[Part I]
[Intro: Future]
Drop your location, she think she me or sum’ (Hendrix)
Put on my chains, now she think she me or sum’
She keep a Glock in her bag, she think …
[Verse 1]
You said, “Speak from your mind
The words that it finds
Come out of your soul, a part of the whole”
You said, “What does it change?
Both of us know
After tonight, there …
[TONY]
Maria…
The most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard:
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria…
All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word:
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria…
Maria, Maria…
Maria!
I’ve just met a girl named Maria
And …
[Verse 1]
What happens in dreams where we fly?
Never been as high as tonight
Staring through a window in time
For someone to show me what I’m like
He said, “Hello”, it’s like a …
[Verse 1]
Oh-oh-oh, every little smile hides a little lie
Could cut the silence with a knife
Subatomic bliss is nothing left to miss
It’s just empty Russian roulette
[Pre-Chorus]
Try to brush it off my …
My lover’s got humour
She’s the giggle at a funeral46
Knows everybody’s disapproval47
I should’ve worshipped her sooner
If the heavens ever did speak
She’s the last true mouthpiece
Every Sunday’s getting more bleak48
‘We were born sick, ‘ you heard them say it49
My Church offers no absolutes
She tells me, ‘Worship in the bedroom.’50
The only heaven I’ll be sent to
Is when I’m alone with you51
I was born sick,
But I love it52
Command me to be well
Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.53
[Chorus 2x:]
Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies54
I’ll tell you my sins55 and you can sharpen your knife56
Offer me that deathless death
Good God, let me give you my life
If I’m a pagan of the good times
My lover’s the sunlight
To keep the Goddess on my side57
Drain the whole sea58
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 2x:]
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
No Masters or Kings
When the Ritual begins
There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin59
In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene
Only then I am Human
Only then I am Clean
Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.
[Chorus 2x:]
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 life60
By saying “my lover’s got humour” Hozier means that his lover has a somewhat twisted sense of humor where she will giggle at places like funerals. While Hozier is using “she”, it is a known fact that Hozier is in fact homosexual, as can be seen from the video for the song. Throughout the lyrics, Hozier uses “she” while actually referring to his male partner. Throughout this lyrics explanation, we will use “she” as a reference to Hozier’s love and the general song meaning, not to represent his lover’s gender.
She knows that people may disapprove of her behavior, but she just doesn’t care.
This line can have several meanings. One meaning is that every Sunday when Hozier goes to church, he misses his love and wants to be with her. Another meaning could be that when he goes to Church every Sunday, he knows he’s done things that are sinful. The latter seems to be the more accurate meaning, as Hozier’s sexual orientation is not something that the Church condones or supports.
Hozier is talking about his sexual orientation once again – “we were born sick” means that he was not born straight like he “should have” but instead was born gay.
His lover doesn’t really take Church seriously – “worship in the bedroom”, meaning that he should make love to her and worship her instead of God.
Hozier means here that being with his love is so good it’s equivalent to being in heaven, only while still on earth.
“I was born sick” means many different things. While the literal meaning is to be born ill, or not well, this isn’t the meaning here. In this context, it most likely means that Hozier doesn’t exactly act “pure” in religious terms.
Hozier wants God to purify him and to free him of all of his sins.
Hozier says that he will worship his love like he would worship God at the church, “take me to church” he says so that I can worship you.
Hozier means that he will be very open with his love and will tell her everything that he’s done, including things that aren’t exactly morally right.
“Sharpen your knife” here means after he shares all of the things he’s done with his lover, she can decide what she wants to do with him – “kill him” so to speak with her knife, or let him live.
Once again, Hozier refers to his love as “Goddess”, someone he can worship.
She demands a sacrifice[ref]A sacrifice when it comes to religion means the actual killing of a human (or animal) as an act of worship to a God or Goddess. While there are no literal sacrifices made in Christian or Catholic religions, or the majority of religions in this day, there used to be such sacrifices made in the past in many religions. “She demands a sacrifice” means that his Goddess woman wants him to show her how he truly worships her by sacrificing either himself or something else.
“Drain the whole sea” is a reference to Exodus 14:21, reading “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided”.
“Gentle sin” is an interesting term used by Hozier to say that while he is not married to his lover, being with her is a “good” sin in his eyes.
Overall, “take me to church” is about sexuality. In the end, we can’t change the sexual orientation we are born with. Hozier’s stance is that the society and the Church should accept men and women who they are, whether in partnership with the opposite sex or with the same.
By saying “my lover’s got humour” Hozier means that his lover has a somewhat twisted sense of humor where she will giggle at places like funerals. While Hozier is using “she”, it is a known fact that Hozier is in fact homosexual, as can be seen from the video for the song. Throughout the lyrics, Hozier uses “she” while actually referring to his male partner. Throughout this lyrics explanation, we will use “she” as a reference to Hozier’s love and the general song meaning, not to represent his lover’s gender.
She knows that people may disapprove of her behavior, but she just doesn’t care.
This line can have several meanings. One meaning is that every Sunday when Hozier goes to church, he misses his love and wants to be with her. Another meaning could be that when he goes to Church every Sunday, he knows he’s done things that are sinful. The latter seems to be the more accurate meaning, as Hozier’s sexual orientation is not something that the Church condones or supports.
Hozier is talking about his sexual orientation once again – “we were born sick” means that he was not born straight like he “should have” but instead was born gay.
His lover doesn’t really take Church seriously – “worship in the bedroom”, meaning that he should make love to her and worship her instead of God.
Hozier means here that being with his love is so good it’s equivalent to being in heaven, only while still on earth.
“I was born sick” means many different things. While the literal meaning is to be born ill, or not well, this isn’t the meaning here. In this context, it most likely means that Hozier doesn’t exactly act “pure” in religious terms.
Hozier wants God to purify him and to free him of all of his sins.
Hozier says that he will worship his love like he would worship God at the church, “take me to church” he says so that I can worship you.
Hozier means that he will be very open with his love and will tell her everything that he’s done, including things that aren’t exactly morally right.
“Sharpen your knife” here means after he shares all of the things he’s done with his lover, she can decide what she wants to do with him – “kill him” so to speak with her knife, or let him live.
Once again, Hozier refers to his love as “Goddess”, someone he can worship.
She demands a sacrifice[ref]A sacrifice when it comes to religion means the actual killing of a human (or animal) as an act of worship to a God or Goddess. While there are no literal sacrifices made in Christian or Catholic religions, or the majority of religions in this day, there used to be such sacrifices made in the past in many religions. “She demands a sacrifice” means that his Goddess woman wants him to show her how he truly worships her by sacrificing either himself or something else.
“Drain the whole sea” is a reference to Exodus 14:21, reading “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided”.
“Gentle sin” is an interesting term used by Hozier to say that while he is not married to his lover, being with her is a “good” sin in his eyes.
Overall, “take me to church” is about sexuality. In the end, we can’t change the sexual orientation we are born with. Hozier’s stance is that the society and the Church should accept men and women who they are, whether in partnership with the opposite sex or with the same.
By saying “my lover’s got humour” Hozier means that his lover has a somewhat twisted sense of humor where she will giggle at places like funerals. While Hozier is using “she”, it is a known fact that Hozier is in fact homosexual, as can be seen from the video for the song. Throughout the lyrics, Hozier uses “she” while actually referring to his male partner. Throughout this lyrics explanation, we will use “she” as a reference to Hozier’s love and the general song meaning, not to represent his lover’s gender.
She knows that people may disapprove of her behavior, but she just doesn’t care.
This line can have several meanings. One meaning is that every Sunday when Hozier goes to church, he misses his love and wants to be with her. Another meaning could be that when he goes to Church every Sunday, he knows he’s done things that are sinful. The latter seems to be the more accurate meaning, as Hozier’s sexual orientation is not something that the Church condones or supports.
Hozier is talking about his sexual orientation once again – “we were born sick” means that he was not born straight like he “should have” but instead was born gay.
His lover doesn’t really take Church seriously – “worship in the bedroom”, meaning that he should make love to her and worship her instead of God.
Hozier means here that being with his love is so good it’s equivalent to being in heaven, only while still on earth.
“I was born sick” means many different things. While the literal meaning is to be born ill, or not well, this isn’t the meaning here. In this context, it most likely means that Hozier doesn’t exactly act “pure” in religious terms.
Hozier wants God to purify him and to free him of all of his sins.
Hozier says that he will worship his love like he would worship God at the church, “take me to church” he says so that I can worship you.
Hozier means that he will be very open with his love and will tell her everything that he’s done, including things that aren’t exactly morally right.
“Sharpen your knife” here means after he shares all of the things he’s done with his lover, she can decide what she wants to do with him – “kill him” so to speak with her knife, or let him live.
Once again, Hozier refers to his love as “Goddess”, someone he can worship.
She demands a sacrifice[ref]A sacrifice when it comes to religion means the actual killing of a human (or animal) as an act of worship to a God or Goddess. While there are no literal sacrifices made in Christian or Catholic religions, or the majority of religions in this day, there used to be such sacrifices made in the past in many religions. “She demands a sacrifice” means that his Goddess woman wants him to show her how he truly worships her by sacrificing either himself or something else.
“Drain the whole sea” is a reference to Exodus 14:21, reading “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided”.
“Gentle sin” is an interesting term used by Hozier to say that while he is not married to his lover, being with her is a “good” sin in his eyes.
Overall, “take me to church” is about sexuality. In the end, we can’t change the sexual orientation we are born with. Hozier’s stance is that the society and the Church should accept men and women who they are, whether in partnership with the opposite sex or with the same.
By saying “my lover’s got humour” Hozier means that his lover has a somewhat twisted sense of humor where she will giggle at places like funerals. While Hozier is using “she”, it is a known fact that Hozier is in fact homosexual, as can be seen from the video for the song. Throughout the lyrics, Hozier uses “she” while actually referring to his male partner. Throughout this lyrics explanation, we will use “she” as a reference to Hozier’s love and the general song meaning, not to represent his lover’s gender.
She knows that people may disapprove of her behavior, but she just doesn’t care.
This line can have several meanings. One meaning is that every Sunday when Hozier goes to church, he misses his love and wants to be with her. Another meaning could be that when he goes to Church every Sunday, he knows he’s done things that are sinful. The latter seems to be the more accurate meaning, as Hozier’s sexual orientation is not something that the Church condones or supports.
Hozier is talking about his sexual orientation once again – “we were born sick” means that he was not born straight like he “should have” but instead was born gay.
His lover doesn’t really take Church seriously – “worship in the bedroom”, meaning that he should make love to her and worship her instead of God.
Hozier means here that being with his love is so good it’s equivalent to being in heaven, only while still on earth.
“I was born sick” means many different things. While the literal meaning is to be born ill, or not well, this isn’t the meaning here. In this context, it most likely means that Hozier doesn’t exactly act “pure” in religious terms.
Hozier wants God to purify him and to free him of all of his sins.
Hozier says that he will worship his love like he would worship God at the church, “take me to church” he says so that I can worship you.
Hozier means that he will be very open with his love and will tell her everything that he’s done, including things that aren’t exactly morally right.
“Sharpen your knife” here means after he shares all of the things he’s done with his lover, she can decide what she wants to do with him – “kill him” so to speak with her knife, or let him live.
Once again, Hozier refers to his love as “Goddess”, someone he can worship.
She demands a sacrifice[ref]A sacrifice when it comes to religion means the actual killing of a human (or animal) as an act of worship to a God or Goddess. While there are no literal sacrifices made in Christian or Catholic religions, or the majority of religions in this day, there used to be such sacrifices made in the past in many religions. “She demands a sacrifice” means that his Goddess woman wants him to show her how he truly worships her by sacrificing either himself or something else.
“Drain the whole sea” is a reference to Exodus 14:21, reading “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided”.
“Gentle sin” is an interesting term used by Hozier to say that while he is not married to his lover, being with her is a “good” sin in his eyes.
Overall, “take me to church” is about sexuality. In the end, we can’t change the sexual orientation we are born with. Hozier’s stance is that the society and the Church should accept men and women who they are, whether in partnership with the opposite sex or with the same.
3 user explanations and meanings
Alex
Personally, I think “deathless death” is what in French they call “la petite mort” – (Google it and you get what I mean)
Anonymous
is this an engaged song like in french u say it “chanson engagée”
Anonymous
Moron. Hozier is straight but gay-supportive. The song is about how the catholic church says we’re born with original sin on our soul (we were born sick).