Sufjan Stevens- Impossible Soul
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- čas přidán 16. 01. 2011
- This song is incredible. Don't let the 23 minutes turn you off, it is truly an experience to be had. Listen cranked up with your headphones, in 1080p. Or 720p if you aren't a fan of overkill. No piracy intended.
Also, youtube seemed to mess with the quality a bit. Isn't quite 100%. Oh well. - Hudba
![sufjan stevens ↝ futile devices doveman remix (slowed ↝ reverb) [looped for 20min]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xt-DwewZnZ8/mqdefault.jpg)
I like how his 40 second songs have entire sentences for titles, and his 25 minute song only has two words. Oh, sufjan.
Can't wait to play this song being like "ok just one more song and then you can pick the music" during a car ride.
*laughs villainously*
hahaha I just did this to someone
Done. They thought I had played five :0
Or Long Season by Fishmans
I did that to someone, except it was during an acid trip instead😏
Spotify: Now get ready for 30 minutes of ad-free music
Me: 🙃
I thought I would be the only one who thought this once.
"this is the age of adz"
Yall ever say "alright, i'm gonna listen to this part of impossible soul" but end up listening to the whole thing because the start is so good?
So true
The first 8 minutes of this song are absolutely incredible
I changed my mind every single fucking second of this song is absolutely mind melting
Before: UGH, this is gonna take SO LONG
After:No wait, don't end
I was going to commit suicide to this song in 2014. I believed it was the perfect song to go out to, and believed it represented my mental illness perfectly. Glad to say I'm still listening in 2020. To everyone out there going through depression - it gets better.
It's not so impossible Thomas. Glad you're here.
I’m very happy to hear you are still around and you are right - depression is a nightmare but it does get better - life has it’s ups and downs but is worth living.
I hope you continue to take care.
hope all is well
Extremely happy your hear with us, Thomas. Always keep your head up my friend! We can do much more together!
The world is grateful to have you around my friend. Best of wishes
The genius of this song hits you like a train when, after listening to it all the way through for the first time, you listen to it again.
100%.
Couldn't said it better
Amen
This is the best discoteque-autotune-synthrock-dance-hippityhop-techno freakout jam I've ever heard.
i agree
Sufjan even makes autotune sound good!!! truly a master.
i am glad you heard it
Never listened to Sufjan Stevens before, so you can imagine my surprise when i first listen to this song on full volume with earphones. One of the best experiences of my life.
To all those who get anxious seeing the longer running time: Don't be. This song is so dynamic throughout it's entirety that it is basically like having 5 songs that just were pasted together. All of which compliment each other so well, and are lyrically and musically interesting (as usual with Sufjan). It's not impossible.
I will come back to this song every few years until the light goes out. If I do things right, hopefully it will be playing when they come back on.
I almost died to this song. Driving the Duffy to Whistler BC, Canada. Its one of the most dangerous highways in BC. The sky was black, snow was falling, the fog was bellowing, rocks were unhinging, ice was questioning. I almost fainted I was so overwhelmed as a 80lb rock snuck into my beams and I swerved. Whats the lyrics "dont be distracted" as I was about to die. Thanks Sufjan
Lol he doesn’t realize he was dead the whole time
To be fair... if you had to die, dying to this song doesn't sound like the worst way to go. ^^
Don't listen to those saying you're already dead. You're alive, damn it! ;-)
Oh dear lord thank god you survived!
@@LittleLilaKatBoo yeah i was worried he died for a bit
I take the long way home just to finish this song when it plays
Holy shit. I came back to this video and found that I've liked your comment from 3 years ago.
I hope you're alright, mate.
@@huy3519 I'm doing great, homie, how bout you?
@@Pr0x1mo Nice. I feel marvelous, thanks! Take care always!
@@huy3519 I'm back, just seeing how you're doing in these times.
This is the perfect song to do homework to. Despite the beautiful sounds it's literally telling me not to be distracted. It's like it knows
Literally. I feel bad as soon as I get distracted, and then I have to get back to work.
All of this song is amazing. However, "Not So Impossible" (the part at 13:48) was played at my wedding, right after the bride was kissed. All of the happy feels were had that day.
+Birdy Neview that's so cool!
+B R Oh my god that would have been incredible. That part is one of my favourite song's ever.
bravo pippone
I would have been very upset seeing my bride kissed.
That is so stinkin cute!!! Hope you and your partner are doing so much more together. 🌹
Sufjan's electronic work is his best work
Sufjan's second magnum opus, after Illinois. As if I needed anymore confirmation that he was an amazing musician, he goes from folk epics to electronics epics. Even better.
Carrie and Lowell is a hell of a record too - he’s so talented
In the wrong life, everything is chance
Does it register? Do you wanna dance?
In the right life, it's a miracle
Possibility - do you wanna dance?
Sufjan has the ability to put incomprehensible feelings into words and song, and I think that might be the mark of a true genius.
. I think I love this song more than I love a lot of other things . It is spooky I found this song while imprisoned. a state penitentiary. It directed the remainder of my life . The only song that matters as much to me is familiarity by punch brothers. But this one... It is primero uno. I don't think any song has ever moved me more. Thank you, sufjan
There is something about your voice
DUDE! Agreed. Punch Brothers and Sufjan are my favorites too
One of the best songs ever made. It´s like medicine. Keeps you warm through cold winter nights and lights up like the sun. I listen to this when I go running. Keeps me going. Makes me happy and cry and dance every time I listen to it. Kind of symbolizes life in all it´s shades.
+SukhRam Kaur God parts of it just give me such eerie and uncanny memories of childhood, of old ways of thinking, of choir meetings, of adventure
I'm not going to say this song "cured" my depression, because we all know that isn't how depression works. But after dealing with it for a long and terrible year, I remember, in the early days when I was starting to feel more like myself again, I heard this song for the first time. And it was one of the first songs I'd heard in a while that actually held my attention, for how weird and entertaining it is. And I also remember it felt really good to feel like I could engage with a piece of music, or any kind of art, again. I played this song on repeat for a few days and to this day it still cheers me up.
bless you
Chiunque tu sia, ti voglio bene
When I came to out of my depression and addiction, so to speak, like Sufjan does in the end of this song, I realized how hungry I was for something I had never even tasted before. Then I remembered the God who created me.
Depression is a disease of lies about the person it is infecting, and I now know God can take away those lies, and give true identity in their place. He took away my depression, not to mention immorality, and addiction. Letting go of my will and desires did not happen over night, and it is still not easy for me, though it is simple- I have to remind myself that I am not depressed, I am not addicted and I am not perverse. I may feel these things and think these things, but they do not define me. I may even act upon some of these feelings, but when I focus on God, I get an understanding of how he sees me - a new creation, forgiven and adopted into his kingdom of truth and freedom.
Take Time, by the books (czcams.com/video/b1irbhY_dgY/video.html) did the same thing for me once. I just discovered Sufjan Stevens through Planetarium, and I love that I have. I've been listening to The Age Of Adz on repeat.
wait this is so similar to my situation wtf 😭
Congratulations, if you found this song your music tastes are excellent.
I'm going to say, truthfully - this is the anthem of the new millennium. It speaks of so much love, cooperative love between us, that it deserves some award, a citizen's award for song of the century
Man, this album grows on you. So many layers, once you know the melodies you can listen to all the subtleties and nuances. It's like a kaleidoscope's view of a meadow.
This is like, the best song of the decade.
+Mateus Murozaki Ain't that the truth.
old mo
You need to be a really talented artist to make a 20 something minute long song that is able to keep listeners invested, and that is exactly what Sufjan Steven has accomplished. Masterpiece.
c4m3ra14 I'm sure other musicians where credited and involved in this song but yes Sufjan is incredibly talented and for sure capable of writing such a song
It's basically a concept almbum/ep inside of the actual Album
I'm mostly giving what I know of this album (haven't listened to it yet), but Sufjan seems to be the sole person responsible for whatever carries his name.
Influences and bits and pieces from his life absolutely do play a part in his work, as it does for all creators, but he's the sole producer for The Age of Adz.
People that listen and like Sufjan Stevens are known to have the highest IQ's in the US.
swans reference
the bohemian rhapsody of indie music
By this you just mean they're both long multi-part tracks, right? I genuinely don't see any other similarities.
@@yahstino I mean the significance they have for the genre lol
@@romina954 I love Sufjan I really do, and I don't mean any offense when I ask, but what significance does this song have exactly?
@@yahstino haha no offense taken :D all I meant is like: bohemian rhapsody is in many ways is a song that broke a lot of boundaries in what music meant at the time (people used to think that a song over 3 minutes could never be popular or get on the radio). I just think this song is such an incredible feat in music in general (the production, the scale etc) that it has also broken many boundaries in what was considered the norm indie/ indie electronic music as well. If you don’t agree that’s totally ok lol . At least I think we can agree that this is an amazing song and that Sufjan is awsome :D
@@romina954 Okay fair enough, that makes sense and I can totally see how you drew the comparison now. Yes I disagree, just because I feel like there are plenty of other 10+ min indie songs that have done much more for the indie scene as a whole in terms of pushing boundaries. But I do truly adore this song and Age of Adz is one of my favorite albums of all time; "I Want To Be Well" is an absolute masterpiece. So yeah, that we can definitely both agree on. Sufjan certainly is an amazing artist... one of a kind.
Cheers Romina! Thanks for being civil I appreciate it :)
I was interested on listening Sufjan Stevens's music right after I saw on an interview were he mentioned some albums that "changed his life", one of them was Ommadawn, by Mike Oldfield. Its also one of my favourite albums ever, so I decided to give it a try to his music.
Ommadawn is considered a masterpiece by all the Oldfield fans, its a very special album. The kind of album that can really help you on a bad moment of your life. English is not my first language, but I'll try to explain.
I feel that it's the kind of music that, instead of trying to cheer you up with silly and empty messages from the first time, like "hey, life is wonderful, be happy!" (but you can't absolutely feel that when you have a bad moment), its music which is like a friend that sits and talk with you, that really feels how are you feeling. Music that drawns with you into the deep... but just to give you a hand and rise stronger and better.
I feel the same with Impossible Soul, I feel that kind of journey.
I feel this is healing music.
Thank you, Subaru.
I want to blast the 'don't be distracted' at full volume for the rest of my life
I feel this.
I like "it's not so impossible"
I think I'd find that very distracting.
I could do with a little reminder, haha
I haven’t heard this song in years. I can’t believe I still know all the words. I listened to this song so much in high school, I just relived all those emotions and thoughts too. The age of adz is in my top 5 albums of all time. I still remember the first time I listened to the album on a 5 hour car ride and then a 10 hour flight. When this song came on I wondered if it was the same song for each part, it’s that cohesive and yet distinctive. I used this song as a measurement of time on the flight, and the last time I listened to it was the last flight I took before the pandemic. The first time I was just coming into my teenage years, the last time I was an adult. It still carries the same weight. Crazy.
Wait this is one song?
I clicked on this expecting the full album.
Damn you Sufjan.
It feels more like a complete album than a single song though.
Me too
The last 3 minutes of this song is AHHMAZINGGGWGWGWG
This song is about exactly what it talks about. A boy in love with a girl. He feels like she loves him in a way that no other can. His impossible soul. The entire song is a journey of how is naive beliefs mature as his understanding of love and himself develops. Suffering, pain, struggle and growth. He learns how to live and as his mind and body grow through new focuses, he learns that its not as impossible as it first seemed.
There could be no better name for this song. It really does capture the essence of the journey of the soul in love.
Of all of Sufjans songs that iv heard, none i believe comes close to the sheer genius of this one song. It feels more like a diary.. this song feels so real.
I love this. I always felt this song was about the five stages of grief.
Impossible Soul, AKA Depression: The Musical
I've been listening this for years now, and just discovered my second favorite artist after Sufjan (Shara Nova lead singer of My Brightest Diamond) is the one who does the solo section in 3:55 . I'm just blown away. And to be blown away at the 100th time you hear a 25min song is..... rare.... to say the least.
Well her name is Shara Worden but other than that awesome
えぐ oh my god. I love shara, I never knew this was her but the voice was so familiar. Thank you for this!
His songs are the kind of songs that I unhealthily enjoy but scared of to tune in too. It's so sad but comforting. Relevant to many yet unique. Then I just don't want to live anymore.
Before we got seperated permanently my ex introduced me to this song, I was so blanked out at that moment cause I didn't knew how to feel or react about it.
I was very interested as this song was 26 min long and now it's one of my favourite songs. The better feeling is that there's no more saudade while listening to this masterpiece
Wow, 25 minutes later and I am blown away by what I just experienced. So many sounds. So many notes and chords and lyrics and hooks. What an amazing piece. I think I'm going to buy this album...
this is 6 years later, but some other sufjan albums I'd recommend: Carrie and Lowell and Michigan
sufjan was trying to go down In history with this masterpiece
well i believe he has
what do you guys think he was trying to convey in this song. I have so many things in mind but for me like all his songs, they can relate to however you convey them whether that be having a impossible soul to find the perfect love or if that be the person he loves has an impossible soul to love him back. what do you think
someone on a lyric meaning site wrote, "He realizes that he was being childish and self-centered about his loss initially. he realized there was less meaning in his emotions and what he thought of "girl." He moved on. I like how the length of the song implies that it took a long time to get to this level of getting over her."
cool ill think about that. I can see what your saying
that's probably why rap is acceptable
just got some dope-ass sound cancelling headphones and I am ready to immerse myself in this song properly
how was it? in retrospect, 7 years after the fact. can you please recall?
I was trying to listen to an interview of Sufjan and hit this by accident. I had decided that I wouldn't like the album without ever listening to it. What could I have been thinking? Stevens is the best and most interesting contemporary musician.
0:00 - 3:56 Part 1 (The Impossible Soul)
3:56 - 9:55 Part 2 (Don't Be Distracted)
9:55 -13:48 Part 3 (Stupid Man)
13:48-22:20 Part 4 (Not So Impossible)
22:20 - End Part 5 (Pleasure Principle)
I wonder if there are legit titles for each part of the song...
As far as I know, only Pleasure Principle has a regular title...
I also think this song is about an abusive relationship, mainly the absuive girlfriend.
In "Drawn to the Blood," it was about an abusive relationship. I think this song is probably the same relationship.
The Impossible Soul is about him being abused, the first stanza really enphesises that
Oh, woman, tell me what you wantAnd I'll calm down without bleeding out
With a broken heart that you stabbed for an hour(mainline)
Woman, I was freaking out because I want you to know
My beloved, you are the lover of my impossible soul
Don't Be Distracted is about his concious telling him to not be distracted by love and come to his senses.
In Stupid Man, he breaks up and realizes how stupid he's been about the whole thing
In Not So Impossible, he thinks he'll never find a girl, but finds out it's...well, the title.
Pleasure Principle is pretty much the epilogue. They love eachother get married and have a happy life.
Tell me what you think.
I don't agree with the drawn to the blood comparison, since its been established that song is about the death of his mother Carrie. IMO the song is about vainly trying to grasp at an ideal which impossible to have, an inventing a fantasy about how someone is that doesn't match reality. The pleasure principle part is about Sufjan recognising that applying this fantasy to someone was selfishness.
Ith When listening to the narrative of this extra-ordinary album, I sense a deep sense of self examination, anxiety, fear and repentence, humility and surrender to love. Realizing the abusurdity of it all, it is not so impossible to Love. For those who have been in a longterm relationship that suffered and failed miserably, for those who have given up...it is not so impossible to find love again. "We can do much more together" ... ultimate love manisfesto
Aiko Yonamine best comment i have ever read on youtube. hands UP
Love You.
your so awesome thanks
I can play this on repeat for the rest of my life
wow....my atoms were dancing and my molecules were bobin thier heads
Nisan Turner this is honestly pretty much what im experiencing now
this is too short
The first listen is the most important one. You don't expect anything, and assign importance to every new sound, allowing for a definitely moving experience. Man. This is wonderful art.
One of my favorite song of all time. This is the best song that most of the times manage to cheer me up from being moody... best song for me to recover when hearing this while having mental meltdown every times, lol. Thank you Sufjan ♥️. "In the right life! It's a miracle! Possibilities.... Do you wanna dance!?"
♥️
💙
Ooh... Woman, tell me what you want
And I'll calm down without bleeding out
With a broken heart that you stabbed for an hour
Woman, I was freaking out because I want you to know
My beloved, you are the lover of my impossible soul
Woman, too, promise me you'll stay and put off all your woes
I was wigging out, too much worry, I could not get you at all
If you said what you want, you would laugh it off
But I know you won't go, not for either class
Must you write it off for the impossible soul?
And I was in a dream, I was gone away without you, but not too slow
Lest I put it off, 'fore I put it right for the impossible soul
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all my life to you, if I could get you at all
Don't be a wreck, trying to be something that I wasn't at all
Seems I got it wrong, I was chasing after something that was gone
To the black of night, now I know it's not what I wanted at all
You said something like, "All you want is all the world for yourself"
But all I want is the perfect love, though I know it's small, I want love for us all
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all my life to you, if I could get you at all
Oh, oh oh oh, trying to be something that I wasn't at all
Do you want to be afraid?
Do you want to be afraid?
For life in the cage where courage's mate runs deep in the wake
For the scariest things are not half as enslaved
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Do you want to be alone?
Do you want to be alone?
For life is instead on righteousness led
The seat and the head, of impossible flocks for an interest in books??
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Do you want to love me more?
Do you want to love me more?
For love is the grain
If watered and ?wind? is cursed by the same thing that nurtured its shame
Is it worth all the work?
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
And have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Instead of the love, lived tired and lost, have you left it at last
Where it floundered its death with the language of ghosts?
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
For life in the cage where where courage's mate runs deep in the wake
For the scariest things are not half as enslaved
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Don't be distracted now
[PART II:]
Stupid man in the window
I couldn't be addressed
All my delight, all that mattered
I couldn't be addressed
From what I liked, from what I gathered
I couldn't be addressed
Stupid man in the window
I couldn't be addressed
(judgement, judgement)
And don't be shy in the window
Come down and give your best
Oh, delight in the window
I couldn't be addressed
Stupid man in the window
I couldn't be addressed
From what I like, from what I gathered
I couldn't give my best
Now I know it wasn't safe
It wasn't safe to breathe at all
Now I know it wasn't safe
It wasn't safe to breathe at all
(It wasn't safe, it wasn't safe)
Now I know it wasn't safe
It wasn't safe to breathe at all
(It wasn't safe, it wasn't safe)
Now I know it wasn't safe
It wasn't safe to speak at all
[PART III:]
(Hold on to, hold on to)
One two three four!
It's a long life
Better pinch yourself
Put your faith together
Better get it right
It's a long life
Better hit yourself
Put your face together
Better stand up straight
It's a long life
Only one last chance
Could it get much better
Do you wanna dance
It's a long life
Better pinch yourself
Get your face together
Better stand up straight
Boy we can do much more together
Better get a life get a life get a life get a life
Boy we can do much more together
Better get a life get a life get a life get a life
Boy we can do much more together
Better get it right get it right get it right get it right
Boy we can do much more together
It's not so impossible
It's not so impossible
It's a long life
Better pinch yourself
Get your face together
Better roll along
It's a long life
Better pinch yourself
Put your face together
Better stand up straight
It's a long life
Only one last chance
Couldn't get much better
Do you wanna dance
It's a good life
Better pinch yourself
Is it possible? Is it possible?
Boy we can do much more together
Better get a life get a life get a life get a life
Boy we can do much more together
Better get a life get a life get a life get a life
Boy we can do much more together
Better get it right get it right get it right get it right
Boy we can do much more together
It's not so impossible
It's not so impossible
[more of that, plus this variation:]
In the wrong life
Everything is chance at the register
Do you wanna dance
In the right life
It's a miracle
Possibilities.
Do you wanna dance
[PART IV:]
I never meant to cause you pain
My burden is the weight of a feather
I never meant to lead you on
I only meant to please me, however
And then you tell me "Boy, we can do much more together."
I'm nothing but a selfish man
I'm nothing but a privileged peddler
And did you think I'd stay the night?
And did you think I'd love you forever?
And then you tell me "Boy, we can do much more together."
I gotta tell you "Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure"
I gotta tell you boy, we made such a mess together
Boy, we made such a mess together.
As someone recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder, i can totally relate to parts of this album.
Anyone want to know why this song doesn't have any full remixes? It's not because it's too long, it's just perfect the way it is. What I mean is this batch of flowing related tracks have one purpose and can never have another when together. These five(ish) separate and diverse songs work so well together each exploring their own mood, such as our own lives. What makes it so good and unprecedented is that it captures all of the best aspects and attitudes of Stevens' music and in turn life itself that will never be accomplished again. The last one, the original that inspired the rest isn't my favorite, but it acts so well as a conclusion to the first twenty minutes and just isn't as good on its own. The same with my personal favorite; the one that goes "Boy, we can do much more together" because it lifts you out of the depression that the last song left behind.
While the rest of "The Age of Adz" has become simple nostalgia to me, this song will live on for some time, even as "Carrie and Lowell" grows old.
Oh, I'm ranting on CZcams again. Oh well, I guess it's time to continue trudging through my boring life and eventually forget about my favorite song of all time. I still cry every time I hear the first word of each part.
People complaining about the song length are clearly not fans of Post Rock.
I have spent 4 years of my life creating two albums (36 songs) H2H. I feel they will go far, I'd prefer to be Galileo, live & enjoy my future in Solitude & Love. But your passion to be great Sufjan has inspired me to pursue helping others, & greatness. At all costs. You clicked different, these 26 minutes hit me deep. After hearing Get Real, Get Right as a youngster, I found this song & began listening to it everyday my freshman year of highschool; the worst times unfold when I lose my connection to this masterpiece. Thank you 1000x over for diving in when you did & presenty blazing your path. All your works are timeless.
With love, till end of this song,
- Jackson.
This song is beautiful. I wish I had someone special to share it with.
+WoahNelli ur grandma would love it if u shared it with her. she is special. -grandma
+me__irl true
ty for being a good sport. please come over and listen to music with me some time. we can also bake cookies and draw.
I love drawing actually, on my way over thanks for being so thoughtful
+WoahNelli I'm no good at drawing so you have to pretend to like mine
The contradictions in this song is what really makes me love it. The harshness of it contrasted with the gentle strumming of strings. The seriousness of it contrasted with the dancing track in between. I didn't get it the first time I listened to it. I was even turned off by it. But slowly, it started making sense. When you listen to it in its entirety, you see the beautiful picture Sufjan has painted. A masterpiece.
This song helped me through a messy break up, thanks sufjan. I'm doing a lot better now. :)
serious music.
don't be distracted.
(1)
Oh, woman, tell me what you want
And I'll calm down without bleeding out
With a broken heart that you stabbed for an hour
Woman, I was freaking out because I want you to know
My beloved, you are the lover of my impossible soul
Woman, too, promise me you'll stay and put off all your woes
I was wigging out, too much worry
I could not get you at all
And you said what you want, you would laugh it off
But I know you won't go, not for it at last
Must you write it off for the impossible soul?
And I was in a dream, I was gone away without you, but not too slow
Lest I put it off, for I put it right for the impossible soul
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
If I could get you at all
Don't be a wreck, trying to be something that I wasn't at all
Seems I got it wrong, I was chasing after something that was gone
To the black of night, now I know it's not what I wanted at all
And you said something like, "All you want is all the world for yourself"
But all I want is the perfect love
Though I know it's small, I want love for us all
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
If I could get you at all
Trying to be something that I wasn't at all
+jenifuhr (2)
[Shara Worden]
Do you want to be afraid?
Do you want to be afraid?
For life in the cage where courage's mate runs deep in the wake
For the scariest things are not half as enslaved
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Do you want to be alone?
Do you want to be alone?
For life isn't stained of righteousness pain
The seed and the hail, all impossible flights for an interesting light
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Do you want to love me more?
Do you want to love me more?
For love is the breath
If water and wave is cursed by the same thing that nurtured its shame
Is it worth all the work?
+jenifuhr Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Instead of the life, lived tired and lost, have you left it at last
Where it floundered its death with the language of ghosts
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
For life in the cage where where courage's mate runs deep in the wake
For the scariest things are not half as enslaved
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
No . . . don't be distracted
+jenifuhr (3)
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
All my delight, all that mattered, I couldn't be at rest
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't be at rest
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
And don't be shy in the window
Come down and give your best
Oh, delight in the window I couldn't be at rest
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't give my best
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to speak at all
+jenifuhr (4)
Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Sufjan
1, 2 3, 4!
It's a long life, better pinch yourself,
Put your face together, better get it right
It's a long life, better hit yourself
Put your face together, better stand up straight
It's a long life, only one last chance
Couldn't get much better, do you wanna dance?
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Get your face together, better stand up straight
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better give love, give love, give love, give love)
Boy, we can do much more together,
(better get it right, get it right get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together it's not so impossible
It's not so impossible
He is so brilliant, it's crazy.
Wow, I'm falling in love with Sufjan's music all over again with this album. Thanks for posting!
you know a song is perfect when 25 minutes are not enough.
I saw this live a few years ago...
I cannot explain how incredible it was... It simply was...
God. My GOD. So many years later and this song STILL blows my mind.
this will be remembered, just as vivaldi's four seasons stands the test of time
"Stupid man in the window..."
Dear Sufjan,
Thank you so fucking much.
That is all,
A Friend
i love sufjan so much i want to cry
dear god I'm in love with this man's music
I just noticed that the end of this song weaves in almost perfectly with the start of Carrie & Lowell.
true!
First time I listened to this album I loved it whole way thru, got sad that I was at the last song and then saw it was 25 mins long and was like "oh I'm in for a wild ride" and it didn't disappoint, one of the best closers of all time
The climax of this song is like that parade scene from Paprika. Pure delirium and delight and chaos
what i listen to when i need to get into the zone for assignments. the "don't be distracted" part fits perfectly.
Thank you for existing, Sufjan Stevens.
This is truly a masterpiece. Absolutely phenomenal.
This song is worth it for it's 25 minutes
When he said "don't be distracted" I felt that
12:54 is such an underrated moment in this masterpiece of a song
i love how the age of adz gets me everytime in a different way.
thanks for this. helped me so much. i’m crying on a bus. or i’m trying not to cry. there’s girls from my old school. i’m trying to stay sane. we’re not alone. you’ll find a friend and then life won’t be that long and that hard. just be patient and love your neighbors.
This song is his honest take on why he is single
This is one of my favourite songs of all time.
1st and last sections are the best IMO
I agree completely
ur sleeping on the 4th movement
This hilarious comment flew under the radar.
This caught me off-guard. Coming from the man who pushes boundaries of concept albums, who mounts shows about his considerations of our solar system, who continues to pioneer and go beyond his own limits… well, I should have known this would be amazing. This is SO… damn… good.
Has been my favorite song for the past three years and I'm still amazed by it ever I listen to it
25 minute song that you want to listen to a 2nd time
If I had a choice, I this would be the song I would choose for my eternity. Yes, my afterlife. This is my forever song
One must wonder what inspired sufjan to create such an epic genre crossing masterpiece.
It's no surprise he is musically genius, but this is such an escape from his style, that works so well.... How?
I really wanna recommend this song to someone.... An impossible soul... But I can't and I won't..
"Boy, we made such a mess together.."
Magical experience. Second time listening to it now, and I'm only just beginning to take in and hear all of the wonderful nooks and crannies of this song.
Every heart break. I find my way back to this tune. It's a goddamn masterpiece.
The experience of listening to this art brings one in the realm of the sacred. I give thanks for sufjan and his ability to be a conduit to the DIVINE🕉♾
Great song. Kudos for the Joanna Newsom recommendation. She is a treasure, as is Sufjan.
Yes!
few days ago, i was training and by random this song started to play......ufffffffffff best training that week.
Listening to this song and I've been going all night day and morning. So good.
Not an experience, an odyssey.
2:13 - One of my favorite guitar solos. It's just so chaotic and shouldn't sound good, but it does.
Omfg I'm so dumb i thought twas a synth or an electronic instrument 😭
This is such a superb song that the music washes over your soul... Sufjan Stephens is a master.
two years ago, when I first listened to the song, I listened to it 3 times in a row! That's a lot of minutes spending listening to a gorgeous song, an amazing song writer, a story teller... I love it :-)
Enjoying my new discovery so much! Love to find hidden pearls like Sufjan Stevens
+etherealbylar he's one of the most acclaimed musicians of the past decade. hidden may be pushing it.
a freaking masterpiece!! how the hell hadn't I listened to this sooner?? addicted
Just blown away....awesome.
This song really grew on me, at first I didn't enjoy it that much but now it is one of my favorite sufjan songs