The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! Lyrics - Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens

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 

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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! Palisades 

I can wait. I can wait. 

Lamb of God, we sound the horn. 

Hallelujah! 

To us your ghost is born. 

Hallelu- 

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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 back seat 

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, terrible storm 

I can tell you...