Hozier

holding on and letting go. When I wrote the piece about my father, it was a piece about my anger and ultimately forgiveness and gratitude, but I wasn't able to actualize it until many, many years later. It took me a long time to catch up with the piece. So the piece was almost like a prayer. You have to purge and pray simultaneously. And if you do,

holding on and letting go. When I wrote the piece about my father, it was a piece about my anger and ultimately forgiveness and gratitude, but I wasn't able to actualize it until many, many years later. It took me a long time to catch up with the piece. So the piece was almost like a prayer. You have to purge and pray simultaneously. And if you do,

I promise you, you will wind up feeling like a different person on the other side. And then when you share it with somebody and you're unconditionally loved and seen, to really like see and be seen, to be willing to be open, to be willing to be vulnerable from a place of strength, it's scary as and it is always worth it. Wow. So when did you write this poem about your dad?

I promise you, you will wind up feeling like a different person on the other side. And then when you share it with somebody and you're unconditionally loved and seen, to really like see and be seen, to be willing to be open, to be willing to be vulnerable from a place of strength, it's scary as and it is always worth it. Wow. So when did you write this poem about your dad?

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45.

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Well, I think people think that peace is a destination or like a product. Peace is a process. There's stages of peace. There's layers that you have to keep uncovering within yourself. So right now I can say I am as fully at peace as I have ever been. I can't say that I am fully at peace. But one thing that I know about my life is every single thing that has ever happened to me

Well, I think people think that peace is a destination or like a product. Peace is a process. There's stages of peace. There's layers that you have to keep uncovering within yourself. So right now I can say I am as fully at peace as I have ever been. I can't say that I am fully at peace. But one thing that I know about my life is every single thing that has ever happened to me

whether I understood it or not in real time or in retrospect has become a part of the quilt of who I am. I don't like to compare circumstances. I don't like to compare pain, but I've had a lot of pain in my life and everything that caused me pain is a part of my identity now. So if I reject that thing, I'm rejecting a part of who I am. Wow. Yeah.

whether I understood it or not in real time or in retrospect has become a part of the quilt of who I am. I don't like to compare circumstances. I don't like to compare pain, but I've had a lot of pain in my life and everything that caused me pain is a part of my identity now. So if I reject that thing, I'm rejecting a part of who I am. Wow. Yeah.

And so you have to accept it in order to integrate it, in order to alchemize it, in order to move on with it.

And so you have to accept it in order to integrate it, in order to alchemize it, in order to move on with it.

in the moment and maybe you still don't wish but you know you wouldn't be the identity you are and the man you are without that pain i think there's a lot of them that come to mind um i'm not going to share some of them because i'm not ready to put them on display yet but i go into a lot of those stories in the album and ultimately in the journal

in the moment and maybe you still don't wish but you know you wouldn't be the identity you are and the man you are without that pain i think there's a lot of them that come to mind um i'm not going to share some of them because i'm not ready to put them on display yet but i go into a lot of those stories in the album and ultimately in the journal

You know, when I created the Never Ending Now album, I wasn't sure whether or not I wanted anybody to hear it. I know. Remember, I was there. Because you were one of the few people that I sent it to and was willing to trust because of your integrity, because of our friendship, and because I love you. And I know you've been through real things. And so I was like, okay.

You know, when I created the Never Ending Now album, I wasn't sure whether or not I wanted anybody to hear it. I know. Remember, I was there. Because you were one of the few people that I sent it to and was willing to trust because of your integrity, because of our friendship, and because I love you. And I know you've been through real things. And so I was like, okay.

But it's scary putting it out there. A hundred percent. I'm taking my own medicine. So I was like, all right, let me – I finished this thing, this work of art that was like a reflection of my path to self-love and love with a partner through poetry and this conversation that was very intimate that I had with my wife.

But it's scary putting it out there. A hundred percent. I'm taking my own medicine. So I was like, all right, let me – I finished this thing, this work of art that was like a reflection of my path to self-love and love with a partner through poetry and this conversation that was very intimate that I had with my wife.