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

                
                
Sufjan Stevens《Illinois》封面
Sufjan Stevens的这首歌名字长得出奇，而且多少带着点恐怖片的吓人味道，但Sufjan的声音没有一丝让人害怕，而是非常温暖，非常动人。《The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!》选自专辑《Illinois》，这是在他和乐队移居到伊利诺斯州后发行的专辑，专辑里写了很多与伊利诺斯相关的故事，像什么目击UFO、小丑打扮的连环杀手等等。说老实话，如果不像Sufjan Stevens那样在唱歌前做足功课，或者对Illinois的州文化、历史有着很深刻的了解，要体会这张专辑是相当困难的。所以，只挑选了《The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!》这首歌，因为它的旋律，因为Sufjan美好的声音，还有巧妙隐藏在这些美好下面的黑暗故事。
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Sufjan Stevens The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!--lyrics
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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We were in love. We were in love.
Palisades! Palisades! Palisades
I can wait. I can wait.
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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...
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