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Sufjan Stevens – For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti Lyrics 13 years ago
yess thank you that's exactly what it's about! I though it was a Michigan State football game he was attending but yes it was jst a hs tourney he was playing it. thank you for the reminder. the song has nothing to do with religion! im tired of pple interpreting it like that!!

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Sufjan Stevens – For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti Lyrics 13 years ago
This song is defiantly NOT about Jesus. Not that I have anything again that religion. But Upon attending a college football game (Michigan State I think it was)Sufjan Stevens saw a lot of mothers and children but no husbands/fathers present. This reminded Sufjan of a town back in WWII that had a lot of windows and fatherless children as a result of men losing their lives in the war. Thus he wrote: "For the Windows in Paradise; For the fatherless in Ypsilanti". The title kind of gives it away but I also read about this recently.

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