Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! + LYRICS

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

Thinking outrageously, I write in cursive
I hide in my bed with the lights on the floor
Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers
I see my own breath on the face of the door

Oh, I am not quite sleeping
Oh, I am fast in bed
There on the wall in the bedroom creeping
I see a wasp with her wings outstretched

North of Savanna we swim in the Palisades
I come out wearing my brother's red hat
There on his shoulder my best friend is bit seven times
He runs washing his face in his hands

Oh, how I meant to tease him
Oh, how I meant no harm
Touching his back with my hand, I kiss him
I see the wasp on the length of my arm

Oh, how I meant to tease him
Oh, how I meant no harm
Touching his back with my hand, I kiss him
I see the wasp on the length of my arm

Oh great sights upon this state, hallelu�
Wonders bright, and rivers, lake, hallelu�
Trail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake, hallelu�
Trusting things beyond mistake, hallelu�

We were in love, we were in love
Palisades, Palisades
I can wait, I can wait

I can't explain the state that I'm in
The state of my heart, he was my best friend
Into the car, from the backseat
Oh, admiration in falling asleep
All of my powers, day after day
I can tell you, we swaggered and swayed
Deep in the tower, the prairies below
I can tell you, the telling gets old
Terrible sting and terrible storm
I can tell you the day we were born
My friend is gone, he ran away
I can tell you, I love him each day
Though we have sparred, wrestled and raged
I can tell you, I love him each day
Terrible sting and terrible storm
I can tell you

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[Inkeyes00]

My favorite sufjan stevens song

[lombmusic07]

I think Sufjan narrates a girl's experiences of her first crush...and that's amazing, if you think about it

[pixiebells]

@sangrealhande 1-I agree, I take his lyrics literally, why have so few people seen it that way? And that's why I'm going to hopefully use it someday in a move I'm writing now about two boys who fall in love with each other in the 17th century. 2-bonus points for using heteronormative correctly :)

[IElrekkaI]

@lombmusic07 It's a song about something that happened to himself at a summer camp when he was I think 8

[OkinawaShisa]

My friend told me about this song. I love my friend c:

[lombmusic07]

@sangrealhande That is PC and rather literal. How about leaving space for others' interpretations, without coming in here with a verbal hammer.

[sangrealhande]

@lombmusic07 or if we leave the heteronormative glasses aside he's telling his own experiences of his crush on his best friend.

[handyparkour]

thnx storror :)

[FyerBear]

Chaps on Tour brought me here- And I'm glad they did!

[lombmusic07]

@lombmusic07 It's so vivid it would be amazing for anyone, girl or boy, with a recollection of their first time being in love.

[SirProspekt]

I just discovered this band, and this song...

So much better late than never ^_^

[lombmusic07]

@heytoguy Whatever floats your boat

[heytoguy]

@lombmusic07 It's about a childhood friend of his, I think he said.

And why a girl's?

[JazzyCrunch]

The piano part that begins at 0:57 is amazing (as is everything else in the song), great song as usual

[Jakopr044]

@heimburgchr22 :O :D xD :P

[heimburgchr22]

@Jakopr044 mine three!!

[Jakopr044]

@Inkeyes00 mines too!!!

[SuperWutang12]

nice song



[Lisawsome]

This song is amazing XD all of them are though <3

[FunkyInMyHouse]

I love this song!



[Nitros65]

Thanks a lot for all the Sufjan Stevens! You're really great!