SongMeanings Interpretations
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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 - Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version) 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 Transfiguration Lyrics
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I also hear the Chicago and the Predatory Wasp. I think he likes to use similar melodies and time signitures in a lot of his songs.
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Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part 1: The World's Columbian Exp...
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I love this song. It's about the 1893 Worlds Fair (also called the World Columbian Exposition) held in Chicago. Cream of Wheat and the ferris wheel were first ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, or Round of Applause for Your Stepmother! Lyrics
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... Chicago as a transportation center by building a railroads through Chicago to the west. (which would explain the sound of engines line as well as the smell ...
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Snow Patrol - Hands Open Lyrics
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"Put Sufjan Stevens on, and we'll play your favorite song, Chicago bursts to life AND your sweet smile remembers you, My hands open and my eyes open, I just ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Saul Bellow Lyrics
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"The worst of on Lake Michigan" might have something to do with Bellow's treatment of the "Chicago condition"; poverty, gangsters, thugs, alienation, etc.
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Sufjan Stevens - The Seer's Tower Lyrics
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Betrayed by their country, at the time, but as they felt, honored and held by God, Heavenly Father, as those of they faith refer to God. Joseph the Seer. In ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne Lyrics
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Sufjan Stevens - The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part 1: The Great Fron...
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The Tallest Man The Broadest Shoulders Lyrics as written by Sufjan Stevens ... Song title – another of Chicago's names is The City of Broad Shoulders ... Log in now ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hine...
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I live in Chicago, and whenever I hear this song I think of walking alone downtown late at night in winter, when it's empty and lonely, and you're walking ...
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Chicago - I Saw Three Ships Lyrics
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Lyrics submitted by SongMeanings. I Saw Three Ships Lyrics as written by Sufjan Stevens Traditional. Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music ...
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Sufjan Stevens - The Perpetual Self, or ''What Would Saul Alinsky Do?'' Lyrics
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... Chicago. Saul Alinsky was a notable community organizer (community organizing is, according to Wikipedia, when "people are brought together to act in common ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Vesuvius Lyrics
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The main struggle in Vesuvius is the artistic one he felt in the 5 years following Chicago. He was burnt out on Song Writing, exhausted by the sudden stardom ...
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Sufjan Stevens - The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake Lyrics
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Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Lyrics
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Even though I believe Sufjan Steven's prominent religious themes are discussed too heavily when it comes to discussing the meanings of his songs, ultimately I ...
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Sufjan Stevens - For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti Lyrics
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For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti · Sufjan Stevens. 150 Comments; 0 Tags. I have called you ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day Lyrics
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Goldenrod and the 4H stone. The things I brought you. When I found out you had cancer of the bone. Your father cried on the telephone
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Sufjan Stevens - No Man's Land Lyrics
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The first section seems to indicate air travel, so it's possible that the song is was inspired by an aerial view of Illinois on a flight out of Chicago.
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Sufjan Stevens Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
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Sufjan Stevens - The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts Lyrics
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This song's actual meaning ... Sandburg worked as a news reporter at the Chicago ... More Sufjan Stevens Lyrics · Casimir Pulaski Day Lyrics · John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
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Sufjan Stevens - The Vivian Girls Are Visited in the Night by Saint Dargarius an...
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Found it: Henry Darger was was a reclusive American writer and illustrator who worked as a janitor in the Chicago area. He has become famous for his ...
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Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone with You Lyrics
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It is about Jesus, Allthearmsweneed. · It's about Jesus. · Ouch gummi, PemberleyTea did offer some good insight on the meaning of a couple lines in the song, mind ...
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Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul Lyrics
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I guess to be honest, I usually play repeats of my personal favourites on my ipod like gacy, chicago, the upper peninsula, holland, no man's land, to be ...
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Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! Lyrics
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The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! Sufjan Stevens. 214 Comments; 0 Tags. Thinking outrageously I write ...
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