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Artist: Sufjan Stevens
Track: So You Are Tired

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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 or some kind of joke?

So you are tired as the sun
Are you with or without a friend?
Bring me back everything caught in your shield
Let everything else descend

So you are seething with laughter
Was it really all just a joke?
I was a man indivisible
When everything else was broke

So you are tired of even my kiss
So go back to your den
Throwing out everything left in your field
When there was nothing left to defend

So you are dreaming of after
Was it really all just for fun?
I was the man still in love with you
When I already knew it was done

So you are tired of me
So rest your head
Turning back all that we had in our life
While I return to death
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Genius Meanings
Sufjan Stevens Returns To His Roots On New Song “So You Are Tired”
It’s set to appear on his forthcoming album, ’Javelin.’
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Genius Deutsche Übersetzungen – Sufjan Stevens - So You Are Tired (Deutsche Übersetzung)
[Deutscher Songtext zu „So You Are Tired“] / [Strophe 1] / Du bist uns also leid / Also lehn deinen Kopf zurück / Drehst vierzehn Jahre zurück von dem / Was ich gemacht und gesagt
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[Bölüm 1] / Yani bizden bıktın / Öyleyse biraz gevşe / On dört yıl öncesine dönerken / Yaptıklarımın ve dediklerimin / [Bölüm 2] / Yani sen yaşayan bir afetsin / Ben bana denileni
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Genius Albums
Javelin by Sufjan Stevens
Javelin is the ninth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens. It is his first solo album of new material since 2020’s The Ascension