 Genius Meanings
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Sufjan Stevens – Death with Dignity
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The first track off of Sufjan’s 2015 album, Carrie & Lowell
The song’s title is an oblique reference to Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act of 1994, a watershed physician-assisted
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Sufjan Stevens – Death with Dignity — Helado Negro Remix
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[Verse 1] / 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 / [Verse 2] / Somewhere in the
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Campusanis – Death with Dignity
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[Verse 1] / 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 / [Verse 2] / Somewhere in the
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Sufjan Stevens – John My Beloved
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In this song, Sufjan is hovering between talking about his relationship with another person and his relationship with Jesus Christ. He uses similar language in To Be Alone With You
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Sufjan Stevens – Fourth of July
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This song is a conversation between Sufjan and his mother, Carrie, while she was dying in the hospital. Each stanza alternates between them.
Sufjan spoke of this time in an
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Sufjan Stevens – Death with Dignity Samples
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See all of “Death with Dignity” by Sufjan Stevens’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Sufjan Stevens – Should Have Known Better
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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 “
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Sufjan Stevens – The Only Thing
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In an interview about this album, Sufjan talks about how he felt connected to his mother after she died by replicating her self-destructive behavior:
In lieu of her death, I felt
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Sufjan Stevens – City of Roses
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[Verse 1] / A break in the clouds is a break in my day / Face the sun of my salvation / As Hathaway Jones would have made it his own fate / Fly by the wings of your creation / [
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Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
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In “Carrie & Lowell,” Sufjan Stevens is a child again or, more specifically, the child character in the family of man drama that often but not always centers on the story of love
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Sufjan Stevens – The Hidden River of My Life
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[Intro] / 2, 3, 4 / [Verse 1] / Suppose the world was not informed / By real estate or power lines? / The hidden river of my life / Pursued by love / The whispering stone, the
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Sufjan Stevens – Eugene
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This song, from the album Carrie & Lowell, begins with fragments of childhood memories from summers in Eugene, Oregon, where young Sufjan travelled to be with his mother and
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Sufjan Stevens – Wallowa Lake Monster
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An outtake from Sufjan’s 2015 album Carrie & Lowell, “Wallowa Lake Monster” follows in the footsteps of the album’s main releases in its mix of personal childhood story and Oregon
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Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell — iPhone Demo
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An early demo of “Carrie & Lowell” from the album of the same name, this simple iPhone recording was released as part of The Greatest Gift Mixtape as a companion to the original
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Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift
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[Verse 1] / Praise the mountain and the rain / All the gifts that still remain / But the greatest gift of all / And the law above all laws / [Chorus 1] / Is to love your friends
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Sufjan Stevens – Blue Bucket of Gold
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As the closing song to Carrie & Lowell, “Blue Bucket of Gold” doesn’t offer much closure. Sufjan reaches out to his surroundings for support–his friends, his faith–and finds
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Sufjan Stevens – No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross
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“No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross” was released in advance of Sufjan Stevens' 2015 album Carrie & Lowell.
In “No Shade”, Sufjan writes about his descent into self-destructive
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Prod GAVN (Ft. Will Toledo) – Afraid to be near you
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[Intro: Will Toledo] / You know / Most people are engaging more / Socially / Spending their time being with their friends / But I was more of an isolated kid growing up / And so I
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Sufjan Stevens – Drawn to the Blood — Sufjan Stevens Remix
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[Verse 1] / I’m drawn to the blood / The flight of a one-winged dove / How? How did this happen? / How? How did this happen? / The strength of his arm / The father of my last child
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Sufjan Stevens – John My Beloved — iPhone Demo
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A bare, unlayered guitar and voice demo of “John My Beloved”, recorded on Sufjan’s iPhone, and with slightly different lyrics to the version that was released on Carrie & Lowell.
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Sufjan Stevens – All of Me Wants All of You
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In the third track of Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan takes advantage of the ambiguous language used to describe love in English in order to write a love song that could be addressed to a
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Sufjan Stevens – Exploding Whale — Doveman Remix
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A remix of the song “Exploding Whale"—originally only sold on the Carrie & Lowell tour as a 7” before being released as a single—by Doveman (Thomas Bartlett), who co-produced
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Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell - Live
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[Sufjan Stevens] / Carrie and Lowell / Such a long time ago / Like a dead horse / Meadowlark, drive your arrow / [Sufjan Stevens, Dawn Landes, (Casey Foubert), all] / Season of
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Genius Türkçe Çeviri – Sufjan Stevens - Death with Dignity (Türkçe Çeviri)
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[Verse 1] / Sessizliğimin ruhu, seni duyabiliyorum / Ama yakınında olmaktan korkuyorum / Ve nereden başlayabilirim bilmiyorum / Ve nereden başlayabilirim bilmiyorum / [Verse 2
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Sufjan Stevens – Should Have Known Better - Live
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I should have known better / To see what I could see / My black shroud / Holding down my feelings / A pillar for my enemies / I should have wrote a letter / And grieve what I
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Sufjan Stevens – Blue Bucket of Gold - Live
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1, 2, 3 / Oooo / My blue bucket of gold / Friend, why don’t you love me? / Once the myth has been told / The lens deforms it as lightning / Raise your right hand / Tell me you want
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Sufjan Stevens – Vesuvius - Live
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[Instrumental Intro] / Vesuvius / I am here / You are all I have / Fire of fire / I'm insecure / For it is all been made to plan / Though I know / I will fail / I cannot be made to
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Sufjan Stevens – The Only Thing - Live
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[Verse 1] / The only thing that keeps me from driving this car / Half-light, jack knife into the canyon at night / Signs and wonders: Perseus aligned with the skull / Slain Medusa
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Sufjan Stevens – Drawn to the Blood
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Similar to his work in Seven Swans, Sufjan is matching a personal narrative with biblical allusion.
The final question reveals the narrator’s attitude:
“For my prayer has always
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Sufjan Stevens – Eugene - Live
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Light struck from the lemon tree / What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene? / Lemon yogurt, remember I pulled at your shirt / I dropped the ashtray on the floor / I
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Sufjan Stevens – John My Beloved - Live
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[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
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Sufjan Stevens (Ft. Gallant) – Hotline Bling (Encore)
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[Hook: Gallant & together] / You used to call me on my cell phone / Late night when you need my love / And I know when that hotline bling / That can only mean one thing / I know
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Sufjan Stevens – Fourth of July - Live
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Sufjan Stevens – Futile Devices - Live
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It's been a long, long time / Since I've memorized your face / It's been four hours now / Since I've wandered through your place / And when I sleep on your couch / I feel very safe
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Genius Türkçe Çeviri – Sufjan Stevens - Eugene (Türkçe Çeviri)
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Işık limon ağacından yansıdı / Ya hiç Eugene'deki kendini kaybetmiş ışığı görmeseydim? / Limon yoğurdu / Gömleğini çektiğimi hatırla / Kül tablasını yere düşürdüm / Sadece senin
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Sufjan Stevens – All of Me Wants All of You - Live
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[Verse 1: Sufjan Stevens] / Shall we beat this or celebrate it? / You’re not the one to talk things through / You checked your texts while I masturbated / Manelich, I feel so used
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Genius Türkçe Çeviri – Sufjan Stevens - No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross (Türkçe Çeviri)
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Şimdi kollarına düştüğüme göre / Benim tek aşkım / Pes etmek için tüken / Kaybettiğim kapsülü arıyorum / Dalles'in vadilerinde beni cehenneme sürükle / Annem gibi / Bir taşa kanat
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