Nobody’s Soldier

The civil rights movement that took place here in the United States directly inspired the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, very shortly afterwards in a time and place where not every single person was guaranteed the right to vote.

We’ve been singing this song in solidarity with anybody who has contacted their representatives or put their feet on the street in honest goodwill and human witness of the lived experience of other people on the other side of the world that say ‘We wouldn’t want to see any human be subject to the kind of violence that we have been witnessing on our TV screens in Rafa. We wouldn’t want to see any human being subject to the kind of violence we’ve been seeing in Gaza over these last eight or nine months.

It doesn’t matter who you are, it doesn’t matter where you come from. It doesn’t matter if you are an Israeli citizen or Palestinian citizen – you wouldn’t want to see any human being be subject to the kind of terror we have been witnessing.

Peace and safety and security for everybody you know, for everybody in the Middle East, and sincere peace, safety and security which of course would mean seeing Palestine free from occupation and free from violence.

If you feel moved to reach out to your representatives as a citizen, a foreign citizen, as a man who comes from a country whose peace process came about due to the investment of the United States, something I am very, very grateful for, I strongly urge you to, I strongly encourage you to reach out to your representation.

Hozier - Watch Hozier give unreleased song 'Nobody's Soldier' its live debut and call for a ceasefire in Gaza at Lollapalooza 2024