I wish everyone posting to this site would realize that Sufjan uses complex writing in his lyrics, shifting reference and narrator all the time...sometimes he speaks as one partner in a relationship or friendship sometimes as another. A great example of this is Springfield, where at times he speaks as the man in the affair and others as the woman. This is partly what makes his lyrics so mysterious, timeless and beautiful. It gives him great freedom to express the common human situation, frailty and triumph. Interpreting him too literally is a big mistake, and leads you to miss sooooo much in his music.
I wish everyone posting to this site would realize that Sufjan uses complex writing in his lyrics, shifting reference and narrator all the time...sometimes he speaks as one partner in a relationship or friendship sometimes as another. A great example of this is Springfield, where at times he speaks as the man in the affair and others as the woman. This is partly what makes his lyrics so mysterious, timeless and beautiful. It gives him great freedom to express the common human situation, frailty and triumph. Interpreting him too literally is a big mistake, and leads you to miss sooooo much in his music.