Hozier — Lyric Analysis

LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 46 songs across 3 albums by Hozier. They use 1,614 unique words out of 5,462 (lexical richness MATTR 0.74), with an average of 119 content words per song. Emotional tone: 76% of songs positive, 0% neutral, 24% negative.

Most used words by Hozier

1. love (157)
2. know (73)
3. sing (69)
4. good (61)
5. baby (59)
6. sunlight (59)
7. power (55)
8. honey (46)
9. little (42)
10. time (39)
11. run (36)
12. eeh (35)
13. let (32)
14. fall (30)
15. way (29)
16. away (29)
17. feel (29)
18. move (28)
19. heart (28)
20. life (28)

Signature phrases

• “cried power” (19)
• “ol little bit” (18)
• “little bit day” (18)
• “love little ol” (18)
• “fall love little” (18)
• “little ol little” (18)
• “bit day someone” (17)
• “day someone new” (17)
• “lover good” (15)
• “sunlight love sunlight” (14)

Colors in the lyrics

• blue (4)
• gold (4)
• black (3)
• brown (2)
• silver (1)
• grey (1)
• rose (1)
• amber (1)

Albums analyzed

• Hozier (2014)
• Wasteland, Baby! (2019)
• Unreal Unearth (2023)