“No Masters or Kings/When the ritual begins.” Although this line has little to do with anything secular, the “ritual” mentioned has plenty to do with going to Church, a ritual for many Christians. “There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin,” refers to the ritual when there are yet to be leaders, masters and kings. What is being hinted at here is the innocence of love and lovemaking, of the ritual, before any outside power has had the chance to pollute it and label it as a grave sin and something to be avoided. The oxymoron, “gentle sin,” refers to the sickness mentioned previously, love, and how even if it is a considered something vile, is actually still gentle in nature, ingrained and born in us like a primal instinct, which Hozier likened to original
“No Masters or Kings/When the ritual begins.” Although this line has little to do with anything secular, the “ritual” mentioned has plenty to do with going to Church, a ritual for many Christians. “There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin,” refers to the ritual when there are yet to be leaders, masters and kings. What is being hinted at here is the innocence of love and lovemaking, of the ritual, before any outside power has had the chance to pollute it and label it as a grave sin and something to be avoided. The oxymoron, “gentle sin,” refers to the sickness mentioned previously, love, and how even if it is a considered something vile, is actually still gentle in nature, ingrained and born in us like a primal instinct, which Hozier likened to original