Hozier - Work Song (Pop-Up Show in NYC Subway)

Hozier performed a few songs for commuters at the Rockefeller Center subway stop on 3/6/19 (*Had to be filmed vertical for IGTV vertical platform)

[@imramees]

Petition for Hozier to release an acoustic album of his songs with these people as harmonies so byutiful omg😭

[@WRamos1775]

Ramees Roshan It's his band

[@BlueBird_V]

Consider it signed.

[@caseytustian2574]

This is the band he tours with!! I saw him live in Windsor and it was a spiritual experience

[@laurendaniels8652]

YES

[@crestaljean824]

Yes, I second that. 💚

[@aidanchilders9043]

This is the perfect environment for him because, and I mean this in the best way possible, Hozier has always looked like that one strikingly attractive and well-groomed homeless guy you see on the subway

[@Asfian11]

Aidan Childers the reverb from the walls of the subway must have also made him sound even more amazing 😭😭 wish I was there

[@asianlala8080]

I laughed at the homeless prt😂😂😂😂 but why is that so true

[@annaceciliaolgado365]

😭😭

[@5050TM]

Most hilarious compliment 😂

[@cherrytongol4043]

"No grave can hold my body down, I crawl home to her" I'm so inlove with this line.

[@dakotawinters5062]

cherry tongol y

[@carlosrussomano7400]

Wow lol I always thought he said “earth” 😭 been singing wrong the whole time

[@samgfds1755]

Yea I relate to it because I will totally zombie-crawl my way to my bf's house after I die cause I love the mf so much

[@disappointedinmyself8375]

@@carlosrussomano7400 that’s equally beautiful thoooo I’m now gonna sing both lol

[@mizzwright3976]

I'm thinking about getting that verse tattooed somewhere on my body. It's just too beautiful not to. 💕

[@kitscott6814]

Forest father delving into the manmade caves beneath the thriving city to gift the weary travellers with his voice. A blessing. *Appreciate him dammit.*

[@gusudeani6071]

Kat Scott please write a book. That was damn beautiful

[@kitscott6814]

@@gusudeani6071 Thank you!

[@thandekakhoza9785]

Much appreciated.

[@cacabriel]

Me avise quando lançar seu livro.

[@foxobsession96212]

fucking accurate lol

[@katetaleska7352]

I'm developing a healthy Hozier obsession. Love these lyrics. He can sing anywhere and stil sound positively angelic.

[@Iam_Tiara]

Kate Taleska 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾, I’m right there with you girl! It’s a beautiful obsession

[@marylittlelamb8674]

sameee

[@21ninapr]

the backing vocal just played violin while singing . like HOLY SHIT

[@Itsparsleythyme]

Check her band Honeyhoney

[@21ninapr]

nova Curtis thankss, i will !!

[@antislutful]

Oh shit. It's Suzanne. I saw her and her bandmate in Joe Rogan years ago. I have to check them out again if they have new stuff.

[@cloudboybebop]

it’s so weird for me to realize that hozier, this beautiful mythical mysterious forest mountain man, is also a millennial who sometimes tweets really weird and angsty shit.

[@BC08]

Solid musician, but politically illiterate.

[@aconfusedshoe6240]

Like what

[@naethavenir9422]

Didn’t even answered [A confused shoe]’s question! Even I want to know smh

[@ezkiel2930]

Im confused as to why this matters

[@nibirue]

@@ezkiel2930 SAME lmao. People love their labels.

[@bloopblipable]

The male harmonies were so good

[@Iwanj374]

bloopblipable the females and well

[@widelings7029]

@@Iwanj374 Stfu no one cares

[@thyop89]

@@widelings7029 I care

[@akittynamedcat]

@@widelings7029 lol shut up salty

[@jolynemalone]

@@widelings7029 you probably can't swim

[@kei_lethe]

when they started humming at the end i felt like im_transcending. jpg

[@thewrdofthenrd]

This is my favorite song on the entire planet. I want this played at my wedding and my funeral. All these likes! I don't know what to do with myself! You humans are amazing!

[@cton0114]

i say the same

[@andiarfat6405]

I think so until I listing bohemian rhapsody from queens

[@thewrdofthenrd]

I love Queen and bohemian rhapsody as well, there is just something about Work Song though. Maybe it's just because I am a hopeless romantic.

[@secretsociety9530]

Agreed 100 percent well funeral part

[@grindylow7569]

You want a song about crawling out of your grave to be played at your funeral? Ok.

[@graceb1804]

this is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

[@kristiansitar2045]

Listened

[@ThePener]

Haven't seen yourself in the mirror I guess

[@dakotawinters5062]

rosepip y

[@miriamfernandez4642]

Where can I get this video tattooed ?

[@kaeyreeen]

Two Bangs same!! 😩😩😩

[@TechKidShazil]

anywhere. you can actually tattoo the link or a qr code😂😂😂

[@spaceandust]

Shazil Salim bet i’m gonna get the qr code tattooed on my forehead

[@Shivsixx]

vitoria oro that would be beautiful.

[@MrTripsJ]

on da poosey

[@abbielandrum2794]

I NEED AN ACOUSTIC ALbUM ASAP especially with those back up harmonies 😱

[@Melodysys.]

I can only imagine going to work and thinking 'oh this musician sounds like Hoizer- *oh my god it is Hozier*'

[@spid3rmike117]

Have to mention the amazing girl playing violin behind Hozier whilst also singing along. Also, Hozier's voice somehow sounds way better live than in studio. Dude is a lyrical wizard

[@hmminteresting7697]

This song looks like it hurts him just as much as it hurts me and that makes me feel a little better

[@wlwcats5810]

I want hozier to sing me to sleep, his voice is so soothing😭

[@Lochlanist]

A moment of silence for the impeccable timing on those claps.

[@huntern4454]

Never heard this one before but it also brought me to tears, his voice is just so amazing.

[@prima808]

Hunter Arnold - Really? I’m surprised. It’s been played on the radio heavy rotation since year. Maybe you just don’t recognize the acoustic version?

[@ninjaahjumma]

Hunter Arnold this one’s my favourite. So sweet and makes me cry every time I hear it.

[@BabaaYaga888]

Please please listen to his albums. Your soul would be thankful!

[@huntern4454]

@@prima808 I don't listen to the radio.

[@huntern4454]

@@BabaaYaga888 I've heard his music before, he's an amazing soul.

[@taylorowsley2727]

I just lost my son, was pregnant for 22 weeks, ik it’s about a woman but this is how I feel without him. I love him, he’s my baby. I’m broken without him. It’s been 19 days since I had him and each one gets harder then the first.

[@robbrown3495]

Taylor Owsley god bless you for continuing the fight in your sweet son’s stead. You’ll hold him again one day! 😌

[@Zoe-fd8ll]

I’m so sorry. Praying for you. Good things, like this song, are coming for you. ❤️

[@thatgirlwhodidthething5836]

Taylor Owsley im so terribly sorry, this breaks my heart :( i’ll keep you in my prayers

[@KrackkBackk]

No offense but, you look like 15 or 16.

[@northlandbaby3519]

This is a person who lost a child and this is what you had to say? Where is your compassion

[@Sandy-mo6oo]

He is so tall that the guitar looks small ;-;

[@unitoftemp]

I held that kind of guitar before. Suprisingly small against my chunky 5'8 build.

[@dragonania]

A bit like ukulele XDDDDD

[@evar.1044]

I’m a tiny person, 5’ 1”, and as such have small hands, and seeing him easily hold that guitar and his fingers effortlessly curl into chords that to me require effort is the most frustrating thing I’ve ever seen and I’m so angry about it.

[@potato4390]

@@evar.1044 i relate to this so much 🤣

[@TimothyWest93]

This is a parlour guitar it's the takamine p3ny. It's actually just a small guitar! Haha

[@alliefiscus9222]

It's still crazy to me how Hozier rounded up all of the sirens and made them his worshipers, and we caught this wonderful creation on camera

[@kianasch]

it's most definitely because he too, is an otherworldly deity and can therefore summon his sirens

[@peepeespasms96]

i remember when i was in nyc i sang randomly waiting for my friends and a person came to me and asked if i can sing louder i said ok and i sang joe tex and these taming blues and she gave me 10$ lmao it made my day

[@vaiosony2]

Haha that’s awesome :)

[@1pancake142]

Cool

[@lauradaniels9695]

fakest shit I’ve ever read

[@someonestophimwiththatdamn6150]

@@lauradaniels9695 if //that// is the fakest thing you've ever read.. u can't have been on the internet for long

[@404usernotfound_]

@@lauradaniels9695 What? one person thinking another person sings well? It's not even a crazy amount of money...

[@roniboni___]

The 22 dislikes are the 22 people who took taxies to work that morning 😂 Hozier is such a beauty ❤️🙌🏼 he really sang the shit out of this song

[@myname-vp3hn]

i like this version so much more than the original because it's so intense. you can feel his love for music, it’s so wonderful

[@gabbysantos1016]

Omg why are people in the back just walking by this omg guys stop its hozier 😭😭😭😭

[@andrewau2736]

Gabby Santos its New York no one cares there

[@andrewau2736]

In New York people walk by as a woman was raped in the street and did nothing. They also walked by a dying man that was stabbed and he ended up laying there dying crying for help for hours. Thats how it is in NY.

[@Magerquark]

no they shouldn't stop for who it is, they should stop for the sound of this

[@poooola]

@@andrewau2736 honestly man like either you just have lost all faith in humanity or are just brain dead and working to keep your high ass Bills in check

[@eternalawareness1]

They're like 'white people again' lol this is beautiful

[@wlwcats5810]

this is the prettiest song with the most heartfelt lyrics

[@marygracepelagio2080]

I don't care about anything else I just really appreciate this very emotional song. ❤

[@keegandrawe9287]

Who are these black leather jacket and animal print angels singing the high part?? So good!!

[@kevinst-amand9113]

Nathalie Phillipsburg... a opera signer who was a pornstar in is 20...the music save is life from drug and abuse from partner. She had a book about that abd her really ruff childhood. Go check this out !

[@leroy420b]

The one in black with the violin is Suzanne Santo Of The Honey Honey band she also has her own solo record.

[@MoriorInvictus1]

kevin st-amand If one wanted to see her old said porn videos where would one might start looking...asking for a friend

[@asofiad]

@@leroy420b OMG! THANKS FOR THAT!! BEEN EYEING HER ON ALL OF HOZIER'S VIDEOS. DANG I LOVE HER.

[@leroy420b]

@@asofiad no problem she's an amazing artist

[@andreadowling5230]

I will never stop loving this man, everything he sings makes me happy. Ireland is proud of you ❤️❤️

[@ratnoodles7835]

Andrea Dowling do u His name ?

[@andreadowling5230]

@@ratnoodles7835 Andrew hozier-byrne?

[@andreadowling5230]

@@ratnoodles7835 or hozier

[@elijah5516]

Rat Noodles Hozier :)

[@DomododragonVideos]

I would absolutely have missed work if I went to the subway and hozier was down there singing. Who needs a job when you've been blessed by his angelic voice 😭😍

[@scotmed9577]

3:25 is the most insane thing i've ever heard

[@charliefarley4792]

Thanks for this repeat button that I've just smashed the heck out of 😍 For me it's his expressions as he sings that part too 🙌

[@riyaraghavan95]

Right from the second they start humming I transcend to a whole different place.

[@MrTesla2012]

No Studio , No previous tech. preparations and sound effects ... Just a pure genius talent voice

[@starryhill6257]

Beside the well known Take me to church, this exact song in this exact video was the one that brought Hozier to me and me to Hozier. And I am forever grateful of this fact.

[@onederful3770]

I’d be so goddam late for work if there was Hozier singing in my subway...

[@jjdaggers1217]

Their voices are so beautiful

[@heyyyitspaige1568]

This is honestly my favorite song by him. It fits his voice so well

[@nauseatingrat]

Boys workin' on empty Is that the kind'a way to face the burning heat? I just think about my baby I'm so full of love I could barely eat There's nothing sweeter than my baby I'd never want once from the cherry tree 'Cause my baby's sweet as can be She give me toothaches just from kissin' me When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her Boys when my baby found me I was three days on a drunken sin I woke with her walls around me Nothin' in her room but an empty crib And I was burnin' up a fever I didn't care much how long I lived But I swear I thought I dreamed her She never asked me once about the wrong I did When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her My baby never fret none About what my hands and my body done If the lord don't forgive me I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me When I was kissing on my baby And she put her love down soft and sweet In the lowland plot I was free Heaven and hell were words to me When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her

[@BurgundyandBlue1111]

Thank you for posting these lovely lyrics!

[@nauseatingrat]

@@BurgundyandBlue1111 :)

[@Some-Dingus]

Thanks mate

[@PyroTheManiac]

Low lamplight not lowland plot

[@rebekahvandenboom5935]

❤️

[@rocko647]

In moments like this I regret for dedicate this song to a person that didn't deserve something so beautiful that came from my heart.

[@GreenMMs100]

Hozier is an angel descended from the heavens to soothe our souls in these trying times. Every word holds magic, every note has a mystic hum woven into it.

[@ossifyn3221]

This guy could ramble about random stuff and as long as he has that nice background singing I'd love it

[@kianab5991]

man, he can TAKE me to church any day. goddamn!

[@amandahopemanning3085]

the little shrug after "if the lord don't forgive me"

[@sammytime2996]

You can see the emotion in his face as he sings with the same level of mind shattering emotion. Wow just wow. Fantastic!

[@samanthasanchez9502]

His songs got me through high school, I found myself crying to this song among others when I didnt want to be alive, & Ill listen to them now while in quarantine :')

[@annmathew6502]

I hope you're better now! Stay strong love x

[@wormfood238]

i hope you're still staying strong!! you are so loved. we can get through this, love, i promise you that!!!

[@hugomoss51]

Feel u

[@thewrdofthenrd]

So not only did I already love this song but it now has even more meaning to me. My grandfather passed a little over a week ago. The day before he passed I held his arm and hummed this song for him. I don't know if he could hear me but I couldn't bring myself to speak to him and the only way I could show him that I was with him was by humming. So I hummed a few songs for him. My grandparents were also married for 58 years and I think their kind of love is the kind represented in the song. I know he is in heaven right and now and I have no doubt that my grandmother will one day join him and they will be together for eternity. That's the love I hope to have. That is what this song is. Love for all eternity.

[@kittymcmeowmeow1]

I'm sending you my love 💕

[@thewrdofthenrd]

Thank you I really appreciate it!

[@JMB428]

This is one of those transcendent songs which could have been written in the 30s, 60s, or 2023. Just so pure, simple, stripped down, and yet utterly complete in every way. Nothing could be removed or added to make this better. Top 25 of the past 100 years.

[@TheElixerExperience]

❤

[@justgame5508]

A song that would sound as beautiful played at a wedding or a funeral. Hozier is truly ethereal

[@buggy627]

Whoa Hozier is tall as fuck. He looks like he’s on a stage alone above them but he’s just on the ground. Big talent in a big man

[@janierayburn2310]

Goddamn his voice and his beauty. 😍😍😍

[@abbeysmith688]

Lyrics ❤️ Boys workin' on empty Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat? I just think about my baby I'm so full of love I could barely eat There's nothing sweeter than my baby I'd never want once from the cherry tree 'Cause my baby's sweet as can be She give me toothaches just from kissin' me When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her Boys, when my baby found me I was three days on a drunken sin I woke with her walls around me Nothin' in her room but an empty crib And I was burnin' up a fever I didn't care much how long I lived But I swear I thought I dreamed her She never asked me once about the wrong I did When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her My baby never fret none About what my hands and my body done If the Lord don't forgive me I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me When I was kissing on my baby And she put her love down soft and sweet In the low lamp light I was free Heaven and hell were words to me When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her

[@oghovey4372]

Hidden within the lines of this song is the undying love between the souls who left and those who were left behind.

[@MrKinghuman]

Been living in nyc 23 years. Taken the subway for 19 of those. Never once saw something like this. And people just walking by like he’s a street musician. Ww

[@hannah5588]

Woaahh he's soo tall even tho there's no stage he still stands out

[@crestaljean824]

I can't decide whether to play this at my wake or my wedding. or both.

[@prima808]

I like the way he stands on his tippy toes when he sings.🥰 Hee hee So cute. ☺️

[@haronsantos368]

The backing vocal dude on the back is rocking it. Love this song, Hozier is just too damn good.

[@geverniveup]

I never know whether to cry or smile while listening to hozier....so sometimes i just do both

[@do3258]

I occasionally come back to these subway versions and do exactly that

[@denicecarlagordon3040]

I love everything about Andrew Hozier (the singer) and he's band "Hozier" Too 💖💖💖

[@peacedog5478]

If i was getting on the subway in New York and just heard Hozier’s beautiful voice and saw him, i would’ve dropped dead.

[@dazaiosamu388]

Just simply amazing👏👏👏

[@annamarieweller1415]

got me in tears man

[@seano.2693]

I just discovered this song a few weeks ago and it’s quickly become one of my favorites. It’s just so captivating and beautiful.❤️

[@nathandelaney3938]

Beautiful.

[@Ollikolik]

I always wonder if he sings it refering each time to the person he wrote it for with thinking "Little did I know then..."

[@internet_internet]

I doubt he’s enamored by his own fame. He’s a very modest & humble man.

[@Ollikolik]

Internet Internet Can you tell me what do you mean, more specificly ? Like he sings about his fame, not love? But there can be also an interpretation of a lover and relationship: so strong that he is assured, death won't stop him from "crawling back"? What do you think?

[@internet_internet]

He’s probably not interested in his fame. He doesn’t care about being famous. He values peace & quiet over fame.

[@michaelm.7281]

So amazing. Heaven to ears

[@laHagans]

This song is beautiful! I love it !🌹🌹❤️🌹❤️

[@izebelle8200]

This is so beautiful in so many levels ❤️💕👌🏻

[@LondonHasFallin]

This song will actually make me enjoy my work.

[@futuropasado]

Carrying the torch of Van Morrison, of the irish mystic feeling and magic... Amazing talent.

[@teshawnarenae]

I didn’t want it to end

[@renzdave12]

Just beautiful! Imagine being at the subway that time.

[@DomesticGoddess603]

ONE OF MY FAVORITES FROM HIM. LOVEEEEE THIS SONG!!!!! HE HAS SUCH A GREAT VOICE AND VIBE

[@catiexx4911]

No grave can hold my body down, I’ll crawl home to her ❤️

[@elegantdisarray]

My absolute favorite Hozier song 💜 gives my heart a sweet ache every time I hear it

[@deyjornz4832]

Beautifully Done, Beautiful Vocals , Beautiful Man

[@chuckfrey8059]

Wow.. This gave me chills!!! Thank you for posting this greatness ❤

[@kirstenbehrens2769]

Thank you! I love these songs, specially, and that they sing in the NY Subway 🥰🦋😊🤩😀

[@zsolt533]

OMG!!! Great voice!! The vocalist on back so good too!!! I love it!!!

[@cindyblankfield1961]

As soon as hòźier opens his mouth to sing--- I'm mesmerized what a talented man anything he performs send me into another dimension! Love ya Andrew!

[@itsjoselyndude987]

This is such a beautiful songggg

[@juliagrochot3323]

I just fell in love with this man, this is so pure

[@angge1919]

This is so angelic 😍

[@breannalund7320]

3:27 will put me in tears omg

[@imansabra4902]

can't get bored of watching this

[@traelenefallis3981]

Your music brings me healing. Always what I need to hear when I need a little pick me up.

[@samuelcoutinho1936]

Love this man. Voice is amazing. Congratulations from Brazil.

[@sneipo]

Thank you for this.

[@lieselotteramakers7855]

Absolutely breathtaking... My favourite version of this song.

[@kykat7146]

He’s an angel. I have his albums on vinyl and I listen to them all the time ✨

[@kathleenbrooks8111]

Jesus christ this man can write a LOVE SONG

[@whoami3015]

I love this with my entire soul

[@sachiieee]

It’s crazy how he can make a guitar look like a ukelele

[@nurulnadhirahabdulaziz5567]

This song always has to be my fav from Hozier. I mean, look at the lyrics, it is so beautiful💞

[@jadejohnson839]

It’s 2021 & this song still comforts my soul!

[@foreignhuncho5534]

That first note gave me so many chills..this man is so amazing

[@dolphin5877]

There are no words to describe how beautiful this is

[@veronikalacinova4379]

I am so grateful for these talented people around. It seems there still is a few...

[@Flameblossom_]

My absolute favourite song I could listen to him humming forever