Jupiter Lyrics - Sufjan Stevens

My father, working nights 

First shift, eternal light 

The curse of Adam labor 

Outside, in the parking lot 

The current of wind and the light went hot 

He held his head in terror 

By jove and by surprise 

The current of lightning filled with light 

It burned his hands with symbols 

White noise as Lucifer 

The sacred fire, the sacred fern 

Conceived with holy water 

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His radiance in the dark 

Mysterious shape or beauty mark 

As if it were Minerva 

Breastplate of Jupiter 

The hovering deep, he spoke the word 

The light, the virgin creature 

All dreams and all disease are fantasy features, ill-conceived 

Illusions worth remembering 

My father, late at night 

Forbidding death, he kissed the light 

As Jupiter transfigured 

I need you to change me, prevent you, persuade me 

By jove 

I need you, sensation, my virtue, persuasion 

By jove 

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Father of light 

Father of death 

Give us your wisdom, give us your breath 

Summoner says that Jupiter is the loneliest planet 

Red right eye 

Put in its place 

Under your foot, carpenter's cape 

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet 

Floundering star 

Failed that you are 

Fevering pitch 

Figure of speech 

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet 

Say it with faith 

Say it with force 

Say it to my face 

Put me in place 

Sermon of death says Lucifer is the only conquest 

Hurricane heart, hurricane haste 

Wandering star, pick up your pace 

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the only contest 

Father of light 

Father of death 

Give us your wisdom, give us your breath 

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet