Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July (Dumbo Version)
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Today, July 1, on his birthday, Sufjan Stevens is releasing two alternate versions of his song, “Fourth of July” via Asthmatic Kitty Records.
The new versions are “Fourth of July (April Base Version)”, recorded in Eau Claire, WI at Justin Vernon’s April Base studio, and “Fourth of July (DUMBO Version)”, recorded in Sufjan’s old studio in Brooklyn, NY.
The original version of “Fourth of July” appeared on Sufjan’s album, Carrie & Lowell - a deeply personal album written to process his sorrow after the death of his mother, Carrie. Sufjan would work and rework, and record and re-record, trying to manage the grief. The refrain of the song, “We’re all gonna die,” became an anchor in each version he recorded. At the time of its release and when Sufjan would perform the song live on tour, this lyric and fact of life seemed to shock listeners. Yet its solemnity invited them to feel comfort, connection - even joy - wrought from great pain.
The song has recently had a resurgence with listeners - which may speak to a deep national grief and a yearning to heal. As we head into this Fourth of July weekend - a U.S. holiday marked by war (and death) - it seems the exact correct time to be sharing them.
A limited run physical 7" in red will be released in December 2022, which marks the 10-year anniversary of Carrie’s death.
Lyrics:
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 hawk, why do you cry?
Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?
Or the Fourth of July?
We’re all gonna die.”
Sitting at the bed with the halo at your head
Was it all a disguise, like Junior High
Where everything was fiction, future, and prediction
Now where am I? My fading supply
“Did you get enough love, my little dove
Why do you cry?
And I’m sorry I left, but it was for the best
Though it never felt right
My little Versailles.”
The hospital asked should the body be cast
Before I say goodbye, my star in the sky
Such a funny thought to wrap you up in cloth
Do you find it all right, my dragonfly?
“Shall we look at the moon, my little loon
Why do you cry?
Make the most of your life, while it is rife
While it is light
Well you do enough talk
My little hawk, why do you cry?
Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?
Or the Fourth of July?
We’re all gonna die.”
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Thanks so much for listening everyone. Read more about this version (and the April Base version), listen to it on your preferred streaming service, and pre-order a 7-inch for December 2022 here:
sufjanstevens.lnk.to/fourthofjuly
Happy Birthday! Thank you for the bittersweet beauty of your music.
No, thanks for your music. Hope to see you one day in France. Your 4th of july IS an écho of my april 11. We have to do with that pain but today IS your birthday and it has to be a good day : it's because of your birth we CAN listen to your music 😀 so happy birthday, have a good day ans take Care.
Happy birthday Sufjan. This is a beautiful version.
All of my love on 47! 💗🌈
I adore you with all my heart!!!!!!!! Thank you very much!!
I remember setting up my record player while at home on Christmas break in 2015 and playing the entire Carrie and Lowell album while cleaning and making dinner one night, and in the silence after this track ended and the next one began, my mom called out "Love you, babe" from another room. She knew what the song's background was and what it meant, and had also been a fan of Sufjan since the early aughts. She's gone now, also dead, and in a manner that I have had a very hard time reconciling myself to. I can't begin to describe the feelings this and the other version of this song bring me. It feels like a new way of saying good bye to her. I can still sort of hear her in the other room saying, "love you, babe."
I wanna give you a hug rn. Reading this makes me cry so bad.
im so sorry
i hope sufjan makes another album like carrie & lowell. my favorite album ever
Lightning never strikes the same place twice, sadly.
You got to remember what it took for this album to come about. I hope he gets to be happy. And if he makes music and shares it, I'll feel lucky.
My absolute #1 of all times.
@@WahooNikki i 100% agree. ig what i mainly mean is that i hope he makes another album that sounds like the more folk style that i love. i don’t want him to go through something like this just for another album
@@danielbaek8455 have you listened to A Beginner’s Mind by him and Angelo DeAugustine? It’s great, the most folky thing he’s done since Carrie & Lowell by a long shot.
Ready for my crying session
Sufjan has always been a huge influence on me. He is (probably) my favorite modern day song writer. I would love to do a song or write just one thing together(but I doubt it ). this song always hits you right in the heart no matter what the version. Anyways, I wish everyone a happy life :)
Remains me of my aunt who died because of a failed surgery everytime she sees me see would hug me and smile at my face
Rest in peace tita
I’m so sorry for your loss
this version has something that makes you feel something very different, like more nostalgic 🫂💔
I feel ya. Has The Avalanche album instrumentation.
It's true
Yes. The mixing makes it feel like Sufjan is singing right to you from your speakers. Like this song was meant for you to hear.
Words cannot express how much i love this song. It reminds me of my father, who passed away of cancer. He died in his sleep on the night of the fourth of July, this is to you, Dad. Fly high, i love you.
As the song had said, "it was the night you died, my firefly."
I mean this in the nicest and most loving and admirable way possible:
Curse you, Sufjan Stevens. 😭🙌
I love how all the versions of this song are unique but still able to evoke the same emotions
I hope writing this song was therapeutic for you, Sufjan. I don't know that your mom earned the credit you chose to give her, but forgiveness is a gift you gave yourself. ❤️
The physical resemblance between you is uncanny. But for the life of me, I cannot tell which of the kids in the photo is you. 😅
The baby in his dad’s arms.
I literally couldn't imagine living without my mom, she's all I have to live for.
Thank you for sharing so deeply of yourself, Sufjan.
His voice is soothing, the lyrics are painful yet soothing in some kinda way. Sufjan Stevens, i can't express how much of admiration and appreciation i feel towards him and the music he makes.
Sufjan! Sufjan my dear friend! I watch your channel at least several times a week in hopes of seeing a new video. I am your huge fan and you changed my life and perception of everything, all your music was with me in the hardest moments of my life and I just want to thank you that you exist, your creativity is the most unique of existing and no artist will ever outshine you! You're the best! I'm really looking forward to new songs! The new version of this song is magical by the way!!!!!!!
Always finding new ways to hurt us thank you king!
Beauty Soul and Beauty Being, I wish you another year around the Son that brings you health, happiness, and harmony. Thank you for sharing your MANY giftings with us! LOVE 2 U & ALL
Fourth of July it is❤ We're all gonna cry
Happy Birthday Sufjan !!!! Thank you for you music. 🖤
Happy birthday señor!!
Ghost liking again uh? 😉
Happy birthday to a genius of the 21st century
Just when I thought I couldn't love this song any more, this comes along... ❤️
I have said to my friends so many times during my life "We're all gonna die!" And then Sufy wrote a song about it. Thanks, Sufjan. I love so many things about Sufjan. He wears hats that wear hats. And, I love all of the Eugene, OR and Oregon references. Love, from Eugene! 💗🌈🙏🌞
Sufjan I’m somehow sure that you have no idea how much I love your music💕please keep doing this. every time I listen to your music I wanted to cry because I get so emotional. Love your music 💕✊🏼
That ending though..
Out of nowhere BOOM!
Thank you for another brilliant piece. 💙
Happy birthday sufjan 🤍 thank you for lighting up my july
Bellísimo y doloroso poema del bellísimo Sufjan Stevens. Gran alma.
it is more than a year that my mother left this world. The pain is still like the fist day. I know that we cant change the past but i still wonder a magic that i could see her in person again.
Happiest Birthday Sufjaan. Thank you for this notification I got for this video! ❤️
Feliz cumpleaños sufjan Stevens 🌟
Sufjan’s mother is so beautiful
It's my birthday on 4th of july. Ohhh god! i'm really gonna cry🥺
Happy birthday! Live well and die happy.
Happy belated birthday!
this almost sounds like a music box accompaniment. so delicate.
it's amazing that any version is still just as beautiful, your voice is beautiful, and the bases for the instrumental is incredible💗💗
Studio > Dumbo > April Base version - in terms of feels. What a song though.
How strange, a few days ago i randomly thought of him and here we are now
We’re all crying but happy birthday Sufjan
July 3rd is the day my brother died in a car accident. This year is the tenth year. Perfect timing
I’m so sorry for your loss may God give peace and comfort to your family in Jesus’s name amen❤️
Beautiful! ❤
Happy birthday Sufjan! 🎉 Me and Canada celebrate with you!
Happy Birthday Suf!
Love this one, your beautiful voice sends me to another world man ε:
Thank you Sufjan, singing your songs is healing me. Also born on a 1st July!
Happy BD Sufjan! We love you and miss you very much!
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BELOVED DEAR! I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND INSPIRATION! AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HEALTH, PHYSICAL AND MORAL, BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE WILL COME, AND HEALTH IS ONE!
I feel an urge to have to need a Carrie & Lowell (Dumbo Version) 😂
THANK YOU SO MUCH SUFJAN STEVENS. WE LOVE YOU❣️
Wow, this version is absolutely devastating
i avoid this song at all costs bc it makes me cry instantly
I can’t believe how beautiful this is
sobbing... happy birthday Sufjan thanks for everything
I love you Sufjan 😭❤️
Sufjan Steven, this is gem of a song and this is gold! I love this! You are my favourite singer in the world, so much so that I say it in my insta bio that my goal is for you to write on my life 🌺
Love you Sufjan
"Make the most of your life, while it is rife, while it is light"
Beautiful
so so lovely
oh my little heart
Purée... Cette version.. Pure bliss 😩💫
Happy Birthday Sufjaaaan, thank you for everything
Happy Birthday Sufjan ❤
Love this version so much
happy birthday beautiful soul
que temita amigo ..
amo a esta canción con toda mi alma 💗💗💗
happy birthday king we love you
happy birthday! thanks for celebrating like a hobbit and giving us a gift :)
So damn good!!!
Best version
THANK YOU SO MUCH MY LOVE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
❤❤❤❤
ah… hurts just right
💚💚
Wow thank you.
Needs more "we're all gonna die".
(I can't do deadpan humour, even on the internet. This is a joke; it's a beautiful version.)
thats why the live version is my favorite. the final "were all gonna die" goes on for like a minute
Oh my goddd….sufjan why you do this to meeeeee🫠🫠
Te amo 😿💞
Yay
Did you get enough love my little dove……
how can i not love u Sufjian 🤤
Shit, the day is coming
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 hawk, why do you cry?
Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?
Or the Fourth of July?
We're all gonna die
Sitting at the bed with the halo at your head
Was it all a disguise, like Junior High
Where everything was fiction, future, and prediction
Now, where am I?
My fading supply
Did you get enough love, my little dove
Why do you cry?
And I'm sorry I left, but it was for the best
Though it never felt right
My little Versailles
The hospital asked should the body be cast
Before I say goodbye, my star in the sky
Such a funny thought to wrap you up in cloth
Do you find it all right, my dragonfly?
Shall we look at the moon, my little loon
Why do you cry?
Make the most of your life, while it is rife
While it is light
Well you do enough talk
My little hawk, why do you cry?
Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?
Or the Fourth of July?
We're all gonna die
We're all gonna die
We're all gonna die
We're all gonna die
We're all gonna die
We're all gonna die
We're all gonna die
We're all gonna die
❤♥♥
💙
oh my god
4 Temmuz'da ölen,Barış Akarsu'yu hatırlatıyor 🦋💙
These lyrics… 🫣
🌙✨
I love ❤️✨🇲🇽
oh, you.
EXCUSE ME WHAT
As if this song wasnt devastating enough
wnna meet sufjan one day!
aaaaaaa
Anyone at all have any insight as to why this would be called the DUMBO version?
According to the description, this version was recorded in an old studio in Brooklyn.
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Noice
1 de julio, coincidencia ?
🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐💘