The Transfiguration Sufjan Stevens

When he took the three disciples to the mountainside to pray His countenance was modified, his clothing was aflame Two men appeared, Moses and Elijah came They were at his side The prophecy, the legislation

No Shade in the Shadow of The Cross Sufjan Stevens

Now that I fell into your arms My only lover Give out to give in I search for the capsule I lost Drag me to hell in the valley of The Dalles Like my mother Give wings to a stone It’s only the shadow of

Should Have Known Better Sufjan Stevens

Frightened by my feelings I only wanna be a relief No I’m not a go-getter The demon had a spell on me My black shroud Captain of my feelings The only thing I wanna believe When I was three and free to

The Only Thing Sufjan Stevens

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, Pegasus alight from us all Do I

Eugene Sufjan Stevens

Light struck from the lemon tree What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?

The Predatory Wasp of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us Sufjan Stevens

Thinking outrageously I write in cursive I hide in my bed with the lights on the floor Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers I see my own breath on the face of the door Oh I am not quite

Fourth of July Sufjan Stevens

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 Fourth of July Well you do enough talk My little

A Running Start Sufjan Stevens

If I imagine myself peaceful On the fire escape Head first, my hands inside my T-shirt, as we run away So now we have a running start My body moves in mystic ways I cross my arms to shield my heart

Goodbye Evergreen Sufjan Stevens

Goodbye, Evergreen You know I love you But everything heaven-sent Must burn out in the end I promised you Just as you were in my dream Now let me off easy And I’ll slip down through the drain To release

There's A World Sufjan Stevens

There’s a world you’re living in No one else has your part All God’s children in the wind Take it in and blow real hard Look around it, have you found it?

Javelin (To Have And To Hold) Sufjan Stevens

Searching through snow For the javelin I had not Meant to throw right at you For if it had hit its mark There’d be blood in the place Where you stood It’s a terrible thought To have and hold It’s a

Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens

3, 4 Carrie and Lowell Such a long time ago Like a dead horse Meadowlark, drive your arrow Season of hope (after the flood) Valentine, spurn my sorrow Head on the floorboards (covered in blood) Drunk as

Seven Swans Sufjan Stevens

We didn't sleep too late There was a fire in the yard All of the tress were in light They had no faces to show I saw a sign in the sky Seven swans, seven swans, seven swans I heard a voice in my mind I

Size Too Small Sufjan Stevens

I was the best man in a size too small You were my best friend, going at it all And what if I put off my inheritance? Where is the best man?

Will Anybody Ever Love Me? Sufjan Stevens

Chase away my heart and heartache Run me over, throw me over, cast me out Find a river running to the west wind Just above the shoreline You will see a cloud Tie me to a tiny wooden raft Burn my body

Death With Dignity Sufjan Stevens

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 Somewhere in the desert there’s a forest And an acre before us But I don

Flint (For The Unemployed And Underpaid) Sufjan Stevens

It\'s the same outside Driving to the riverside I pretend to cry Even if I cried alone I forgot the start Use my hands to use my heart Even if I died alone Even if I died alone Since the first

Free Man In Paris Sufjan Stevens

"The way I see it," he said "You just can't win it..

Sister Sufjan Stevens

What the water wants is hurricanes And sailboats to ride on its back What the water wants is sun kiss And land to run into and back I have a fish stone burning my elbow Reminding me to know that I'm glad

John My Beloved Sufjan Stevens

[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 all wrong I read you for some kind

My Red Little Fox Sufjan Stevens

I drink ’til it’s lost Drinking words within That spin down Pentecost Kiss me with the fire of gods Just say what you want Say it out within Without that funny little cough Simple minded, simple talk

Everything That Rises Sufjan Stevens

Forget everything that was before Turn your face around Like the salted sphere Turn yourself around To see what once was there Everything that rises must converge Everything that rises in a word Everything

The Dress Looks Nice On You Sufjan Stevens

I can see a lot of life in you I can see a lot of bright in you And I think the dress looks nice on you I can see a lot of life in you I can see a bed and make it too I can see a fireside turn blue And

Drawn to the Blood Sufjan Stevens

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 My lover caught me off guard How? Head of a rabbit How?

In The Devil's Territory Sufjan Stevens

Be still and know your sign The beast will arrive in time We stayed a long, long time We stayed a long, long time To see you To beat you To see you At last I saw the dragons drying I saw the witches whine

Shit Talk Sufjan Stevens

No more fighting No more talking shit Do as I say not as I give up Not as I’ve failed to live In the future there will be A terrible cost For all that we’ve left undone Deliver me from everything I’

Blue Bucket of Gold Sufjan Stevens

Once the myth has been told The lens deforms it as lightning Raise your right hand Tell me you want me in your life Or raise your red flag Just when I want you in my life Search for things to extol Friend

to be alone with you Sufjan Stevens

I'd swim across Lake Michigan I'd sell my shoes I'd give my body to be back again In the rest of the room To be alone With you To be alone With you To be alone with you To be alone with you

All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands Sufjan Stevens

And mine is about as good this far And I'm still applied to what you are And I am joining all my thoughts to you And I'm preparing every part for you And I heard from the trees a great parade And I heard

He Woke Me Up Again Sufjan Stevens

He was, he was in the churchyard My father was in the first part He came, he came to my bedroom But I was asleep And he woke me up again to say...

A Good Man Is Hard To Find Sufjan Stevens

Once in the backyard, she was once like me She was once like me Twice when I killed them, they were once at peace They were once like me Hold to your gun, man and put off all your peace Put off all the

Genuflecting Ghost Sufjan Stevens

Give myself as a sacrifice Genuflecting ghost I kiss the floor Rise, my love, show me paradise Nothing seems so simple anymore Rest assured, words come easy Insecure, love and please me Sacred word,

Transfiguration Virgin Steele

Rain falls, a lost voice calls, the day dies alone Red blood slowly dripped down, stopped, sighed, fell to the fround Mixed with earth and became mud black blood Rain from Heaven fills the seas of Hell

All Of Me Wants All Of You Sufjan Stevens

You’re not the one to talk things through You checked your texts while I masturbated Manelich, I feel so used Found myself on Spencer’s Butte Traced your shadow with my shoe Empty outline changed my view

So You Are Tired Sufjan Stevens

So you are tired as the sun Are you with or without a friend?

Happy Birthday Sufjan Stevens

Like the lantern on a tree Your burden bright as weary be Periwig on parakeet You're God's great paramour and sweet I'm happy, I'm happy Your birthday brings a pardoning I'm happy, I'm happy You're

The Seer\'s Tower Rosie Thomas & Sufjan Stevens

In the tower above the earth There is a view that reaches far Where we see the universe I see the fire, I see the end Seven miles above the earth There is Emmanuel of mothers With his sword, with

Once Upon A Poolside (feat. Sufjan Stevens) The National

Don't make this any harder Everybody's waiting Walk-on's almost over Teenagers on ice Try to keep my distance Talking of forgiveness Once upon a poolside Underneath the lights What was the worried thing

Focus Ring Denison Witmer, Sufjan Stevens

Does the world feel straight Or did things get weird? Anything at all Anything at all you need Do you live your life in the center of a crowd?

Final Conquest Dodheimsgard

The undying strength of groundless loops Removed with the allies of violation in Daylight prospects Twisting around your strangest feelings Like something with crowns and crocodiles Must they be with the

Midnight To Stevens The Clash

I SEARCHED THROUGH THE DRINKERS EACH PROPPED OVER HIS GLASS I RAN THROUGH EACH BAR UNTIL I FOUND GUY AT LAST GUY YOU'VE BEEN TO THE DOCTOR NO I DON'T THINK IT WISE TOOK ONE OF HIS PILLS BOILED THE BLOOD

The View From The Top Cat Stevens

The view from the top can be oh so very lonely And you can be missing such a lot that could be yours Why can't i stop forgetting myself?

The Wind cat stevens

I listen to the wind to the wind of my soul Where I'll end up well I think, only God really knows I've sat upon the setting sun But never, never never never I never wanted water once No, never

The Hurt cat stevens

You say you want to seek the truth, but it's hard to find No one to help you, your friends don't have the time So you ride around in your car, switch on the radio You want to relate to something you

The Beloved Cat Stevens

"His wisdom flowed from Heaven's Book Just like threaded pearls Just like threaded pearls He left his self to flee to God And God sent him back to us He was born to be the beloved A will of the Divine

The Joke Cat Stevens

There's too many objections and not enough corrections it's too much of the old way besetting on the new day There's too many schemers and not enough dreamers too many bad news and not enough of good news

The Rain Cat Stevens

"Everybody's thinking about the rain Everybody's thinking about the rain Wonder if the sun is gonna come again, things are looking bad Everybody in the world, in the world's looking so sad Everybody's

THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST Cat Stevens

first that's how I know The first cut is the deepest baby I know The first cut is the deepest I still want you by my side just to help me dry the tears that I've cried cause I'm sure gonna give

Love Lives In The Sky Cat Stevens

Oh, the trees grow higher than the mountain In the land of free love and goodbye The rivers ever growin' the fish is flowin' And the love lives in the sky In the night flies a team of white horses And

Morning has broken cat stevens

Morning has broken Like the first morning Blackbird has spoken Like the first spring Praise for the singing Praise for the morning Praise for them springing Fresh from the world Sweet the rains