A Loverless Bed (Without Remission) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by SmallFoxes 

Cover art for A Loverless Bed (Without Remission) lyrics by Sufjan Stevens

I think we're missing a big piece of the song here. These lines have not yet been addressed.

"And I close my eyes To everything you've rearranged And I close my mind To everything you've kept the same Put the axle on and roll again"

I've always seen these lines as being addressed to God. I think this is saying that God is always changing some things and keeping others constant and when we're going through difficult times it is hard to recognize or accept this.

I think that the narrator is speaking to God in the last line as well. I think "To the woman you've turned red again" means that God has ended this relationship, making this woman single.