From the new album CARRIE & LOWELL by Sufjan Stevens
Get it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

LYRICS:

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 happen to grieve
My black shroud
I never trust my feelings
I waited for the remedy

When I was three, three maybe four
She left us at that video store
Be my rest, be my fantasy

I’m light as a feather
I’m bright as the Oregon breeze
My black shroud 
Frightened by my feelings
I only want to 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 want to believe

When I was three, and free to explore
I saw her face on the back of the door
Be my vest, be my fantasy

I should have known better
Nothing can be changed
The past is still the past
The bridge to nowhere
I should’ve wrote a letter 
Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling

Don’t back down, concentrate on seeing
The breakers in the bar, the neighbor’s greeting
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination

Don’t back down, there is nothing left
The breakers in the bar, no reason to live
I’m a fool in the fetter
Rose of Aaron’s beard, where you can reach me

Don’t back down: nothing can be changed
Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination 

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Sufjan Stevens, "Should Have Known Better"

Something Lost [DEMO]

Taken from the 'Stronger EP', available to stream/download now on all platforms fyfe.lnk.to/EPStrongerALL

Lyrics: 


I'm tired of all this waiting,
Can't you see I'm bleeding,
That I'm barely moving. 
How much can I lose,
Before my time is through. 
Everybody's watching,
Everything I'm doing,
Am I just a fraud. 
At least that's how I feel,
This paranoia's real. 

I swear, what you want 
Is everything I'm not. 

It's symptomatic,
I life-long habit,
You've got to let it go. 
All this waiting,
Pent frustration,
You've got to let it go. 
All of me, I can't take it any longer,
But I feel I'm getting stronger. 

Pain is so addictive,
I'm tempted to just sit here,
And count how I'm afflicted. 
Narcissistic man,
Is not how I began. 
I wish I could be part of,
Part of something bigger,
Rather than pursue
This self obsessive plan,
To be a modern man. 

I swear, what you want 
Is everything I'm not. 

It's symptomatic,
I life-long habit,
You've got to let it go. 
All this waiting,
Pent frustration,
You've got to let it go. 
All of me, I can't take it any longer,
But I feel I'm getting stronger. 



Something Lost [DEMO]

Drew Murphy

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