Take Me to Church

Song Meaning and Background of Take Me To Church by Hozier

Hozier wrote and recorded the song in the attic of his parents' County Wicklow house while still a struggling artist. The lyrics of this mid-tempo soul ballad make use of religious vocabulary to express a loving connection in the face of persecution from the Church. Rubyworks Records took notice of the song, and Hozier and producer Rob Kirwan worked together to create the final recording.

He wrote the song after a bad breakup, Hozier said that "the vocals were recorded in my attic at 2 o'clock in the morning. So it's a real homemade job."

The protagonist of "Take Me to Church" metaphorically compares his sweetheart to religion in the song's lyrics. Hozier, who was reared a Quaker Protestant, was frustrated with the Catholic Church, which he perceived as controlling Ireland's social and political viewpoint. This resentment gave rise to the song.

The song attained enormous international success in 2014, topping the charts in 12 nations and making it to the top 10 in another 21. The song was also well-received by critics.

Lyrics of Take Me To Church by Hozier

My lover's got humour

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

Aaay. Amen. Amen. Amen

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 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 so you can sharpen your knife

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 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

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

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

Ooh oh. Amen. Amen. Amen

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 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 so you can sharpen your knife

Offer me that deathless death

Good God, let me give you my life