Hozier show as he played ‘Cherry Wine’, which confused him given the song’s dark subject matter.Despite sometimes being misinterpreted as a love song, ‘Cherry Wine’ is actually about domestic abuse – “The way she tells me I’m hers and she’s mine/Open hand or closed fist would be fine/The blood is rare and sweet as cherry wine,” Hozier sings in the chorus.A proposal took place as Hozier was playing the song during a show in Madison, Wisconsin, so he stopped to acknowledge it when he heard people screaming in excitement before restarting the song.“Congratulations,” he told the couple. “Congratulations on putting the fear of God into me, well done.
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