here’s the new hozier song: Butchered Tome (i think?)
EDIT: it’s Butchered Tongue
he gave a little Irish history lesson before playing it. basically the song is about the legacy of colonialism, partially inspired by a specific event in Irish history he references (which i forgot the name of) and the fact that so many places have names that existed long before colonization which remain but the meaning is lost. fitting in with the theme of the album (dante’s inferno) this sits in the circle of violence.
tl;dr- colonialism bad























