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Sufjan Stevens Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
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Sufjan Stevens Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More at SongMeanings! song lyrics, song meanings, albums, music and more.
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Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Lyrics
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Basically saying that this man was just a hurt child, much like his victims, and each of us has more in common than we think with both the killer and the killed ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Chicago Lyrics
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I simply took this song to mean that the narrator was coming to Chicago to escape from the things haunting his past. "I've made a lot of mistakes in my mind" ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day Lyrics
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This song is obviously about the death of one of his childhood friends. I can be sure that this song is not about any one single emotion, (anger, sadness, etc.) ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid) Lyrics
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This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans Lyrics
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The song is referencing to the Book of Revelations, but told as a strange personal account. The "seven swans" are probably the seven angels. The "seven horns" ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Romulus Lyrics
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Yeah, this song is definitely about having an absent mother who seems to not care about her children. He and his siblings loved her so much, and felt almost ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Vito's Ordination Song Lyrics
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this song is talking about him and his wife getting married and having a child. But soon after they have a child they get a divorce. The man tells the boy how ...
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Sufjan Stevens - The Seer's Tower Lyrics
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It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she ...
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Sufjan Stevens - The Transfiguration Lyrics
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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 ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Vesuvius Lyrics
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It reminded him of the feeling he got when standing at a precipice like the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls and being enveloped/overwhelmed by the nature around ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July Lyrics
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In the song Sufjan says to his mother "Oh could I be the sky on the Fourth of July?". By this he wants to tell her that Even though life is so short flash of ...
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Sufjan Stevens - I Walked Lyrics
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"I walk because you walked" expresses the life of Jesus giving life to others and "but I porbably won't get very far" shows human inability to do anything ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Enchanting Ghost Lyrics
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This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians ...
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Sufjan Stevens - I Want to Be Well Lyrics
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Nothing drops you to your knees and makes you lose your cool like an illness like these. Whether it's IBD or another hellish auto-immune disorder, he could have ...
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Sufjan Stevens - For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti Lyrics
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The spiritual element of this song can refer to Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, or anything, because it's a common idea and a common theme throughout ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Death With Dignity Lyrics
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In regards to the meaning of this song: Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It's about the last time I went to visit my ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Happy Birthday Lyrics
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You're God's great paramour and sweet. ... Your birthday brings a pardoning. ... You're like a bird that will not be. ... A paragon a Paraclete. Keep your bed warm, ...
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Sufjan Stevens - All for Myself Lyrics
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There are undeniably two men present within this song. Two men. Not one man and God or Jesus or what have you. Two men. It is a love song and "I want it all for ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, or Round of Applause for Your Stepmother! Lyrics
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when i first listened to this song, certain lines jumped out at me. Just little things about decatur that i had forgotten. Especially the reference to the ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Size Too Small Lyrics
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Judas would be the best man who was did not fit in (hence the size too small). The best man is a reference to the fact that all of humanity is the bride to ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Sister Lyrics
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This song tells us how small and tiny and how weak we are, compared to the huge waves of life. It hints to some greater power or principle, that we don't fully ...
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Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone with You Lyrics
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It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Heirloom Lyrics
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This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz Lyrics
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The Age of Adz is reflecting the subconscious, free association way of thinking that happens when you're not censoring yourself. Royal's work is very much about ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Jacksonville Lyrics
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In regards to the meaning of this song: Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It's about the last time I went to visit my ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Kill Lyrics
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I want to kill him, I want to cut his brain, And when it's over, I know I'll feel okay. He was a champion; We were riding side by side. Into the frontier. He ...
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Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People (Original Version) Lyrics
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The song is about the idiocy of humans and the simple sadness which accompanies being part of the species. The storm inside of us is growing, and the ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Rake Lyrics
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It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she ...
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Sufjan Stevens - The Upper Peninsula Lyrics
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he is confused by the world around him not corresponding to what he thinks and feels. he had it all but it was all rooted in the fleshly world, which cannot be ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Wolverine Lyrics
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This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This ...
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Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! Lyrics
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control ...
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Sufjan Stevens - The Only Thing Lyrics
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois Lyrics
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I'm going to have to agree that this song is about the incarnation of God in Jesus. I think what Sufjan is doing in this song is taking the UFO sighting as a ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Get Real Get Right Lyrics
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Sufjan sees his own affliction/gift whatever in Royal. They both see prophetic images of the future, which include UFOs. Royal doesn't get the imagery, so he ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul Lyrics
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(1) Breakup event. Gets dumped, goes a little nutty. Realizes he's mourning something secondary he wanted from it, not the person herself. As though it were an ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Abraham Lyrics
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It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Pittsfield Lyrics
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This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus. Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known ...
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Sufjan Stevens - In the Devil's Territory Lyrics
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control ...
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Sufjan Stevens - The Greatest Gift Lyrics
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It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Too Much Lyrics
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control ...
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Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche Lyrics
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control ...
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Sufjan Stevens - All of Me Wants All of You Lyrics
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The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Holland Lyrics
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"In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was ...
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Sufjan Stevens - The Dress Looks Nice on You Lyrics
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He sees a dress and can her brightness which could represent wither beauty or intelligence (not to be confused with life or existence. you don't have to be ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Justice Delivers Its Death Lyrics
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This song expresses to me how the inbred belief that we all are to strive for siler and gold on this earth is questionable. Comparing yourself to others that ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair Lyrics
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I think this song is about a man losing faith in the world and undergoing something of a (to use a terrible cliche) mid-life crisis: he's realised that his life ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter Lyrics
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This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians ...
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