TAKE ME TO CHURCH
demi lovato; cover Hozier
SONGWRITER: Andrew hoozier-byrne
COUNTRY: ireland
ALBUM: take me to the church
LABEL: rubyworks records
GENRE: indie
YEAR: 2013
"Take
Me to Church" is a song by Irish musician Hozier. It was released on his
debut extended play(EP) and later his self-titled debut album(2014). The song was released as his
debut single on 2013 as a free download. Hozier, a
struggling musician at the time of its writing, wrote and recorded the song in
the attic of his parents' home in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. A mid-tempo soul
song, its lyrics use religious terminology to describe a romantic relationship.
The song first caught the attention of independent label Rubyworks, where
producer Rob Kirwan overdubbed the original demo with live instruments. Only
two musicians feature on the track: Andrew Hozier-Byrne (Hozier) and drummer
Fiachra Kinder.
The music
video contributed to the song's widespread popularity. Directed by Brendan Canty and
Conal Thomson of small production company “Feel Good Lost”, it follows a
relationship between two men and the subsequent violent homophobic backlash. Upon
its YouTube release in September 2013, the video quickly began to go viral,
leading to Hozier's subsequent license with Columbia Records US and Island
Records UK.
In 2014, the song achieved widespread global popularity,
topping the charts in 12 countries and reaching the top 10 in 21 other
territories. Aided by music platforms Shazam and Spotify to become
a rock radio hit in the US, the song spent 23 consecutive weeks at the top of
the Hot Rock Songs chart, tied with Imagine Dragons "Radioactive" as
the longest-running number-one in its chart-history (at the time), later
crossing over to the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number two
in December 2014. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the
Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards and has been certified five times
platinum in the US.
On 16
April 2016, Hozier released the original Take Me To Church EP on special
edition 12-inch vinyl picture disc for Record Store Day UK, the first time the
EP was available as a physical release.
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 is 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
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
To 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
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.
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