Yeah they walk in while their father is having and affair and the "shuffling at the floor" is like when they catch a glimpse of their (him and his brother) father doing it with his mistress (witch). The mind that knows itself knows much more is that he didnt actually see his dad doing anything, but knowing himself he can pretty much guess what's going on. I think the best lines are when his dad comes out pointing at his throat, and his little brother has a fit in the snow stopping traffic (lol), brilliant. And "we take him by the elbow" is also great, its like both sufjan and his dad have to somehow reconcile his obviously traumatized little borther going nuts in the snow (lol). The repetitions of oh my god makes me think that he was quite traumatized by the experience, which isnt surprising for what I think is a very young sufjan stevens with his little brother in this story. Anyway all these really simple sufjan songs where he just uses his banjo-like-guitar are great like Romulus and For the Widows of paradise and the Upper Peninsula.
Yeah they walk in while their father is having and affair and the "shuffling at the floor" is like when they catch a glimpse of their (him and his brother) father doing it with his mistress (witch). The mind that knows itself knows much more is that he didnt actually see his dad doing anything, but knowing himself he can pretty much guess what's going on. I think the best lines are when his dad comes out pointing at his throat, and his little brother has a fit in the snow stopping traffic (lol), brilliant. And "we take him by the elbow" is also great, its like both sufjan and his dad have to somehow reconcile his obviously traumatized little borther going nuts in the snow (lol). The repetitions of oh my god makes me think that he was quite traumatized by the experience, which isnt surprising for what I think is a very young sufjan stevens with his little brother in this story. Anyway all these really simple sufjan songs where he just uses his banjo-like-guitar are great like Romulus and For the Widows of paradise and the Upper Peninsula.