I loved the priest’s version and thought it absolutely delightful. But the comments to the are surprising - lots of complaints about the impropriety of this. HUH?
I’m not Catholic so absolutely don’t understand.
The original song is about the terrible power of sex (terrible in the old sense of the word), its power to lead us to destruction, the harm done when love is misused to wound, and the singer’s persona is that of a man whose only prayer and transcendance is found in sex, and the emptiness and loss that ultimately follows from that.
Liturgy should not be hijacked to showcase individuals. It’s not a talent show.