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Dec 9, 2014
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s the sunlight
"Something shiny" here may be referring to money, and to how, in the past, the Church demanded the people to give it money, called 'indulgences'. These 'indulgences' were said to be paid so that the person who gave them would be have their sins forgiven by God, ie. they had to pay to 'keep the Goddess on my side'. Here, Hozier makes the point that money is not the main currency anymore; flesh - 'meat' - is. Therefore, he is paying the Goddess with sacrifices.
Dec 9, 2014
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tell you my sins and you can sharpen
These two lines, "Offer me that deathless death, Good God, let me give you my life", are I think a testament to the fact that he doesn't believe that this "God" can offer you a death without death. They are ironic, dramatic, much like the rest of the chorus.