Opie's Funeral Song Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jeisenbe 

Cover art for Opie's Funeral Song lyrics by Sufjan Stevens

the fire in the tree reminds me of the movie pleasantville when reading books sets the trees on fire, symbolizing the way people's minds were opened--almost literally like learning to see in technicolor! maybe this person's existence or friendship initiated a reaction in the narrator's mind, setting their mind ablaze, maybe igniting passion or destroying old ideas.