Hozier - From Eden Page

Hozier has explicitly stated that the song is sung from the viewpoint of the looking longingly at something innocent—Eve—that he can never truly possess.

Released in 2014 as the title track of his second EP and a standout on his self-titled debut album, "From Eden" remains one of Hozier's most lyrically complex and beloved tracks. While its breezy, soul-inflected melody might suggest a simple love song, the lyrics tell a much darker, "tongue-in-cheek" story written from the perspective of the . 1. The Mythological Framing Hozier - From Eden

: The central metaphor, "I slithered here from Eden just to sit outside your door," suggests a narrator who has abandoned paradise not to repent, but out of a desperate, perhaps predatory, obsession. Hozier has explicitly stated that the song is