From The Ascension, available digitally September 25, 2020 & on LP/CD/Cassette on October 2, 2020
Watch here: sufjanstevens.ffm.to/sugar

Lyrics:
Is someone gonna cut me some slack? 
Now that it’s a quarter to ten
Come on baby gimme some sugar 
You tell me that you wanna fall back 
But I don’t wanna do this again 
Come on baby gimme some sugar

Stand up straight now stand real tall 
And wipe that writing off the wall 
This is the right time
Come on baby gimme some sugar 
Now put one foot in front of the other 
Take a breath now breathe, my lover 
Let’s take up this lifeline
Come on baby gimme some sugar

Is that the weight of the world on your back? 
Surrender with that colorful flag
Come on baby gimme some sugar
Yeah they’ve been selling us this fiction as fact 
But I don’t wanna lose you again
Come on baby gimme some sugar

Chorus...
Don’t make me wait
Don’t make me wait too long 
Don’t make sing the sad song
Come on baby gimme some sugar

All the shit they try to feed us
Don’t drink the poison or they’ll defeat us 
This is the right time
Come on baby gimme some sugar
Don’t break my heart, don’t break my flow now 
And all this rage has got to go now
Let’s take up this lifeline
Come on baby gimme some sugar 
Chorus...

Sufjan Stevens: drums and percussion, Tempest, Prophet 08, Prophet 6, Prophet X, electric guitar, vocals
Casey Foubert: bass guitar

The Ascension

Sufjan Stevens - Sugar

Asthmatic Kitty Records is an independent record label that was co-founded by Lowell Brams and his stepson, singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, in 1999. Since its founding, AKR has released albums by a variety of artists, including Lily & Madeleine, My Brightest Diamond and Helado Negro, and is currently home to Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine, Denison Witmer and The Welcome Wagon. 

Asthmatic Kitty was named after Sara, an orange and white tabby who wandered out of the woods pregnant and starving near Holland, Michigan in 1994. For fourteen years she brought joy as a beloved friend to Lowell, enjoying a happy life despite her initial hardships. Her asthma improved after moving west to New Mexico and Wyoming, where she lived out her days as an asthmatic kitty in name only.

Sufjan Stevens - Sugar

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