Lyric discussion by ninerrl 

Cover art for Earth lyrics by Sufjan Stevens

I have three things to say about this:

1) as usual, it's a fantastic piece of music. 2) I think he's speaking of the fact that the earth sits apart from us because of the way we separate ourselves through being competitive and not respecting the planet. 3) at the end, it seems like he is playing out the scene of someone, at the end of his life, that sees what is really important. That's why he calls himself an idiot.

Again, A fantastic piece of music and part of a wonderful suite.