Hozier - Take Me To Church (Lyrics)

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Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
My lover's got humor
She's the giggle at a funeral
Knows everybody's disapproval
I should've worshipped her sooner
If the heavens ever did speak
She's the last true mouthpiece
Every Sunday's getting more bleak
A fresh poison each week
"We were born sick"
You heard them say it
My church offers no absolutes
She tells me "Worship in the bedroom"
The only Heaven I'll be sent to
Is when I'm alone with you
I was born sick, but I love it
Command me to be well

[Pre-Chorus]
Aaa, Amen, Amen, Amen

[Chorus]
Take me to church
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good God, let me give you my life
Take me to church
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good God, let me give you my life

[Verse 2]
If I'm a pagan of the good times
My lover's the sunlight
To keep the goddess on my side
She demands a sacrifice
Drain the whole sea
Get something shiny
Something meaty for the main course
That's a fine looking high horse
What you got in the stable?
We've a lot of starving faithful
That looks tasty
That looks plenty
This is hungry work

[Chorus]
Take me to church
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife
Offer me my deathless death
Good God, let me give you my life
Take me to church
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife
Offer me my deathless death
Good God, let me give you my life

[Bridge]
No masters or kings when the ritual begins
There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin
In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene
Only then I am human
Only then I am clean

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, oh Amen, Amen, Amen

[Chorus]
Take me to church
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good God, let me give you my life
Take me to church
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good God, let me give you my life

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[thejoker]

I'm gonna leave this comment here so when someone likes it I'll get reminded of this masterpiece 💯💯💯💯✊✊👍😜

[ThreeGamerDudes]

Somebody give a like once a month so I'll get reminded of this master piece

[sheraybeckford]

Someone like once every month so get reminded of this masterpiece

[Supernidoboss]

I just want to be randomly reminded so I leave this thank you all

[skrillexfudge]

listening to this as a kid vs now an adult (19). It hits so much different and the lyrics actually mean something it’s crazy.

[mirrormirror]

god this song never ever gets old. Listening to it since it came out and I love it everytime

[slowfield]

The meaning of the song if you didn't get it:

My lover's got humor. She's the giggle at a funeral. - My lover (the church) has a sense of humor. She (the church) laughs when people die.

Knows everybody's disapproval. I should've worshiped her sooner. - (the church) knows everyone disapproves of me, hates me. I should have worshipped (sacrificed) my life to her (the church) sooner.

If the Heavens ever did speak. She's the last true mouthpiece. - If God ever was real and spoke to humans. She (the church) is the last sign that God exists.

Every Sunday's getting more bleak. A fresh poison each week. - Every Sunday, the day when people go to church, is getting more dark and painful to live through. A fresh layer of poison and pain is applied at the church every week.

"We were born sick", you heard them say it. - "We were born gay", you heard the church say we have a disease.

My church offers no absolutes. She tells me, "Worship in the bedroom". - My church doesn't allow any impurity and is merciless against those who are considered impure. She (the church) tells me "The bedroom is meant for worshipping God, not for having gay sex."

The only Heaven I'll be sent to. Is when I'm alone with you. - I'm not allowed in heaven because I'm gay. That's why the only heaven (joy, happiness, paradise) I will ever experience is when I am alone with my gay partner.

I was born sick, but I love it. Command me to be well. - I was born gay and I'm proud of it. Force me to be cured.

A-, Amen, Amen, Amen. Take me to church. - Spiritual affirmation. Take me to the church to be sacrificed as a cure for my homosexuality.

I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies. I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife. - I will be slaughtered and sacrificed like a dog, because the church doesn't consider LGBT people human beings, at the shrine of your lies - referring to the altar and the church glorifying the lies of the bible. I will tell you that I'm gay, and you can prepare the weapon you will use to slaughter me for it.

Offer me that deathless death. Good God, let me give you my life. - Offer me access to death without death, also known as heaven, let me into heaven. Good God, murder me and sacrifice me.

If I'm a pagan of the good times. My lover's the sunlight. - If I'm an outcast from today's society. My lover (the church) is the sunlight that will burn me to ashes.

To keep the Goddess on my side. She demands a sacrifice. - To appease the Goddess (the church) and stay on her good side. She (the church) demands that my impure, homosexual life is ended by being sacrificed to God, referring to homophobic biblical verses like Leviticus 20:13.

Drain the whole sea. Get something shiny. - Referring to draining the Holy See, the Vatican. Destroy the Vatican and take back the money and gold that their temples are coated with.

Something meaty for the main course. That's a fine looking high horse. - The Vatican, and grandiose cathedrals and churches in general, are a rich and meaty meal for the people. That's a fine looking high horse, also known as moral high-ground. This critiques the moral high-ground the church holds over people, by hoarding wealth and building gold-plated churches while telling the worshippers of God to be humble and immaterialist. And by preaching love and tolerance despite discriminating against LGBT people.

What you got in the stable? We've a lot of starving faithful. - What does the Vatican have to offer to people? We have a lot of poor and vulnerable believers of God who are starving because of all the money the church has fraudulently scammed and stolen from its believers to line their own greedy pockets.

That looks tasty. That looks plenty. This is hungry work. - Referring to butchering the Vatican, and all wealthy churches and cathedrals in general, and feeding (returning) it to the poor and starving whose money was used to build them.

Chorus repeated.

No masters or kings when the ritual begins. There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin. - It's irrelevant who you are, if you're homosexual, you're still being sacrificed in the ritual. There is nothing sweeter or more innocent than our gentle sin of homosexuality, referring to there being nothing wrong with homosexuality.

In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene. Only then I am human. Only then I am clean. - In the horrible acts of violence and oppression that religious people carry out against LGBT people in the name of God. Only then, when I have been murdered and sacrificed to God, I am considered a clean human being instead of a dog.

[voltfox]

"The only heaven I'll be sent to
Is when I'm alone with you"
Hits different

[Obsessed.]

Feelings, love, betrayal, pain, calmness, mystery, black and red, coffee, the singer's voice too, all enter my heart quickly.❤😮

[random_spilt]

I met my daughters dad when we both worked at our local deli. He used to put his ear buds in and sing this song often while we worked together and we had many many conversations about the meaning behind these lyrics even throughout our relationship. He passed away in a motorcycle accident dec 15 2023 and today is his funeral. I don’t know if he reminded me of this song or if it’s just something that happened to cross my mind either way it should be remembered.

[GRIMM]

song has energy to it man gives me chills at times

[madisonbeckner]

I swear I listened to this since it came out. My dad driving my to school at 7:30 in the morning, ah the good old days

[bri.luvscats]

“i was born sick, but i love it” hit hard. ❤

[thwallz]

This song hits different when your playing it on a speaker as loud as you can.

[Theonionofthedisneyjuniorlore]

RIP to everyone who thought this was an actual Christian song

[Radioisodope]

This song is so exhausting. Every word has a meaning which fills the soul with endless suffering.

[MandyRhay]

An absolute masterpiece. So deep and full of meaning. Great composition. Amazing work Hozier and team.

[SaltySprinklez]

*”I’ll tell you my sins, so you can sharpen your knife”* -gave me chills

[jeffrey]

RIP to the people that played this at church

[Yowhatupdudes]

I’ma leave this so when someone likes I’ll be reminded of this song ❤