This song is a metaphor. Hozier uses “bog bodies” in Ireland, bodies which are exhumed after centuries of natural mummification, to describe a new relationship. Hozier explained this during his Alt 98.7fm Penthouse performance in Los Angeles on 10/15/2014.

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