Hozier canta Take Me To Church a Che tempo che fa (18 gennaio 2015)

A Che tempo che fa di domenica 18 gennaio 2015 è stata la puntata di , che accompagnato dalla sua band ha cantato dal vivo il bellissimo singolo "Take Me To Church", tratto dal suo album di esordio.

Il 24enne Andrew Hozier-Byrne è ai vertici delle classifiche internazionali dall'autunno scorso grazie a questa canzone - una delle rivelazioni del 2014 - che è stata la più ascoltata su Spotify con 87 milioni di streaming.

Il video, che affronta il tema dell'omofobia in Russia raccontando la storia d'amore di due ragazzi omosessuali, è diventato virale e ha superato su YouTube i 75 milioni di visualizzazioni.

Inoltre "Take Me To Church" ha ottenuto una candidatura agli MTV Europe Music Awards 2014 come "Best Song With a Message" e addirittura una nomination ai Grammy Awards 2015 nella categoria "Canzone dell'anno".

Hozier - Take Me To Church lyrics

My lover's got humour
She's the giggle at a funeral
Knows everybody's disapproval
I should've worshiped 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
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 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

[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 sin

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 life