De Selby (Part 2)

Hozier * Track #2 On Unreal Unearth

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Album Unreal Unearth

ALBUM

Hozier

2023

De Selby (Part 2) by Hozier

Release Date

Wed Jun 21 2023

Performed by

Hozier

Produced by

Marius Feder & Bēkon & Chakra & Pete G & Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman

Writed by

Hozier & Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman & Bēkon & Sergiu Gherman & Daniel Kreiger & Peter Gonzales

About

“De Selby (Part 2)” is the third and final single and the sequel to the opening track on Hozier’s third studio album, Unreal Unearth. The track takes inspiration from De Selby, an eccentric fictional philosopher, and scientist featured in Flann O'Brien’s novel The Third Policeman. The lyrics explore...

De Selby (Part 2) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
What you're given, what you live in
Darlin', it finds a way to live in you
And your heart, love, has such darkness
I feel it in the corners of the room

[Refrain]
(If I was any closer) After the gloom
(I could only lose me) I wanna lose me
(If I fade away, let me fade away) I, I wanna fade away with you
(If I was any closer) If I was any closer
(I could only lose me) I could be lost
(If I fade away, let me fade away) No more than I was or than I

[Pre-Chorus]
Want to be when you fall on me like night every time
And I want to be so far from sight and mind
I wanna kill the lights

[Chorus]
I wanna run against the world that's turnin'
I'd movе so fast that I'd outpace the dawn
I wanna be gonе
I wanna run so far, I'd beat the mornin'
Before the dawn has come, I'd block the sun
If you want it done

[Verse 2]
Let all time slow, let all light go
I don't need to know where we begin and end
I'd still know you, not being shown you
I only need the workin' of my hands

[Refrain]
(If I was any closer) Do you understand?
(I could only lose me) I wanna lose me
(If I fade away, let me fade away) I, I wanna fade away with you
(If I was any closer) If I was any closer
(I could only lose me) I could be lost
(If I fade away, let me fade away) No more than I was or than I

[Pre-Chorus]
Want to be when you fall on me like night
I wanna kill the lights

[Chorus]
I wanna run against the world that's turnin'
I'd move so fast that I'd outpace the dawn
I wanna be gone
I wanna run so far, I'd beat the mornin'
Before the dawn has come, I'd block the sun
If you want it done

[Bridge]
(If I was any closer, I could only lose me)
(If I fade away, let me fade away)
(If I was any closer, I could only lose me)
(If I fade away, let me fade away)

[Chorus]
I wanna run against the world that's turnin'
I'd move so fast that I'd outpace the dawn
I wanna be gone
I wanna run so far, I'd beat the mornin'
Before the dawn has come, I'd block the sun
If you want it done

De Selby (Part 2) Q&A

Who wrote De Selby (Part 2)'s ?

De Selby (Part 2) was written by Hozier & Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman & Bēkon & Sergiu Gherman & Daniel Kreiger & Peter Gonzales.

Who produced De Selby (Part 2)'s ?

De Selby (Part 2) was produced by Marius Feder & Bēkon & Chakra & Pete G & Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman.

When did Hozier release De Selby (Part 2)?

Hozier released De Selby (Part 2) on Wed Jun 21 2023.

What did Hozier say about "De Selby (Part 2)"?

It follows on from its opening to further explore and play with the themes of darkness in the context of connection; to self, to other, and to sense of time and space. The two parts are together some of my favourite songs on the album 🖤

— Via Instagram

What has inspired the artist to create this song?

Hozier was partly inspired by Irish writer and philosopher John Moriarty and his idea of the “beneficent darkness” — that is, the freedom and anonymity gained from sitting in a space so dark that it feels like “a night that existed before night existed.” His personal interpretation of Moriarty’s vis...

What have the artists said about the song?

Part two comes out in a totally different place. It was always in this funk, rock place, even in the early demos. Part one ends in the Irish language, it’s basically saying: ‘You arrive to me like nightfall. Although you’re a being of great lightness, I experience you like nighttime.’ It’s that idea...