Sure isn’t it always the way ?
Hozier’s first time meeting Cillian Murphy wasn’t the most ideal situation.
The Bray singer recently recalled his first encounter with the Oscar winner while he was on stage on recently, in a video recorded by a fan.
@lizpung Replying to @me.asiyaahere you go. The story behind the "I aim low..." lyrics in Too Sweet ? #hozier #toosweet #saintpaul ♬ original sound - Elizabeth
“I probably would go to my grave without saying it, but it’s kind of a good story and I’d rather it come from me," he explained on stage at Minnesota’s Xcel Energy Center last week.
In the video Hozier explains how he’d been out on the town the night before having to catch a flight to LA, meeting up with a “best old mate” in Wicklow.
He said that they were “drinking very heavily all night, as you do” and the next thing he knew he was being woken up suddenly by his friend the following morning.
“So I stand up quickly, and I am quite tall. It’s been said to me, if I fall down I would be halfway home,” he joked. “I was walking at full pace and I just went, ‘Boom!’ My head hit the window at such force.”
The singer explained that despite the injury, he managed to gather himself together and make it to the airport for his long-haul flight.
“I’m like rattled. You know, that type of hangover where you’re shaking," he explains. "And then I look over to the left of me on this plane and I see a famous Irish actor. I’m also subject to celebrity shock where you see somebody you’ve seen on screen a thousand times and you’re like, ‘Oh my God that’s a famous person.’ And when I see Cillian Murphy is to my left…”
As Hozier was telling the story, he was explaining that he was a bit starstruck, and he found himself scratching his head to stop him from staring at the famous actor.
“I’m like, ‘Oh my God, that’s wet.’ So I’m on the plane looking at my fingers, like I'm bleeding a little bit,” he said. “And I turn to my left and Cillian Murphy’s hunkered by my seat and is like, “How’s it going?’” I’m trying to play it cool.”
Hozier added that this memorable travel experience — especially the part where he fell multiple times — is what inspired some of the lyrics in “Too Sweet.”
“It’s the line, ‘I aim low, I aim true and the ground’s where I go.’ I’ve never told Cillian Murphy that. I didn’t have the guts to tell him at the time the shape that I was in,” he concluded.
It’s a nice added bonus that Hozier is great for storytelling during his gigs ?
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