A husband waits outside
A crying child pushes a child into the night
She was told he would come this time
Without leaving so much as a feather behind
To enact at last the perfect plan
One more sweet boy to be butchered by man
But the gateway to the world
Was still outside the reach of him
Would never belong to angels
Had never belonged to man
The swan upon Leda
Empire upon Jerusalem
A grandmother smugglin' meds
Past where the god child-soldier
Setanta stood dead
Our graceful turner of heads
Weaves through the checkpoints like a needle and the thread
Someone's frightened boy waves her on
She offers a mother's smile and soon she's gone
The gateway to the world
The gun in a trembling hand
Where nature unmakes the boundary
The pillar of myth still stands
The swan upon Leda
Occupier upon ancient land
But the gateway to the world
Was still outside the reach of him
Would never belong to angels
Had never belonged to men
The lyrics SWAN UPON LEDA of HOZIER is also present in the album Swan upon leda (2023)
Hozier è uno cantautoris irlandese nato a Bray, nella contea di Wicklow, nel 1990. Figlio di un musicista, ha iniziato a comporre canzoni fin da giovane. Dopo aver frequentato la St. Gerards School e il Trinity College di Dublino, dove si è iscritto al corso di musica, ha abbandonato gli studi per dedicarsi alla sua carriera musicale. Nel 2012 ha collaborato con il gruppo vocale Anúna, partecipando all'album "Illumination" con la canzone "La Chanson de Mardi Gras". Nel 2014 è uscito il suo album di debutto omonimo, che ha riscosso un enorme successo internazionale grazie a brani come "Take Me To Church", "From Eden" e "Cherry Wine". Il suo stile musicale è caratterizzato da influenze blues, folk e soul, con testi spesso introspettivi e poetici. Hozier è considerato uno degli artisti più promettenti della scena musicale irlandese contemporanea.
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