Take Me to Church

[Verse 1]

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 mouthpiece

Every Sunday's getting more bleak

A fresh poison each week

"You were born sick", you heard them say it

My church offers no absolution

He told me, "Worship in the bedroom"

The only heaven I'll be sent to

Is when I'm alone with you

We were born sick, but I love it

Command me to be well

[Pre-Chorus]

A, amen

Amen, amen

[Chorus]

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

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

[Verse 2]

If I'm a pagan of the good times

My lover's the sunlight

To keep this God on my side

He demands a sacrifice

To drain the whole sea, get somethin' shiny

Yeah, yeah, eh

Somethin' meaty for the main course

That's a fine lookin' high horse

What you got in the stable?

We've a lot of starvin' faithful

That looks plenty, that looks tasty

This is hungry work

[Chorus]

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

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

[Spoken Bridge]

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

[Post-Bridge]

Amen

Amen

Amen

[Chorus]

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

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