people that they cared for, as trees they took shelter under, and describing a would-be jealous lover as fire that ultimately burns that wood… .

Would That I Lyrics

[00:18.12] True that I saw her hair like the branch of a tree
[00:22.27] A willow dancing on air before covering me
[00:26.02] Under cotton and calicoes
[00:29.43] Over canopy dapple long ago
[00:34.20]
[00:37.53] True that love in withdrawal was the weeping of me
[00:40.58] That the sound of the saw must be known by the tree
[00:44.25] Must be felled for to fight the cold
[00:47.89] I fretted fire but that was long ago
[00:52.84]
[00:58.34] And it's not tonight (oh, oh)
[01:02.19] Where I'm set alight (oh, oh)
[01:06.17] And I blink in sight (oh)
[01:09.89] Of your blinding light (oh)
[01:13.58] Oh, it's not tonight (oh, oh)
[01:17.00] Where you hold me tight (oh, oh)
[01:20.73] Light the fire bright (oh)
[01:24.37] Oh, let it blaze, alright (oh)
[01:28.26] Oh, but you're good to me (oh, oh)
[01:30.56] Oh, you're good to me (oh, oh)
[01:32.01] Oh, but you're good to me, baby (ooh)
[01:37.21]
[01:48.04] With the roar of the fire, my heart rose to its feet
[01:52.22] Like the ashes of ash I saw rise in the heat
[01:55.97] Settle soft and as pure as snow
[01:59.41] I fell in love with the fire long ago
[02:03.83]
[02:07.15] With each love I cut loose, I was never the same
[02:10.68] Watching still living roots be consumed by the flame
[02:14.43] I was fixed on your hand of gold
[02:17.89] Laying waste to my lovin' long ago
[02:22.52]
[02:28.36] But that's not tonight (oh, oh)
[02:32.46] Where I'm set alight (oh, oh)
[02:36.11] And I blink in sight (oh)
[02:39.88] Of your blinding light (oh)
[02:43.47] Oh, and it's not tonight (oh, oh)
[02:47.19] Where you hold me tight (oh, oh)
[02:50.41] Light the fire bright (oh)
[02:54.50] Oh, let it blaze, alright, honey (oh)
[02:58.42] Oh, but you're good to me (oh, oh)
[03:00.39] Oh, you're good to me (oh, oh)
[03:01.86] Oh, but you're good to me, baby
[03:05.76]
[03:11.22] So in awe, there I stood as you licked off the grain
[03:15.13] Though I've handled the wood, I still worship the flame
[03:18.75] Long as amber of ember glows
[03:22.00] All the "would that I'd loved" is long ago
[03:26.64]
[03:29.71] But it's not tonight (oh, oh)
[03:32.94] Where I'm set alight (oh, oh)
[03:36.60] And I blink in sight (oh)
[03:40.14] Of your blinding light (oh)
[03:43.92] Oh, and it's not tonight (oh, oh)
[03:47.57] When you hold me tight (oh, oh)
[03:51.21] Light the fire bright (oh)
[03:54.93] Oh, let it blaze alright (oh)
[03:58.92] Oh, but you're good to me (oh, oh)
[04:00.73] Oh, you're good to me (oh, oh)
[04:02.21] Oh, but you're good to me (oh, oh)
[04:06.94] Oh, you're good to me (oh, oh)
[04:08.18] You're good to me (oh, oh)
[04:09.60] Oh, but you're good to me, baby
[04:11.48]

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