So You Are Tired Sufjan Stevens

So you are tired of us So rest your head Turning back fourteen years Of what I did and said So you are breathing disaster I did what I was told But I was a man born invisible Was it something I said

He Woke Me Up Again Sufjan Stevens

Halle, halle, hallelujah Holy, holy is the sound And I hope, I hope you are tired out And I know, I know there is joy endowed But I was asleep And he woke me up again And he woke me up again to say...

Death With Dignity Sufjan Stevens

Spirit of my silence I can hear you But I’m afraid to be near you And I don’t know where to begin And I don’t know where to begin Somewhere in the desert there’s a forest And an acre before us But I don

John My Beloved Sufjan Stevens

[Verse 1] Are we to speak, first day of the week Stumbling words at the bar Beauty blue eyes, my order of fries Long Island kindness and wine Beloved of John, I get it all wrong I read you for some kind

There's A World Sufjan Stevens

There’s a world you’re living in No one else has your part All God’s children in the wind Take it in and blow real hard Look around it, have you found it?

All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands Sufjan Stevens

And mine is about as good this far And I'm still applied to what you are And I am joining all my thoughts to you And I'm preparing every part for you And I heard from the trees a great parade And I heard

Javelin (To Have And To Hold) Sufjan Stevens

Searching through snow For the javelin I had not Meant to throw right at you For if it had hit its mark There’d be blood in the place Where you stood It’s a terrible thought To have and hold It’s a

All Of Me Wants All Of You Sufjan Stevens

You’re not the one to talk things through You checked your texts while I masturbated Manelich, I feel so used Found myself on Spencer’s Butte Traced your shadow with my shoe Empty outline changed my view

A Running Start Sufjan Stevens

If I imagine myself peaceful On the fire escape Head first, my hands inside my T-shirt, as we run away So now we have a running start My body moves in mystic ways I cross my arms to shield my heart

My Red Little Fox Sufjan Stevens

I drink ’til it’s lost Drinking words within That spin down Pentecost Kiss me with the fire of gods Just say what you want Say it out within Without that funny little cough Simple minded, simple talk

The Transfiguration Sufjan Stevens

glory as an accolade They fell on the ground A voice arrived, the voice of God The face of God covered in a cloud What he said to them, the voice of God, the most beloved son Consider what he says to you

In The Devil's Territory Sufjan Stevens

Be still and know your sign The beast will arrive in time We stayed a long, long time We stayed a long, long time To see you To beat you To see you At last I saw the dragons drying I saw the witches whine

The Dress Looks Nice On You Sufjan Stevens

I can see a lot of life in you I can see a lot of bright in you And I think the dress looks nice on you I can see a lot of life in you I can see a bed and make it too I can see a fireside turn blue And

Size Too Small Sufjan Stevens

I was the best man in a size too small You were my best friend, going at it all And what if I put off my inheritance? Where is the best man?

to be alone with you Sufjan Stevens

I'd swim across Lake Michigan I'd sell my shoes I'd give my body to be back again In the rest of the room To be alone With you To be alone With you To be alone with you To be alone with you

A Good Man Is Hard To Find Sufjan Stevens

and put off all your peace Put off all the beast Paid a full of these I wait for it, but someone's once like me She was once like me I once was better, I put off all my grief I put off all my grief And so

Genuflecting Ghost Sufjan Stevens

Give myself as a sacrifice Genuflecting ghost I kiss the floor Rise, my love, show me paradise Nothing seems so simple anymore Rest assured, words come easy Insecure, love and please me Sacred word,

Fourth of July Sufjan Stevens

The evil it spread like a fever ahead It was night when you died my firefly What could I have said to raise you from the dead Oh could I be the sky on the Fourth of July Well you do enough talk My little

Goodbye Evergreen Sufjan Stevens

Goodbye, Evergreen You know I love you But everything heaven-sent Must burn out in the end I promised you Just as you were in my dream Now let me off easy And I’ll slip down through the drain To release

Blue Bucket of Gold Sufjan Stevens

1, 2, 3 Oooo My blue bucket of gold Friend, why don’t you love me?

Seven Swans Sufjan Stevens

the sky Seven horns, seven horns, seven horns I heard a voice in my mind I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord He said, I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord He said, I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord He will take you

Shit Talk Sufjan Stevens

as I give up Not as I’ve failed to live In the future there will be A terrible cost For all that we’ve left undone Deliver me from everything I’ve put off And all that we’ve lost I will always love you

Sister Sufjan Stevens

have a bottle filled with my old teeth They fell out like a tear in the bag And I have a sister somewhere in Detroit She has black hair and small hands And I have a kettledrum I'll hit the earth with you

Eugene Sufjan Stevens

Lemon yogurt, remember I pulled at your shirt I dropped the ashtray on the floor I just wanted to be near you Emerald Park, wonders never cease The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first

Free Man In Paris Sufjan Stevens

"The way I see it," he said "You just can't win it..

The Only Thing Sufjan Stevens

Signs and wonders, Perseus aligned with the skull Slain Medusa, Pegasus alight from us all Do I care if I survive this, bury the dead where they're found In a veil of great surprises I wonder did you

The Predatory Wasp of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us Sufjan Stevens

I can't explain the state that I'm in The state of my heart, he was my best friend Into the car, from the back seat Oh admiration in falling asleep All of my powers, day after day I can tell you

Everything That Rises Sufjan Stevens

Can you lift me up to a higher place?

Happy Birthday Sufjan Stevens

paragon, a Paraclete Keep your bed warm, keep your humor Keep your proverbs short and sweet I'm sorry, I'm sorry That life is anxious, life is mean I'm sorry, I'm sorry A pair of shoes is what you

No Shade in the Shadow of The Cross Sufjan Stevens

valley of The Dalles Like my mother Give wings to a stone It’s only the shadow of a cross I slept on my back in the shade of the meadowlark Like a champion Get drunk to get laid I take one more hit when you

Will Anybody Ever Love Me? Sufjan Stevens

Chase away my heart and heartache Run me over, throw me over, cast me out Find a river running to the west wind Just above the shoreline You will see a cloud Tie me to a tiny wooden raft Burn my body

Should Have Known Better Sufjan Stevens

daughter The beauty that she brings illumination Don’t back down there is nothing left The breakers in the bar no reason to live I’m a fool in the fetter fool in the fetter Rose of Aaron’s beard where you

Flint (For The Unemployed And Underpaid) Sufjan Stevens

?It\'s the same outside Driving to the riverside I pretend to cry Even if I cried alone I forgot the start Use my hands to use my heart Even if I died alone Even if I died alone Since the first o...

Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens

3, 4Carrie and LowellSuch a long time agoLike a dead horseMeadowlark, drive your arrowSeason of hope (after the flood)Valentine, spurn my sorrowHead on the floorboards (covered in blood)Drunk as a ...

Drawn to the Blood Sufjan Stevens

I’m drawn to the bloodThe flight of a one-winged doveHow? How did this happen?How? How did this happen?The strength of his armMy lover caught me off guardHow? Head of a rabbitHow? Head of a rabbitF...

Focus Ring Denison Witmer, Sufjan Stevens

Are you an artist? Are you an engineer? Does the world feel straight Or did things get weird? Anything at all Anything at all you need Do you live your life in the center of a crowd?

Tired Of Toein' The Line Shakin' Stevens

Artist: Shakin' Stevens Title: Tired of Toein' the line -------------------------- Baby I'm Tired of toein' the line Don't know why you wanna jump on me Baby, baby, baby It's makin' me cry Baby I I'm gonna

Once Upon A Poolside (feat. Sufjan Stevens) The National

Don't make this any harder Everybody's waiting Walk-on's almost over Teenagers on ice Try to keep my distance Talking of forgiveness Once upon a poolside Underneath the lights What was the worried thing you

Funny How Rachel Stevens

Electricity from up above What I want, what I need Oh, a never-ending style But it seems, it's in my dreams Every time I look into his eyes I'm getting high on emotion One little kiss, I'm awake I want to give you

I Said Never Again (But Here We Are) Rachel Stevens

I said never again but here we are A pure, pure sweetness You're my only weakness I said never again but here we are Now, I don't rush in I bite my lip and let you know I really like the game you play

The Seer\'s Tower Rosie Thomas & Sufjan Stevens

In the tower above the earth There is a view that reaches far Where we see the universe I see the fire, I see the end Seven miles above the earth There is Emmanuel of mothers With his sword, with ...

Hands Open Snow Patrol

laugh like you really mean it Collapse into me tired with joy It's not as easy as wear it all to be right Got to be more than hope it's right I want to hear you laugh like you really mean it Collapse

I Only Have Eyes For You John Stevens

Are the stars out tonight? I don't know if it's cloudy or bright 'Cause I only have eyes for you, dear The moon may be high But I can't see a thing in the sky 'Cause I only have eyes for you.

Where Are You Cat Stevens

I know I think a lot but somehow it just doesn't help it only makes it worse The more I think The more I know the more it hurts With only solitude to meet me like a friend oh, where are you?

Atomic Playboys Steve Stevens

beyond the hope of your future So ivory tower man Was it part of your plan Turn this city to sand With a one way ticket to the promise land Atomic Playboys We are Radiation Romeos You built this body

Where Are You (Stereo Version) Cat Stevens

I know I think a lot but somehow it just doesn't help it only makes it worse The more I think The more I know the more it hurts With only solitude to meet me like a friend oh, where are you where are you

The View From The Top Cat Stevens

The view from the top can be oh so very lonely And you can be missing such a lot that could be yours Why can't i stop forgetting myself?

Fill My Eyes Cat Stevens

And in the morning when you fill my eyes I knew that day I couldn't do, Ahh, no wrong, I couldn't do.

Time/ Fill My Eyes (Demo Version) Cat Stevens

And in the morning when you fill my eyes I knew that day I couldn't do Ahh, no wrong, I couldn't do And so my mind begins to memorize 'Cause time will never seem the same Ahh, no more, never again I'm

King Of Trees Cat Stevens

He was the King of trees Keeper of the leaves A deep green god of young Love stained memory We used to meet by him Far from the hustling town I loved you Now they've come to cut you down Down He was the