How Can the Stone Remain? Lyrics

Lyric discussion by rocknrollgirl47 

Cover art for How Can the Stone Remain? lyrics by Sufjan Stevens

The stone would probably be the heart of stone mentioned in Ezekiel 36:26. But you're right, it's an obstacle of sorts. Rather than two persons of oneself, I think of the two as God and man, his struggle is about being one with God--an idea that probably riddles his mind. I hear "as a half Manchurian plain" or "a half maturing plain/play" or something like that. Probably maturing... At the end he's saying "How can the stone remain" backwards.