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Sufjan Stevens – Get Real Get Right Lyrics 15 years ago
When I saw Sufjan in Salt Lake, he spent a good ten minutes introducing this song, essentially told Royal's whole story, and then said that the song is meant as kind of a reality check directed both at Royal and at himself.

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Sufjan Stevens – Vesuvius Lyrics 15 years ago
I saw Sufjan live in Salt Lake, and he described a feeling that he got when he saw bodies of water such as the Great Salt Lake, or Crater Lake, or Niagra Falls, just when the sun is hitting theme exactly right, and you see this mesh of beautiful colors. He talked about how when he sees that kind of a majestic view, he just wants to, like...merge with it, to be part of something huge, that's so beautiful--just to jump in and become part of it. Then he said that the next song is kind of about that feeling, of wanting to jump in and be part of something huge, and played Vesuvius.

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