Sufjan Stevens has released his latest studio album, Carrie & Lowell. Reviews can be found below. Here are my favorite two songs on the album with lyrics.
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 care if I survive this? Bury the dead where they’re found
In a veil of great surprises: I wonder did you love me at all?
The only thing that keeps me from cutting my arm
Cross hatch, warm bath, Holiday Inn after dark
Signs and wonders: water stain writing the wall
Daniel’s message, blood of the moon on us all
Do I care if I despise this? Nothing else matters, I know
In a veil of great disguises: How do I live with your ghost?
Should I tear my eyes out now?
Everything I see returns to you somehow
Should I tear my heart out now?
Everything I feel returns to you somehow
I want to save you from your sorrow
The only reason why I continue at all
Faith in reason, I wasted my life playing dumb
Signs and wonders: sea lion caves in the dark
Blind faith, God’s grace, nothing else left to impart
Do I care if I survive this? Bury the dead where they’re found
In a veil of great surprises, hold to my head till I drown
Should I tear my eyes out now, before I see too much?
Should I tear my arms out now? I want to feel your touch
Should I tear my eyes out now?
Everything I see returns to you somehow
Should I tear my heart out now?
Everything I feel returns to you somehow
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 a cross
I slept on my back
In the shade of the meadowlark
Like a champion
Get drunk to get laid
I take one more hit when you depart
I’ll drive that stake through the center of my heart
Lonely vampire
Inhaling its fire
I’m chasing the dragon too far
There’s blood on that blade
Fuck me, I’m falling apart
My assassin
Like Casper the ghost
There’s no shade in the shadow of the cross
Reviews
- Pitchfork: Review of Carrie & Lowell
- Pitchfork: True Myth: A Conversation with Sufjan Stevens
- Paste: Review of Carrie & Lowell
- Paste: Sufjan Stevens Mastery of the Moment on Carrie & Lowell
- The Guardian: Sufjan Stevens talks to Dave Eggers: ‘I was recording as a means of grieving’
- Flavorwire: Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell and the Power of Unflinching Personal Honesty
- Billboard: Finding Life in Death: Sufjan Stevens and the Musical Comeback of the Year
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