Hozier - Arsonist's Lullabye (slowed + Reverb)

Swan Upon Leda - Hozier (Slowed + Reverb)

hozier | nobody (sped up)

francesca - hozier (live)

Hozier - De Selby (Part 1) (slowed and reverb to perfection)

This podcast by Emma K. focuses on Hozier's song, "Butchered Tongue," from the Unreal Unearth album, and its criticism of colonization and the loss of Indigenous languages. 

This podcast was created for a class called Popular Music, Protest, and Social Justice at St. Joseph’s University, taught by Dr. Bill Wolff. As such, it is covered by the Fair Use Guidelines and  within the exemptions to DMCA Section 1201 rules announced by the Library of Congress on July 26, 2010. Information about the course can be found at https://williamwolff.orgcourses/pmpsj-fall-2023/. 

This podcast was completed using Audacity software.

A full transcript can be found at https://protestanthems.billwolffsju.com/podcasts/hozier-and-colonization-an-analysis-of-butchered-tongue/.

Credits and Sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVjiKRfKpPI (“Take Me To Church” Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZcChtrLuA8 (“Butchered Tongue” Official Audio)
https://1883magazine.com/hozier/ (1883 Article Interview)
https://www.tiktok.com/@hoziersvocals/video/7235867976124157210?embed_source=121374463%2C121351166%2C71788789%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_fullscreen&refer=embed&referer_url=protestanthems.billwolffsju.com%2Fthird-listen-fall-2023%2Fthird-listen-butchered-tongue-hozier-emma-kelly%2F&referer_video_id=7235867976124157210 (“Butchered Tongue” Live Recording, credit to @hoziersvocals)
https://www.netflix.com/title/81050786 (Netflix, “This Is Pop” Episode Listings)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84zwzryzVMc (HTHAZE Reaction Video)
https://www.jstor.org/stable/42589774 (“Politics and Power of Languages: Indigenous Resistance to Colonizing Experiences of Language Dominance,” Judy Iseke-Barnes)

Hozier and Colonization: An Analysis of "Butchered Tongue"

hozier - shrike (slowed, reverb, pitched)

hozier - through me (the flood) (slowed + reverb)

Lyrics;
I'm on the road to getting there
To a place that lies ahead
Wish I knew somewhere else
I could go instead

New lessons at every turn
Forks in the road of my destiny
Without a clue I must discern
Which direction is best for me

Birds are flying in the sky
But I can't leave the ground
When comes the day will our souls fly?
With angel wings and long white gowns?

I'm on the road to getting there
Hope there's still lots of road ahead
I wish I knew somewhere else
That I could go instead

Could be the road to walk on gold
or for some eternal flame
A lonely place thats very cold,
Or dimension as yet unnamed

And when my bones are laid to rest
They won't be going anywhere 
But if a spirit out there waits for me
I'm on the road to getting there

I'm on the road to getting there
With questions of all kind
Will I find an answer or is nothing there
Only the irony of killing time

Some roads are long some roads are short
Traveling to who knows where
Ashes to ashes dust to dust
We're on the road



Getting There

Hozier - Moment’s Silence (Common Tongue) (Cover)

this is not a cover, just modified version

all the rights belongs to:
 Hozier
 eriaRinmaya from youtube

Hozier - De Selby (Part 1) (slowed and reverb to perfection)

L.Alexander