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Hozier – Take Me to Church
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“Take Me to Church” is the debut single by Irish recording artist Hozier. It has become an international hit, reaching #1 in 12 countries, and has been certified five times
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Rock Cleanup: Hozier - "Take Me To Church"
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Heyyy fam, time to flex our editorial skills once again – shoutout to everyone who contributed to our repeated lyrics discussion. Let’s boss out a page, learn from each other, and (of course) keep gettin dat IQ! So let’s clean up…
“Take Me To Church” by Hozier
This song came out last year, but it’s been popping off ever since with almost 400k views and steady concurrents. The shape of the annotations needs work though, so that’s where we come in. Let’s take this thing verse by verse and see what we can do with it!
Remember that interviews are super important resources for primary sourcing – it’s always great to have the artist explain it for you! So check out these interviews (and more) and let’s get going with Verse 1!
“Q&A: Irish Musician Hozier on Gay Rights, Sexuality, & Good Hair”
“Hozier’s Passionate Challenge to the Catholic Church—and to Bigots Everywhere”
@genius-editorial-board @rock-genius-editors @pop-genius @chihuahua0 @Cxsey @Dassi @JHGFD @Emp
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Hozier Breaks Down The Meaning of "Take Me to Church"
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Hozier stopped by Genius to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of his hit song “Take Me to Church,” which has been streamed over two billion times on Spotify ...
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Ellie Goulding – Take Me to Church
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Ed Sheeran – Take Me to Church
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[Intro] / One, two, three / [Verse 1] / 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
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YONAS – Take Me To Church
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YONAS REMIXES THE POPULAR SONG TAKE ME TO CHURCH BY HOZIER.
DOWNLOAD FOR FREE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKHMKM4LwBc
The beat is basing on a bootleg/ remix of Jorden
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Glee Cast – Take Me to Church
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“Take Me to Church” by Hozier is featured in We Built This Glee Club, the eleventh episode of Season Six. It is sung by the New Directions, with solos from Jane (Samantha Marie
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Hozier – Take Me to Church (Live)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Hozier – Work Song
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This is the only song on Hozier’s self titled album to have a title that is not entirely composed of lyrics from the song.
The song is about the love of a worker’s life lending
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MILCK – Take Me To Church
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[Verse 1] / My lover's got humor / She's a giggle at a funeral / Knows everybody's disapproval / I should've worshipped her sooner / If the heavens ever did speak / She's the last
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Hozier, Tujamo, VINNE & Murotani – Take Me to Church / Techno Party (Sam Collins & TWINSICK Edit) [Mixed]
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[Verse: Hozier] / My lover's got humour / She's the giggle at a funeral / Knows everybody's disapproval / I shoulda worshipped her sooner / If the heavens ever did speak / She's
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Mikey Bloom (Ft. 4K Youngboyy) – Needed My Luv
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new song from me and 4k.
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The Agonist – Take Me to Church
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Amen / Amen / 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
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Youngbambina – Plz Love Me
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I just wanna feel love lately / Being alone don't phase me / But I'd rather be with you / With you / I just wanna feel love lately / Being alone don't phase me / But I would rather
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L3GACY – Better Luck In The Next Mall! / Better Luck Next Time by Oingo Boingo played in a dead mall
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[Verse 1] / Black is for the nighttime / Preys upon the day / Red is for the blood that flows / Like rivers in our veins / Gray is for betrayal / What you did to me / White is for
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Chris Hillman – Ain't That Peculiar
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Honey you do me wrong but still I'm crazy about you / Stay away too long and I can't do without you / Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more / But each hurt makes
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Lenny Kravitz – Low
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In-between the lyrical stanzas Michael Jackson’s Human Nature song can be heard. This fits in nicely with the lyrics from Lenny Kravitz, where he is singing about love and how it’s
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Martin. C – You & Me
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[Intro] / I need some love / [Chorus] / I need some love I’m feeling lost / Look at my mind and see / Stuck in a rut fucking exhausted / I just want you and me / I need some love I
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Kiesza – Take Me to Church
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My lover's got humour / He's the giggle at a funeral / Knows everybody's disapproval / I should've worshiped her sooner / If the Heavens ever did speak / He is the last true
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Andreuw Snoaw – Call Me If Ur Lonely
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[Pre Hook] / Your so promiscuous / I like the way you move / The way you talk / Let me get in it I promise feeling will not be involved / I’ve been on some shit lately my back been
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Robert Plant – 29 Palms
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“29 Palms” by Robert Plant appears on his 1993 album, Fate of Nations.
This is a song of unrequited love, sung by a man who it seemed could have had anyone he wanted. The woman
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Negash Ali (Ft. Temu) – Got To Go
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Got to go / Intro: / Got to go / Got to leave / Got to go / Got places to be / 1 vers: / Out the door over the threshold / Getting ready for the struggle in a fresh dresscode
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Majin300 (Ft. EggFuuYung) – Beam
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(Majin 300) / I got a choppa, it came with a beam / Yes my name Majin, I speak but don't scream / How you make money but built like a leaf / Do me a favor and shut up, just leave
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1500savv – Drop Top
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Drop top drop top / I’m with that gang and we never gon stop stop / Drop top drop top / Gas in the whip and we call that a hotbox / Drop to drop top / Pushing the limit all gas we
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Entitlements (Ft. Jack Bergin) – Boundaries
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I will go my own way / And I'll learn from my own mistakes / So I'll experience this life first hand / I won't be sheltered by your best interest / I've got my own plans, I've got
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Operación Triunfo 2018 (Ft. Famous Oberogo) – Take Me to Church
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[Letra de "Take Me to Church"] / [Estrofa 1] / My lover's got humour / She's the giggle at a funeral / Knows everybody's disapproval / I should've worshipped her sooner / If the
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Scum Of The Earth – Macabro Expectaculo
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I see angels, faces cold and gray / Gods the enemy, hammering the nail / (Hell and lower) / Macabro expectaculo / Macabro expectaculo / Hate is all that's left of me / Hate is all
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Beige Monk – Pillar
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Drift and expand / Wave to the cameraman / I am slipping away once again / Slip a couple more / But remain unsure / If i’m rising or dropping the floor / Easy to believe / I am god
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Subseven – At The Park
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It rips me up - spits me out - I'm messed up - in this rut - / Caught up in this system - put down as another victim - / My fingernails are fading away - and my hair is looking
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Beatnik Termites – Surf Dancin'
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Well, all the kids can't wait for school to end / (Surf dancin', surf-surf dancin') / There all hip to the surf dancin' trend / (Surf dancin', surf-surf dancin') / Shake your bushy
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Dallas Holm – A Better Man
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I've told myself never again / But in my heart, I wonder when / The next time will be / I know wrong and I know right / But I don't know why it's a fight / To just be free / 'Cause
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Dark At Dawn – Last Embrace
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I never did before, they'll never know mself / Can't feel like me / I never lived before, how could they understand? / Don't want to die / You have seen me from inside / Why do you
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Unholy Desecration – Unholy Horde
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The Moon's numerous journeys across the sky / The time to achieve father satans vows / Forge mighty weapons for the horde / Unholy army countless as the stars / ....countless as
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Mvxx – Same Blanket
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[Verse 1:] / I can hear your heartbeat / I can feel your body / I'm holdin' on Still holdin' on / Our favourite blanket / Don't you remember / When you wore my sweater / That makes
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Pzychobitch – Ego
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I didn't take my point but it's quite plain to me / Makes me take my choice and it makes me wanna scream / It's no kind of revenge - and really not a spree / I have take my choice
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The Classic Crime – The Outside
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[Verse 1] / Aim for the best but I’ll settle for better / Good men don’t run, no, no matter the weather / I’m quick to think but I’m slow to believe it / I'm quick to give but I’m
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Craig's Brother – 10,000 Miles
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I wandered 10,000 miles / I never found what I was searching for / To wind up here in your arms and now I know it's my fault / I earned myself a place in infamy / But still no
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loren north – Backward / Forward
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[Verse 1] / Found love at the first impression / The deeper we go, this pressure / Sink into love, suffocating, oh / [Pre-Chorus] / Yeah, your love's a mess and I can't get out / I
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Hozier – Foreigner's God
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Hozier explores his feelings of alienation from his own culture through his love of a woman who doesn’t conform to society’s edicts. Similar to “Take Me to Church,” he mixes the
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Shael Riley – Revenge Of The Mullet
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Something about his name / Demands the definite article / Eighties flair and light brown hair cascading / From his skull / The day that he moved next door / I knew I had to pack up
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Romeo Santos (Ft. Carlos Santana) – Necio
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This song is about how Romeo becomes foolish, imprudent about a girl who is with someone else. Romeo knows that she belongs to someone else but it’s eating him alive.
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