Trouble falls in my home
Troubled man, troubled stone
Turn a mountain of lies
Turn a card for my life
Man of Steel, Man of Heart
Tame our ways, if we start
To devise something more
Something halfways
Only a steel man came to recover
If he had run from gold, carry over
We celebrate our sense of each other
We have a lot to give one another
I took a bus to the lake
Saw the monument face
Yellow tides, golden eyes
Red and white, red and wise
Raise the flag, summer home
Parted hair, part unknown
If I knew what I read
I'll send it half ways
Only a real man can be a lover
If he had hands to lend us all over
We celebrate our sense of each other
We have a lot to give one another
Took my bags, Illinois
Dreamt the lake took my boy
Man of Steel, Man of Heart
Turn your ear to my part
There are things you have said
Raise the boat, and raise the dead
If you take us away
Still can we say:
Only a steel man can be a lover
If he had hands to tremble all over
We celebrate our sense of each other
We have a lot to give one another
Troubled man, troubled stone
Turn a mountain of lies
Turn a card for my life
Man of Steel, Man of Heart
Tame our ways, if we start
To devise something more
Something halfways
Only a steel man came to recover
If he had run from gold, carry over
We celebrate our sense of each other
We have a lot to give one another
I took a bus to the lake
Saw the monument face
Yellow tides, golden eyes
Red and white, red and wise
Raise the flag, summer home
Parted hair, part unknown
If I knew what I read
I'll send it half ways
Only a real man can be a lover
If he had hands to lend us all over
We celebrate our sense of each other
We have a lot to give one another
Took my bags, Illinois
Dreamt the lake took my boy
Man of Steel, Man of Heart
Turn your ear to my part
There are things you have said
Raise the boat, and raise the dead
If you take us away
Still can we say:
Only a steel man can be a lover
If he had hands to tremble all over
We celebrate our sense of each other
We have a lot to give one another
Lyrics submitted by drinkmilk
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I realize that Mr. Stevens is very rooted in Christianity, which is why I think that if you are going to compare Superman to someone in the Bible Christ works I guess but I think Moses actually works better. Think about it, Moses was put into a basket and left to be taken in by a random family. (Sufjan actually wasn't too far from this himself, he was found on a doorstep in a crate). Superman was put into a giant pod and sent to live on earth to be taken in by a random family. Moses after growing up and becoming an adult went to protect the people from oppression, and injustice. Superman after growing up and becoming a man did practically the same. So yes Sufjan has a religious tone in his music and that's great I love it. But I really think Superman is more of a parallel to Moses than Christ.
Not that I'm an expert on christian mythos, but wasn't Jesus, as the son of god, left on earth by his father to teach people and what not? i mean the basket in the river compared to Sufjan's own life is pretty good, i just think it could still be Christ.