Hozier – Eat Your Young (Audio, Lyrics, Video)

Hozier unveils the music video for the song, “Eat Your Young,” co-produced by Bēkon, Hozier, Rappy, Pete G & Chakra. Listen, stream, read the lyrics, buy the track.

Hozier Eat Your Young

“Eat Your Young” sees Hozier describe a feast being prepared and served together with the chaos that comes with it. According to the artist, the track is a taste of the 9 Circles of Hell more specifically the 3rd Circle, Gluttony. This is based on the first part of Dante Alighieri’s epic peom known as Divine Comedy.

The title could be alluding to the 1729 satirical essay, ‘A Modest Proposal’ by Jonathan Swift, where he suggests, as a solution to poverty in Ireland at the time, that the poor should sell their children to be cannibalised by the rich.

Hozier – Eat Your Young (prod. Bēkon, Hozier, Rappy, Pete G & Chakra)

17 March 2023
1 Song, 4 minutes
℗ 2023 Rubyworks Limited, under assignment to Universal Music Operations Limited

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I’m starvin’, darlin’
Let me put my lips to something
Let me wrap my teeth around the world
Start carvin’, darlin’
I wanna smell the dinner cookin’
I wanna feel the edges start to burn

[Pre-Chorus]
Honey, I wanna race you to the table
If you hesitate, the gettin’ is gone
I won’t lie if there’s somethin’ to be gained
There’s money to be made, whatever’s still to come

[Chorus]
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinnin’ the children for a war drum
Puttin’ food on the table sellin’ bombs and guns
It’s quicker and easier to eat your young

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
You can’t buy this fineness
Let me see the heat get to you
Let me watch the dressing start to peel
It’s a kindness, highness
Crumbs enough for everyone
Old and young are welcome to the meal

[Pre-Chorus]
Honey, I’m makin’ sure the table’s made
We can celebrate the good that we’ve done
I won’t lie if there’s somethin’ still to take
There is ground to break, whatever’s still to come

[Chorus]
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinnin’ the children for a war drum
Puttin’ food on the table sellin’ bombs and guns
It’s quicker and easier to eat your young

[Instrumental Outro]