MICHELLAR’s “Take Me to Church” is a sentimental, emotive meditation upon love, commitment, and even the journey two people embark upon toward a commitment for a lifetime. The song lyrics are spoken to each other in a style of two people speaking to each other, putting each one’s feelings within themselves while interlacing their emotions in a shared want to get married. The absence of complexity in wording and emotive sincerity within them makes it a people’s song.

MICHELLAR uses day-to-day language to navigate deep feelings that go into committing a lifetime. In the verses, he feels a sense of resolve and forethought. He’s thinking about how long they’ve been dating and how strong their bond remains in tough times. He’s not thinking about love at this moment, he’s thinking about love in terms of a future being created. His lyrics are bold and vulnerable as he sets out to ask her to marry him, making a point to indicate he feels this’s a relationship he can commit to.

Perhaps one of the strongest parts of the lyrics revolves around this conflict between wanting to move forward and uncertainty in doubt. MICHELLAR uses this doubt when the man’s voice identifies those conflicting signals from the partner even about forever. This element injects a sense of realism to this song, having knowledge that love doesn’t necessarily have answers at times, without losing its importance.

Her side differs slightly—intense yet tender. She appreciates having found understanding and acceptance from her. She sings about trust and security, and she shows how love doesn’t necessarily lie within the major moments, but within feeling understood and feeling secure. When she says she doesn’t want to leave and shows him the joy she feels in the little moments they get to enjoy, it gives depth and a sense of warmth to the story.

Most evident here are the ways two voices mirror each other in hopefulness and vulnerability. When the woman’s voice moves from uncertainty to assumption, her desire for commitment intensifies. The chorus sung by both voices together is how it all resolves to sound like the core of the song. It’s where longing and love are distilled into a sharp, joyful vision of a shared future. “Take me to church with bells” is not so much a prayer now—it’s a metaphor for love achieved.

The final part of this song brings back together the two voices. The language they employ is plain, yet determined. They not only declare they’ll share lives and hearts, but also declare they are ready to go through whatever happens in the future—side by side. The repetition of words and unifying of the two voices underscore the fact that love is not a feeling, yet a choice and a promise. “Get Me There to Church” lyrics are sentimental, yet honest. MICHELLAR excels at taking a very personal love story and making it universal. This song is about taking that great leap to forever, and it accomplishes talking about those feelings in a new, humble perspective. The lyrics don’t need to be overcomplicated—because they are hopeful, sincere, and honest.