Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part 1: The World's Columbian Exposition; Part 2: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by imaginaryordinary 

Cover art for Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part 1: The World's Columbian Exposition; Part 2: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream) lyrics by Sufjan Stevens

the only part of this song that has not been anazlyed, as far as I can see, is the "I was hypnotized, I was asked, to improvise, on the attitude and regret of a thousand centuries of death." Which I think is the most important line in the song. I think it is talking about how man first started using agriculture 10,000 years ago, and as a result, the earth has been dying ever since.