Hozier – As It Was

[Verse 1]

There is a roadway, muddy and foxgloved

Never I'd have life enough, my heart is screamin' out

And in a few days I would be there, love

Ever here that's left in me is yours just as it was

[Chorus]

Just as it was, baby

Before the otherness came

And I knew its name

The love, the dark, the light, the flame

[Verse 2]

Eyes at the heights of my baby

Let's hope at the fight of my baby

The lights were as bright as my baby

But your love was unmoved

[Bridge]

And tell me if somehow some of it remained

How long you would wait for me?

How long I've been away

The shape that I'm in now, you're shaping the doorway

Make your good love known to me

Just tell me about your day

[Chorus]

Just as it was, baby

Before the otherness came

And I knew its name

The love, the dark, the light, the shame

[Outro]

Eyes at the heights of my baby

And this hope at the fight of my baby

And the lights were as bright as my baby

But your love was unmoved

And the sights were as stark as my baby

And the cold cut as sharp as my baby

And the nights were as dark as my baby

Half as beautiful too