The chorus is an explicit and sarcastic attack on legalistic churches (or any church that follows guides which cause congregants to feel shame). The main point of this song is that Hozier feels closer to God (or the "good life" or "right living") in the act of love in sex, not when he adheres to established religion. In the next stanza, Hozier sings that his girlfriend invites him to "worship in the bedroom" and that he's sent to Heaven when he's with her. This girl is more desirable than church and, he thinks, a better way to understand the meaning of life. And compared to her, he believes church to be a "bleak" place, that spits out "poison" at those who attend, telling them that they were "born sick" in sin.
In the next stanza, he claims that "f the heavens ever did speak / she's the last true mouthpiece." He believes that if God exists, He would speak through this woman. Hozier begins by singing about an imaginary girlfriend who "giggles at a funeral," and who "knows everybody's disapproval." He regrets not having "worshipped her sooner." Hozier is strongly attracted to this woman, whomever she is. The song comes in two parts: an adoration of Hozier's female lover and an indictment of the church.
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