They develop an enduring sense of trust and care between one another throughout the poem.
But when they reach heaven, Virgil is barred from entering with Dante.
After all that, they must say goodbye.
HozierSacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Hymn to Virgil arrives onUnreal Unearth: Unending, the third iteration of Hoziers most recent studio album.
The record almost suffered a similar fate to that of Virgil in the poem hes describing.
Second-guessing creeps into you after a while, he explained in a previously unreleased portion of the interview.
I was writing Hymn to Virgil for a long, long time.
But Hymn to Virgil was perhaps the most striking among all the releases, the most ruinously affecting.
And Hozier was content with letting it sit in a vault forever.
Theres part of you thats like, maybe Im trying too hard with it, Hozier added.
Infernois a prevailing influence across theUnreal Unearthuniverse.
I suppose part of me thought, well, maybe its too musical theater, he said.
Is this a book report?
Is this a musical about Dantes Inferno?
Could somebody relate to this?
He also worried the production might be too contemporary in sound.
That happens with songs sometimes.
Because if youre not welcome in that space, I have no interest in being anywhere near it.
