

Like Real People Do - Single
Hozier
2014
2014
[Verse 1]
I had a thought, dear
However scary
About that night
The bugs and the dirt
Why were you digging...
Like Real People Do
Hozier
[Verse 1]
I had a thought, dear
However scary
About that night
The bugs and the dirt
Why were you digging
What did you bury
Before those hands pulled me from the earth?
[Chorus]
I will not ask you where you came from
I will not ask and neither should you
Honey, just put your sweet lips on my lips
We should just kiss like real people do
[Verse 2]
I knew that look dear
Eyes always seeking
Was there in someone
That dug long ago
So I will not ask you
Why you were creeping
In some sad way I already know
[Chorus]
So I will not ask you where you came from
I would not ask and neither would you
Honey, just put your sweet lips on my lips
We should just kiss like real people do
I could not ask you where you came from
I could not ask and neither could you
Honey, just put your sweet lips on my lips
We could just kiss like real people do
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This song is a metaphor. Hozier uses “bog bodies” in Ireland, bodies which are exhumed after centuries of natural mummification, to describe a new relationship.
Hozier explained this during his Alt 98.7fm Penthouse performance in Los Angeles on 10/15/2014.