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Artist: Sufjan Steven
Track: Chicago

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I fell in love again
All things go, all things go
Drove to Chicago
All things know, all things know

We sold our clothes to the state
I don't mind, I don't mind
I made a lot of mistakes
In my mind, in my mind

You came to take us
All things go, all things go
To recreate us
All things grow, all things grow

We had our mindset
All things know, all things know
You had to find it
All things go, all things go

I drove to New York
In the van, with my friend
We slept in parking lots
I don't mind, I don't mind

I was in love with the place
In my mind, in my mind
I made a lot of mistakes
In my mind, in my mind

You came to take us
All things go, all things go
To recreate us
All things grow, all things grow

We had our mindset
All things know, all things know
You had to find it
All things go, all things go

If I was crying
In the van, with my friend
It was for freedom
From myself and from the land

I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes

You came to take us
All things go, all things go
To recreate us
All things grow, all things grow

We had our mindset
All things know, all things know
You had to find it
All things go, all things go

you came to take us
All things go, all things go
To recreate us
All things grow, all things grow

We had our mindset
(I made a lot of mistakes)
All things know, all things know
(I made a lot of mistakes)

You had to find it
(I made a lot of mistakes)
All things go, all things go
(I made a lot of mistakes)
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SongMeanings Interpretations
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago Lyrics
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" ...
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version) Lyrics
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 ...
Sufjan Stevens - The Transfiguration Lyrics
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.
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part 1: The World's Columbian Exp...
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 ...
Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, or Round of Applause for Your Stepmother! Lyrics
... 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 ...
Snow Patrol - Hands Open Lyrics
"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 ...
Sufjan Stevens - Saul Bellow Lyrics
"The worst of on Lake Michigan" might have something to do with Bellow's treatment of the "Chicago condition"; poverty, gangsters, thugs, alienation, etc.
Sufjan Stevens - The Seer's Tower Lyrics
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 ...
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...
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 ...
Sufjan Stevens - Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hine...
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 ...
Chicago - I Saw Three Ships Lyrics
Lyrics submitted by SongMeanings. I Saw Three Ships Lyrics as written by Sufjan Stevens Traditional. Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music ...
Sufjan Stevens - The Perpetual Self, or ''What Would Saul Alinsky Do?'' Lyrics
... Chicago. Saul Alinsky was a notable community organizer (community organizing is, according to Wikipedia, when "people are brought together to act in common ...
Sufjan Stevens - Vesuvius Lyrics
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 ...
Sufjan Stevens - The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake Lyrics
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Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Lyrics
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 ...
Sufjan Stevens - For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti Lyrics
For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti · Sufjan Stevens. 150 Comments; 0 Tags. I have called you ...
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day Lyrics
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
Sufjan Stevens - No Man's Land Lyrics
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 - The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts Lyrics
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.
Sufjan Stevens - The Vivian Girls Are Visited in the Night by Saint Dargarius an...
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 ...
Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone with You Lyrics
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 ...
Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul Lyrics
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 ...
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! Lyrics
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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Genius Meanings
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Just as Chicago is the most important city in Illinois, “Chicago” is the center of Sufjan Stevens' Come on Feel the Illinoise album. More autobiographical than the other songs on
Sufjan Stevens – Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream)
Sufjan Stevens celebrates two of Illinois' proudest moments: The World’s Fair of 1893, and their native son, Carl Sandburg.
Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day
This song details the events that surround the death of the narrator’s female friend, and the crisis of faith that it triggers for the narrator. Some read this as chronological
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version)
I fell in love again / All things go, all things go / Drove to Chicago / All things know, all things know / We sold our clothes to the state / I don't mind, I don't mind / I made a
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago (Acoustic Version)
[Verse 1] / I fell in love again / All things go, all things go / Drove to Chicago / All things know, all things know / We sold our clothes to the state / I don't mind, I don't
Sufjan Stevens – The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
“Predatory Wasp” chronicles Sufjan’s romantic relationship with a male friend during a Methodist summer camp he attended in his youth. In a 2017 interview with Salon, he described
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder Version)
A version of “Chicago” originally from the album “Illinois”, but moved to “The Avalanche”. Sufjan stated in interviews: http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6335-sufjan-
Snow Patrol – Hands Open
[Verse 1] / It's hard to argue when / You won't stop makin' sense / But my tongue still misbehaves and it / Keeps diggin' my own grave / [Chorus] / With my hands open / And my eyes
Sufjan Stevens – The Transfiguration
This song is almost an exact retelling of the Biblical story of the Transfiguration of Christ, found in Matthew 17 or Luke 9. In these accounts, Jesus (who the New Testament
Sufjan Stevens – Jacksonville
This song is about Jacksonville, Illinois and poetically explores the past and present of the town, from it being named after Andrew Jackson to the schools for the deaf and blind
Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy Jr.
For this song, Sufjan tells the tale of John Wayne Gacy Jr. who was an American serial killer and rapist, born in Illinois, who sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 teenage
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago Samples
See all of “Chicago” by Sufjan Stevens’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
Sufjan Stevens – The Avalanche
“The Avalanche” is track 1 on the album “The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album!” and is track 23 on the “Illinois” LP and 24 on the iTunes release of “Illinois
Joshua Redman (Ft. Gabrielle Cavassa) – Chicago Blues
[Verse 1] / Going to Chicago / Sorry I can't take you / Going to Chicago / Sorry I can't take you / There's nothing in Chicago / That a boy like you could do / [Verse 2] / You know
The Staves – Chicago - Live
[Intro] / Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, hm / [
Sufjan Stevens – Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell
Bushnell is a town about four hours outside of Chicago. At the 2000 census the population was 3,221. The most notable person from Bushnell is Earl Sheely, 1920s first baseman for
Sufjan Stevens – The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
The title of this track makes an obvious reference to DC Comic’s Superman, a superhero who watches over the fictional town of Metropolis, and is featured on the cover of the album
Sufjan Stevens – They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
This song features additional vocals from the Illinoisemaker Choir and Craig Montoro. The strings were played by Rob Moose, Julianne Carney, Marla Hansen and Maria Bella Jeffers.
Sufjan Stevens – The Black Hawk War
A powerful instrumental, “The Black Hawk War” represents the struggle between indigenous Americans and the European colonizers.
Sufjan Stevens – Should Have Known Better
Sufjan Stevens shared the audio for “Should Have Known Better” on March 11, 2015. The song features his signature acoustic guitar, gently sung vocals and very personal lyrics. In
Chiddy Bang – All Things Go
Chiddy reflects on the fleeting nature of fame and fortune over a chipmunk soul sample of Sufjan Stevens' “Chicago”. The song was originally released on their debut mixtape The
Sufjan Stevens – Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
Illinois opens with piano and flute on Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois. Background singers Katrina Kerns and Shara Worden enter the song at just the right
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Genius Albums
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Illinois (or Sufjan Stevens Invites You To: Come On Feel The Illinoise) is the second album in the so-called 50 States Project, which later turned out to be a stunt. The album
SongFacts
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