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Hozier – Take Me to Church Lyrics 11 years ago
The second verse also means:

If I'm a pagan of the good times
My lover's the sunlight (referring to their lover's penis)
To keep the Goddess on my side
She demands a sacrifice
To drain the whole sea (Orgasm)
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

Whole last part is about sucking their lover's cock. >.>

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Hozier – Take Me to Church Lyrics 11 years ago
@[kltsin:1034] Also We've a lot of starving faithful
That looks tasty
That looks plenty
This is hungry work

Is about fellatio.

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Hozier – Take Me to Church Lyrics 11 years ago
@[david52665:1031] Moses parted the seas, and all good Christians are required to tithe at least 10% of their earnings to the church. You buy your way into Heaven.

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Vance Joy – Riptide Lyrics 11 years ago
@[ElectraHeart2000:9] You're mistaken on a few counts. In Biblical terms, Lucifer sat to the left hand of God. He's pulling her in the wrong direction.

Also, the Cowboy section. He's a cowboy in New York City; he's Completely out of his element.

This is a song about a man who knows he's bad for this girl, but she's the greatest thing that's ever happened to him. they keep pulling each other down in hopes she'll stay with him, but they keep getting separated. 'And they come unstuck.' This is a song from the perspective of an abuser. And honestly, I'm not 100% convinced this song is about a woman. It's quite probably about the substance he's abusing; alcohol.

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Lorde – Team Lyrics 11 years ago
Wait 'til you're announced
We've not yet lost all our graces
The hounds will stay in chains
Look upon your greatness and she'll send the call out
Send the call out

This is a school dance. The kids are segregated on each side (boys on one and girls on the other.) They're waiting for someone to make the first move.

Call all the ladies out, they're in their finery
A hundred jewels on throats
A hundred jewels between teeth
Now bring my boys in, their skin in craters like the moon
The moon we love like a brother, while he glows through the room
Dancin' around the lies we tell
Dancin' around big eyes as well
Even the comatose, they don't dance and tell

So a guy steps forward and asks if a girl wants to dance. She's dressed for prom in a fancy dress she'll probably never wear again, with her best jewelry on. However, her teeth are in braces. A disco ball spins around on the ceiling. It adds a calming atmosphere as the music starts to play.

Everybody is putting on airs, because that's what we're taught to do. they're all in their make-up, they exchange insincere compliments and pretend to be interested in what each other has to say.

We live in cities you'll never see onscreen
Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things
Livin' in ruins of a palace within my dreams
And you know we're on each other's team

The cities they live in are real; and in some ways ugly. They contrast the perfect suburbs on TV and in movies. Even though it's nothing like the fantasy world, they still come together and support each other in the form of a community.

I'm kind of over gettin' told to throw my hands up in the air
So there

So all the cups got broke
Shards beneath our feet
But it wasn't my fault
And everyone's competing for a love they won't receive
Cause what this palace wants is release

The perfect life presented in the media, which they were all drinking in, got shattered by a harsh reality. But it's no one's fault the real world can't emulate the fantasy. And everyone's fighting to get there, buying up all the make-up and exercise machines they think will give them the perfect body; the perfect life. Because they feel it's the only way they can be loved, or to love themselves. because all the rich want is more money.

I'm kind of older than I was when I reveled without a care
So there

We're on each other's team
And you know we're on each other's team
We're on each other's team
And you know and you know and you know

I think, by the end, she's saying that the entire world is like this. We're all one, big community that was taken in by all the excess of Hollywood. We follow the steps of this dance, hiding our true selves behind layers of make up and expensive clothes; lying to ourselves and others because we're taught only about false happiness. But as we become more experienced in life, we realize that we can only truly be loved for who we are. She's over playing the game.

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