All Things End by Hozier Lyrics Meaning – Embracing the Temporality of Existence
Lyrics
It just dropped a twenty-storey height
If there was anyone to ever get through this life
With their heart still intact, they didn’t do it right
The last time I felt your weight on my chest, you said
“We didn’t get it right but, love, we did our best”
And we will again
Moving on in time and taking more from
Everything that ends
And all things end
All that we intend is scrawled in sand
Or slips right through our hands
And just knowing
That everything will end
Should not change our plans
When we begin again
We begin again, hm-mm
I have never known a silence like the one fallen here
Never watched my future darken in a single tear
I know we want this to go easy by being somebody’s fault
But we’ve gone long enough to know this isn’t what we want
And that isn’t always bad
When people say that something is forever
Either way, it ends
And all things end
All that we intend is scrawled in sand
Or slips right through our hands
And just knowing
That everything will end
Should not change our plans
When we begin again
We begin again
We begin again, hm-mm
Darling
And all things end
All that we intend is built on sand
Slips right through our hands
And just knowing
That everything will end
Won’t change our plans
When we begin again
And all things end (knowing we can always start again)
All that we intend (knowing we have another day)
Is scrawled in sand (knowing we can always start again)
Or slips right through our hands (knowing we have another day)
And just knowing (knowing we can always start again)
That everything will end
Should not change our plans
When we begin again
As the soft strums of a guitar give way to Hozier’s haunting baritone, ‘All Things End’ emerges not merely as a song, but as a contemplative odyssey through the human condition. Fluent in the language of the soul, Hozier’s lyrical prowess turns a mirror upon our fears, hopes, and the impermanent tapestry of life.
To dissect ‘All Things End’ is to walk a path littered with philosophical musings and the raw tender meat of emotional honesty. Carving deep into the zeitgeist, the song becomes a vessel for reflection on the transient nature of everything we hold dear, never shying away from the truth that is as stark as it is liberating.
The Crushing Weight of Existential Realization
From the outset, ‘All Things End’ drags listeners down with the ‘two-tonne weight around my chest,’ a buffet of emotive forcefulness that Hozier lays bare. It’s an evocation of the physical sensations that accompany our most profound crises—the stark realization of-ending and the numbness of thwarted hopes.
As he acknowledges that those who remain unscathed by life’s vicissitudes are perhaps the ones who’ve not truly lived, there’s an embrace of pain and heartbreak as necessary colors on the palette of our lives. The song opens not just a window but a panoramic view into the soul’s uneasy reconciliation with finitude.
Our Best Is All We Have, and It Is Enough
Hozier’s intonation of ‘We didn’t get it right but, love, we did our best’ is a universal lament and a comforting hand upon the listener’s shoulder. Here, he demystifies the idea of perfection and reframes failure as a courageous dance with possibility.
The acknowledgment of the effort, the trials, and the sincerity of exertion even in the face of eventual dissipation, stands tall as a testament to human resilience. These lines are a balm for the aching realization that not all efforts bear fruit, yet they remain intrinsically valuable.
A Secret Whisper: The Hidden Meaning in Letting Go
As ‘All Things End’ progresses, there’s a striking resignation to the inevitable closure of all endeavors. Hozier doesn’t dwell on the somber; instead, he unearths a deeper message about the fluid continuity of beginnings and endings.
The melodies seep into a hidden discourse on acceptance and cyclical renewal. In the admission that ‘all that we intend is scrawled in sand,’ listeners find an invitation to embrace the ephemerality that defines our existence and the courage to let go, only to begin once more.
Echoes of Memorable Lines: Speaking to the Infinite within the Finite
‘And just knowing that everything will end should not change our plans when we begin again.’ These words resonate as the stirring refrain that bridges our human fear of the void with an almost Sisyphean optimism.
In this mantra, Hozier captures the defiance and beauty of humanity’s perpetual struggle against obsolescence. The lyric holds up a mirror to the listener, reflecting an innate understanding that while the universe’s grand clockwork dictates an eventual end to all, our spirit defiantly marches onward.
Embracing the Sands of Time: The Duality of Transience and Permanence
The metaphoric ‘scrawled in sand’ becomes a powerful image evoking the temporary, yet the impactful nature of human efforts. It’s a nod to the ancient practice of writing in sand, knowing full well the tide will wash it away, yet finding beauty and purpose in the act itself.
Hozier’s wisdom seeps through, affirming that it is the knowledge of our temporary stay that should fuel, rather than inhibit our desires to create, to love, and to begin anew. ‘All Things End’ marvels at the duality of the fleeting and the eternal, and how one gives meaning to the other, resulting in a vibrant celebration of life in its most honest form.
