TAKE ME TO CHURCH

AT THE HANDS OF MASKED HOMOPHOBICS AGAINST LYRICS LIKE,

"I WAS BORN SICK, BUT I LOVE IT COMMAND ME TO BE WELL AMEN AMEN AMEN."

THE SONG SERVES AS A MESSAGE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS.

WITHIN THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE SONG, I NOTICED THAT THE WORDS SEEMED DEEP AND HEAVY.

I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS, BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT'S WHAT HOZIER IS DOING

IT WILL BE CRITICIZED BY ANYONE WITH A TWISTED MIND

AND THAT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE, CERTAINLY NOT TO HIM. THATS WHAT HE WANTS.

HE KNOWS RELIGIOUSLY MINDED LISTENERS WILL BE STRUCK BY THE MEANING OF THIS SONG.

HOZIER FOUND THE EXPERIENCE OF FALLING IN LOVE OR BEING IN LOVE WAS A DEATH A DEATH OF EVERYTHING

HOZIER QUOTES "YOU KIND OF WATCH YOURSELF DIE IN A WONDERFUL WAY, AND YOU EXPERIENCE FOR THE

BRIEFEST MOMENT–IF YOU SEE YOURSELF FOR A MOMENT THROUGH THEIR EYES–EVERYTHING

YOU BELIEVED ABOUT YOURSELF IS GONE."

PERSONIFICATION

• If the heavens ever did speak she's the last true mouth piece
• the "If the heavens ever did speak" means you could here a message from up above
• It is a personification because it's assigning qualities of a humain to a noun

SIMILE

• I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
• "I'll worship like a dog" means you'd be loyal to someone even though they're being dishonest
• It is a simile because it uses like or as to compare two things

METAPHOR

• My lover's the sunlight to keep the goddess on my side
• "my lover's the sunlight" means the person he loves brings light and warmth into his life
• It is a metaphor because it compares saying one thing as something else