The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part 1: The Great Frontier; Part 2: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by musicforlife! 

Cover art for The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part 1: The Great Frontier; Part 2: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now) lyrics by Sufjan Stevens

I believe this song is in 5/4 time (or some form of five). The pulses seem to occur on beat 3, then 2 beats after. Then the song seems to switch to 4/4 (or maybe cut time? I'm really bad at determining the difference). There aren't many (recent) popular songs in this time signature. If anybody else has more knowledge (which I bet a lot of people do), please post it because I seriously wish to know!

First part is 11/4. Or 5/4 and 6/4 repeating over and over again. You're right, the second part is 4/4... I love time signatures.