Sufjan Stevens - Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois + LYRICS + STORY

Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (2005)


1 Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois 2:08
2 The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Going To Have To Leave Now, Or, "I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!" 2:15
3 Come On! Feel The Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream 6:46
4 John Wayne Gacy, Jr. 3:20
5 Jacksonville 5:25
6 A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons 0:47
7 Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother! 3:04
8 One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman 0:07
9 Chicago 6:04
10 Casimir Pulaski Day 5:54
11 To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament 1:41
12 The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts 6:17
13 Prairie Fire That Wanders About 2:11
14 A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze 0:20
15 The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! 5:23
16 They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh! 5:10
17 Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bushnell 0:40
18 In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth 0:35
19 The Seer's Tower 3:54
20 The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders Part I: The Great Frontier Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now 7:03
21 Riffs And Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, And The King Of Swing, To Name A Few 0:47
22 Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run 4:22

When the revenant came down
We couldn't imagine what it was
In the spirit of three stars
The alien thing that took its form
Then to Lebanon, oh God
The flashing at night, the sirens grow and grow
Oh, history involved itself
Mysterious shade that took its form
Or what it was, incarnation, three stars
Delivering signs and dusting from their eyes


Sufjan Stevens on Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
“The story about space aliens visiting the earth first came to me when my dad said that he had been visited by space aliens. He smoked a lot of pot for a few years. He’d sit on the porch when it was raining and he’d smoke pot which.. I don’t really know what that does to your brain or how it affects you, of course, but he said that these men came with these lab coats and that they were from outer space and they wanted to take him away and do all kinds of tests and they showed him diagrams of the tests that they wanted to do and they wanted him to sign away to grant them permission.. and he somehow convinced them that because he had a big family and he had a lot of kids that he probably wasn’t the best person and that he had, you know, a lot of responsibilities, so they didn’t take him. I was really glad.”

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[MsAngie1945]

Thanks for posting!!! ...I just heard this song on a wedding video. Beautiful! I'll def have to listen to more of his music.

[MsKamillebidan]

used to give me goosebumps, still does

[2upclock]

@MrBigbadtennisplaya I believe he/she meant the song referred to in Frank's comment.

[MrBigbadtennisplaya]

@itsariella check the title of the video duh

[itsariella]

@frankguevara what is the song called?

[frankguevara]

the national totally jacked this melody from sufjan. its ok though, sufjan ain't mad

[GoldenToothBrush]

I love this song

[fillXinXblankXstares]

Why does this only have 1,467 view? THERE IS SOMETHING SO MESSED UP IN THE WORLD.

[mixxdupyoface]

The flute in this song is so pretty....