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Sufjan Stevens – John My Beloved Lyrics 10 years ago
Fossils - this that are ancient and buried, no long relevant, that emerge?

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Sufjan Stevens – Blue Buckets of Gold Lyrics 10 years ago
A blessed life (the gold) contained by melancholia (the blue bucket), a blessing but with its sadness.

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Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell Lyrics 10 years ago
Thorazine is also an anti-psychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia.

I'm not sure about the scope of the song you paint there.
Ephemera things that are enjoyed for only a short time.

It seems to me to be more directly about the relationship with his mother and the torment caused at her hands due to her condition. A longing to be with her, his mother, but suffering at her hands.

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