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The Sleeping Red Wolves Lyrics
Wake up, wake up, you sleepy red wolves
Your time has come to be altered in stars
From out of the red river you run
Wagging your tails with your backs to the bark
All the red stripes of the righteous will get you
Yours will be feathered and fallow unfarmed
All of your lives have been lifted in riches
Come to me, love to me, all my red stars
La la la la la . . .
Look up, look up, you sleeping horsemen
All the confinement that comes to your heads
From out of the rainbow we fall
Come to me, love to me, all my red stars
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the red stars the impostor has lived in
Don't be afraid be of what you have given
La la la la la . . .
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
(Wide, sharp, different, impossible, slow, slow, slow, slow)
Wake up, wake up, you sleepy red wolves
Your time has come to be altered in song
Your time has come to be altered in stars
From out of the red river you run
Wagging your tails with your backs to the bark
Yours will be feathered and fallow unfarmed
All of your lives have been lifted in riches
Come to me, love to me, all my red stars
All the confinement that comes to your heads
From out of the rainbow we fall
Come to me, love to me, all my red stars
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the red stars the impostor has lived in
Don't be afraid be of what you have given
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
All the impossible shapes we live in
Don't be afraid be of what we are given
Your time has come to be altered in song
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This song is featured at the end of the DVD disc for Sufjan's "The B.Q.E." After the last track "Critical Mass," there is a sound & video collage featuring leftover photos & video clips. This song immediately follows the montage. You can hear the song here (as long as it's up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxHEiF_aBjI
It has the same chord progression as Isorhythmic Night Dance.
The words in the background are from the Marzuki song "Stone."
They are "wide, sharp, difference, impossible, stone, stone, stone, etc..."
The original Marzuki lyrics are slightly different: "wide, sharp, difference, leaving a light, wood, difference, killing a stone, stone, stone, etc..." Sufjan has also been singing "Stone" on the Carrie & Lowell Tour, but he's been singing ,"Wide, sharp, difference, killing a stone..."