I think the song is meant to make you think of both simutaneously. Religious and earthly love. The relationship between the two. And maybe the relationship between the holy and the profane (sexual) as well.
I agree with foreverdrone the tempo of the song certainly has a primal intensity to it... both describing "ecstasy" (whether religious or otherwise) and capable of inducing some form of it as well, both lyrically and musically.
Holly Holy - she which is earthly, and yet holy, as well.
Holly holy love
Take the lonely child
And the seed
Let it be filled with tomorrow
Holly holy
The richest and most beautiful stanza in the whole song.
I think the song is meant to make you think of both simutaneously. Religious and earthly love. The relationship between the two. And maybe the relationship between the holy and the profane (sexual) as well.
I agree with foreverdrone the tempo of the song certainly has a primal intensity to it... both describing "ecstasy" (whether religious or otherwise) and capable of inducing some form of it as well, both lyrically and musically.
Holly Holy - she which is earthly, and yet holy, as well.
Holly holy love Take the lonely child And the seed Let it be filled with tomorrow Holly holy
The richest and most beautiful stanza in the whole song.