John My Beloved (iphone Demo) Lyrics - Sufjan Stevens

Are we to speak, first day of the week 

Stumbling words at the bar 

Beauty blue eyes, my order of fries 

Long island kindness and wine 

Beloved of John, I get it all wrong 

I read you for some kind of stone 

Covered in lines, the fossils I find 

Have they no life of their own? 

So can we pretend sweetly 

Before the mystery ends? 

I am a man with a heart that offends 

With its lonely and greedy demands 

There's only a shadow of me 

In a manner of speaking I'm dead 

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Such a waste, your beautiful face 

Slumbering carpet arise 

But you and your ring, your life-giving string 

Come to me now as a friend 

If history speaks, the kiss on my cheek 

I'm painting the hills blue and red 

They said beware, Lord hear my prayer 

Anointing my love on your head 

So can we be friends sweetly 

Before the mystery ends? 

I love you more than the world can contain 

In its loneliest ramshackle head 

There's only a shadow of me 

In a manner of speaking I'm dead 

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I'm holding my breath 

My signature death 

What can be said of my heart? 

If history speaks, the kiss on my cheek 

Where there remains but a mark 

Beloved my John, so I'll carry on 

Counting my cards down to one 

And when I am dead, return to the bed 

My fossil is bright in the sun