The Mistress Witch From Mcclure (or, The Mind That Knows Itself) Lyrics - The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras From Illinois Album - Sufjan Stevens

And the winter moves about Illinois 

When my sister picks a fight 

With the Alexander boy 

And my father locks the car by the store 

Still we figure out the keys 

And follow him once more 

Oh my God, we see it on the floor 

The woman on the bed 

The ankle brace she wore 

Stones and sled 

It could have been some other 

The mind that knows itself 

Has a mind to serve the other 

But we run back, scratching at the door 

Scratching at the door 

If I'm hiding in the sleeves of my coat 

When my father runs undressed 

He's pointing at my throat 

And my brother has fit in the snow 

And the traffic stops for miles 

We take him by the elbow 

Oh my God, the shuffling and the floor 

A mind that knows itself 

Is a mind that knows much more 

So we run back, scrambling for cover 

The mind that knows itself 

Has a mind to kill the other 

(Oh my God, no one came to our side 

To carry us away from danger) 

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Oh my God 

He left us now for dead 

He left us now for dead 

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