The fact that religious people sing this in talent shows and church 😭💀

I thought it was bout homosexuality and the "church" telling him being gay is a sin?

I thought it was about a man who was in love with man and the church is trying to tell him that what he’s feeling is a sin

Hozier's Intention In an interview with the Star Tribune, Hozier explains that his song is an attack on anti-homosexuality in the church, especially the Catholic church: “I’m not condemning the church or religion on the whole, just that one policy [the anti-same sex marriage policy], which seems so wrong to me. And obviously I’m not alone in thinking that.” According to an interview with The Cut, the song is also about homophobia in general and state oppression of homosexuals in Russia. Hozier meant the song and the music video to attack policies that value rules and prejudice over love and acceptance. To make this point, "Take Me to Church's" music video shows a gay couple being hunted and tortured by a mob of masked and hooded men. Viewers, first, see the couple making out and, then, the mob torturing one of the men. In explaining the video in an interview with Fuse TV, Hozier says, "If you feel offended or disgusted by the image of two people kissing, if that's what it is, but you're more disgusted by that than the actual violence...I think you should take a look at your values, maybe." Through these images, Hozier wants to prove that being anti-gay is far worse than enjoying homosexual love. As an appropriate summary of his viewpoint, Hozier says in his interview with The Cut that "[t]he song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love. Turning your back on the theoretical thing, something that's not tangible, and choosing to worship or love something that is tangible and real - something that can be experienced.”

is there an explanation video to this video?

hozier was said the song was about the Churches stance on homosexuality.

2:39 I’m very happy you brought up the hypocrisy the song talks of and how it talks about people who are quick to judge. Tbh it’s such a powerful song and paired with its music video has many meanings and is just so powerful.

“I’ll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife” Thats just genious, he said the main problem of all religions right there, and said that if loving someone and having sex is a sin then stab me and send me to hell

When he sings "we were born sick but I love it command me to be well" it reminds me of a Christopher Hitchens quote that goes something like "created sick and then commanded to be well"🤔

I'm a church-going Christian and I feel the same way about the song. Nice job being objective 👍

Regarding hypocrisy, as Christians, we never claimed to be perfect or without sin, just the opposite. I agree with the saying I am not perfect, just forgiven. 🙌

This is such a deep song. I've listened to it a ton and still get things that hit me.

my laptop is about to die

I'm interested to hear what people think the second verse. Here's what I think -all just guesses based on what I know about the general topic of the song: "If I'm a pagan of the good times My lover's the sunlight" The "good times" and "sunlight" refer to sex and he metaphorically worships them like a pagan. Perhaps the part about sunlight also relates to pagans worshiping the sun (although, according to google, pagans worshiping the sun is a myth.) "To keep the Goddess on my side She demands a sacrifice Drain the whole sea Get something shiny" The "goddess" represents the church, or the biblical god. In order to follow the church, people must "sacrifice" their sexuality. By "draining the whole sea" they are sacrificing major parts of their human nature, and in return they get "something shiny"- something nice that isn't really worth it, like a feeling of fitting in at church or the belief in eternity in heaven (hopefully, although there may be a lingering thought that they might end up in hell.) "Something meaty for the main course That's a fine looking high horse" A play on the phrase "get off your high horse", claiming that some religious people look down at or judge others. "What you got in the stable? We've a lot of starving faithful That looks tasty That looks plenty This is hungry work" Continues on from the last line, claims a lot of the faithful are "starving" for something to look down on others for. Hard to say what "this" refers to, but perhaps it means that others find the beliefs and lifestyle tiring themselves and so they are "hungry" to take it out on others. Anyway, those are just my thoughts. What you guys think?

I kinda thought it was about Devils and sinning versus angels and stuff Which I mean I guess that’s somewhat correcy

I loved the song it's awesome......

You should link The Weeknd's videos together. Can't feel my face, the hills, tell your friends and then starboy. Hidden meaning video.

Hoizer's take me to church is genius.

Can you do Radioactive please

Great job with this interpretation! As one of the pastors of a non-denominational church, I’ve brought these lyrics up countless times to help show how destructive religion is and how religious people tarnish who Jesus really is and what God is all about. Gay, straight, weak or disciplined, evil or good we are all called to follow Him together. If all “Christians” really loved their neighbor as themselves, this great song would have never existed (in a good way).

I subbed at 200 subs and I can only see this channel going to good places, it's such a good concept. Hope you remember me when you're at a million subs Pop Song Professor!

The main intention of this song is that....Everyone is equal.. on natural intense experience everyone can love freely depend upon how Nature has created them.

thank you i have always been wondering the meaning behind this song for a long time

"Sarcasm" By "Get scared" ?

Fantastic synopsis that aligns closely with Hozier's own explanation of the song! Brilliant.

Gotta share this to my Christian friend who loves this damn song....he won't listen to my explanation but if it's youtube, he will....lol

The song is simply poetic. What other way is there to put it?

Wow, that was deep!! Love the song and the meaning behind it.

U should play the song you're analyzing in the backgr

I’m at 0:02 and just want to put out there that if you watch the music video it tells a story of two young men in love and some neighbors coming for them and attempting to murder and they even torture one of the guys because they’re gay. I’ll keep watching the video lol but I really do hope that you bring up not only the Pagan symbolism/reference in the song but also the message of dealing with homophobia and such as well

first channel on youtube that could explain me what some songs say , thank man you rock !

Gosh as a muslim, it’s all coming together and relates to everything and anything in life, just to say at least. It’s a sad world we living in. Stay strong ppl we got this. Peace.

When I was like 7 I asked my mom if I could download this...

Hey there, thx for explaining the song, it really helped to understand it better Can you also take a look at the song Everybody Knows by Leonard Cohen?

Please explain run of hozier

This song is an excellent message ro the hypocrisy of many issues that we live on a daily basis magnificent.

Nothing about being gay??

Please explain the part about sacrifice

Thanks. I heard this as background to ice-skating. The melody wraps around you. Drags you into listening. Never heard before. Im 72. So Como was my speed. Im learning.

Give your lives to Jesus Christ our Lord almighty and Saviour who loves us all in Jesus Christ mighty name amen and amen

I noticed a lot of people saying that he's wrong and the song is actually about being gay. Hozier said himself that the music video focused on LGBT issues in Russia while the song itself focused on sexuality in general and how many religious institutions encourage people to suppress that part of human nature. He said so in this video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/btuUipWh0LaqeYk.html So, the Pop Music Professor isn't exactly wrong about what the song lyrics are about, although it would have made sense to at least briefly mention the topic of the music video.

I could be wrong and it is likely that I am but it sounds like the lover referenced in the song is the church as a metaphorical "lover" with the lines displaying hipocrisy and cruelty referencing the churches stance on homosexuality

I legit thought it was like a gospel

I like the song more now!! There is a lot of people that go to church and are always criticizing what others do or say, sometimes pretending they are better than you when in reality they are more sinners than those who don’t go to church. I’m a believer in God but for me not going to church won’t send me to hell if I do things right in Gods eyes. But that’s just my personal opinion. We need to learn how to love more and criticize less, this world won’t change if we keep judging people by their race, religion or sexuality 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ in Gods eyes we are all the same. Let each person take God’s judgement when the time comes, but please don’t judge others because we are all sinners!! God bless you all 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Fore warning: had a lot to say, so this might be pretty long... I grew up LDS. However, now that I have stepped aside from the church, my mom and I have noticed how toxic and controlling it is. They literally teach women that they are inferior, completely powerless, and only exist to serve her husband. Men, on the other hand, are taught that they are basically the only sex that matters in the world. My mom raised me, an undiagnosed autistic kid, and my brother, a boy that can't walk, all by herself for majority of my life. From the year my brother and I were born, to when she met my current step dad, the men who were supposed to help her, treated all three of us like shit. Like we were nothing. While a member of the church, my mom and I were taught that when my brother passed, he would go straight to the highest level of Heaven, no matter his sins just because he is disabled. My mom and I, on the other hand, had to earn our place in any level. While I was only 5 when I was taught this, now that I'm almost 18, I realize what that means now. We were taught that, unless we were perfect Mormons and followed God's word exactly, we would never see my brother again after he passed. I don't want to 'live' that way in the after life. Now that we've 'quit' the church, we are much happier. I know why a lot of people, including Hozier, are upset with the church and religion in general.

Hi Clifford! Can you talk about " Let it go" by James Bay. Or, did you talk about it? (it is my first time on your channel)

and by the way, his name is pronounced | ho.zieer| . you can search for it he says it himself on a tv program.

....have you seen the music video?

Please do '(un)lost' by The Maine. It's my favourite song.

It’s hozier not hosher

He made a new album you should review it

Oh that's a cool song *watches this video* Oh

I know the song from the writers perspective was about homosexuality and the church's judgement. But for me, it's not just about that it's about all the things religion sits on a high horse with and judges others.

You said Hozier wrong bro

Turned out I interpreted the same way. At first reading and before hearing the interpretation, I thought I didn't know English 🤷

I am glad I came across this. I am Christian and heard this song before my english was good enough to understand the meaning of it, now I see that it is so wrong...

Something was telling me not to sing this. Glad I listened

I saw this video and didnt understand anything.. decided to get high to see if I could understand what the hall he said and still didn't understand crap.

The meaning and the video of the video confuse me, like the meaning says it’s his imaginary girlfriend, in the video there’s the whole view that two men love each other and get caught and things went bad, damn i’m so confused

Its about anything that is not just sex, Any mental illness or addiction. I think it was meant to be interpreted by whoever is suffering from any addiction. The video is not necessarily the exact premise.

How about the music video ?

I had a thought that it was devil and the grand reaper. I was trying so hard to understand the song

Love Hozier for taking a stand, be in love people, not your business what other people do. Yes churches and their people are hypocrites. If you only knew what the sins were of the high ups in most churches......you would run far away from religion. The only thing you need to know for the other side is love and forgiveness. That's it .

do Hallelujah

so is it good to listen to the song or is it bad for you to listen to it that all I want to know because I so confused right now bro 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

I still dont understand

“ the only heaven I’ll be sent to, is when I’m alone with you “.

what does he mean when he says (command me to be well) after saying I love to be sick(gay)

Did you ever do one on the music video

I was in the car with my cousins, they're parents and my grandparents and this song was on and i said something from a meme about the song and my cousins mom replied that is not "the most ortodox song" or something like that and i didn't knew they knew the song so i was like shit this is the end for me

I think what he means is that love is his religion and that we should all adopt to that philosophy instead of praying to a god of hate and judgement well as depicted of some religions and to just find The Love Inside of each other that's how we can find truth and meaning to our lives

Well explained. 😮

That does not match the video. Assuming the video is The artist interpretation🧐

I'm a worship leader and love this message. For others to be ridiculed while others think they can place themselves above others is a huge problem in general, not just church. There are more hypocrites nowadays than ever. To go to church doesn't make you a Christian. Love others as Christ did. Just because there is ridicule doesn't mean you aren't allowed to have a prosperous love life in life on earth or in heaven. Whatever your beliefs are. Being baptized at our church means you will live your life from that day forward to show the world to gold you accountable if you do not show the love that you should.

Huh .... in 2015, Hosier personally said this song was about homosexuality and its oppression in Russia; and gays being attacked by homophobic groups in Russia that were similar to neo-Nazis. So what is this guy talking about !

Please would you do Kings + Queens by 30 seconds to mars that is a very special one for me

Your review is not much of a review fine sir. I’m also pretty sure this song is about a homosexual forced to hide his sexuality because of the church.

I think the song is about religious discrimination, because of in its video there are two gay men and they are chased down and one of them is torchered.

To all the people who thought it was about two homosexual men, technically yes it is about a homosexual couple, but only in the video. In the lyrics it is about a heterosexual couple. The song either way talks about sins, like sex. It talks about how many religious people will go to the extent of beating up/killing a people who have "sinned", kinda like the KKK. The KKK did not like Catholics, people of color, LGBTQ, and ect. Do not take offense to what I am about to say, this is MY opinion: I believe that people created religion to control people from doing what they want, nobody actually knows what happens when they die or how we were created until we die ourselves. But, to me it doesn't matter what gender, sex, sexuality, or religion as long as you're not hurting anyone, I love you all!💕😜

I would love if you did more Hozier

Thanks for everything!

This song is a Religious Anthem in itself! Hozier's a believer in God and Jesus Christ, and knows he's a sinner. Yet, he also knows, about the hypocrisy of Organized Religion's, and the people within that realm, are also sinners! But rather, the sinners that they are, self-Righteously point a finger at the rebellious one, not taking time to re-examine themselves, or how they approach what they believe in? Obviously, Hozier is in love with a woman, who turns him on sexually. Their isn't anything wrong with that, as long as they love eachother, not only for the pleasure of sex, but unconditionally? (Love from the heart, does cover a multitude of sins.)

Video is shorter than the actual song

I'm an atheist, but I go to some church events with my friends, and I put this song on the church playlist just to spite the leader. Say what you want, but I'm pretty proud. (yes they did play it.)

My church offers no Absolutes She tells me,"worship in the Bedroom" . I remembery mother in law said. Evry Sunday I'm going To Church to pray, I Said I Pray everyday in my room. But My Mother in law said is not 100,% God Listen to ur pray if I Without the church

How about pumped up kicks

Thank you I did Really love y,our,s Video,s

I've sing this many times... Why😭😭

you can find the artist himself say what he meant when he wrote this song and this guy is very wrong

Do a Jon Bellion video and a Eden too

Wow, I needed to hear this

This song makes me cry.

I think he was inlove with a transgender person.... 🤷🏻‍♀️

“Don’t hate Religion Hate the religious people”-A random internet dude.

Why wouldn't one agree with everything in the song? It's honest

I think good poem is the one that can be interpreted in many ways. I am not a fan of a single interpretation. And I really like these lyrics. I don't think it is particularly about being gay. It is about being human. A lot was written in psychology and philosophy about the similarities and connections between religion and eroticism. I think this is a highly metaphorical song - you can even take the "funeral" in the beginning as a metaphor. Forgetting our existential dilemmas through sex...

I don't think the song can justify sin by saying there is sin in the church. Yes, the church does have sin but confrontation of that kind of sin is addressed in the bible. Secondly the song introduces the idea of "worshipping sex" which in an of itself is idolatry and lustful, and if it is with another man so shall it be also a sin of bisexuality as it states no thief no fornication no idolater no adultery no bisexual or hypocrite shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. So to all Christians avoid this song.

I don't agree with everything hozier says but I do agree on the aspect of hypocrisy and judgemental people in the church. Let love lead

Listen I am religious and i believe in god but the song is so good 😭

I thought this was about homosexuality because in the line "we were born sick" I could be referring to people that are against same sex marriage saying that they aren't like the rest