On "Be (Acoustic)," Mr. Hozier-Byrne strips away the original's snaky funk bass and dials back his own tumult for a gentler interpretation of the lyrics, "Be, be as you've always been." ...

O’Brien was referring to a line in the original lyrics of the song, now considered offensive: “You scumbag, you maggot, You cheap lousy faggot.” Hozier and his backup singers instead sang ...