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Sufjan Stevens – Variation on Commemorative Transfiguration and Communion at Magruder Park (John Fahey cover) Lyrics 9 years ago
urgh. this is so beautiful. All Creatures of Our God and King is obviously the tune here but he makes this really dissonant harmony at the end of the stanza, ooo it really kills ya.

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Sufjan Stevens – Vito's Ordination Song Lyrics 10 years ago
If you examine the entire album as a whole, it's pretty obvious that Sufjan is writing this about struggling with God, this song is the conclusion to it all, it doesn't answer every question that the speaker has, but it concludes with "rest in my arms". Beautiful/

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