Music Monday: Vesuvius

Sufjan Stevens has been one of my favorite artists since about 2006. I always liked him, but when his album The Age of Adz dropped I was a bit disappointed except for this song. I hope you like it.

Here are the lyrics:

Vesuvius
I am here
You are all I have
Fire of fire
I’m insecure
For it is all
Been made to plan
Though I know
I will fail
I cannot
Be made to laugh
For in life
As in death
I’d rather be burned
Than be living in debt

Vesuvius
Are you a ghost
Or the symbols of light
Or a fantasy host?
In your breast
I carry the form
The heart of the Earth
And the weapons of warmth

Vesuvius
The tragic oath
For you have destroyed
With the elegant smoke
Oracle, I’ve fallen at last
But they were the feast
Of a permanent blast

Vesuvius
Oh, be kind
It hasn’t occurred
No it hasn’t been said
Sufjan, follow the path
It leads to an article of imminent death
Sufjan, follow your heart
Follow the flame
Or fall on the floor
Sufjan, the panic inside
The murdering ghost
That you cannot ignore

Vesuvius
Fire of fire
Fall on me now
As I favor the host

Vesuvius
Fire of fire
Fall on me now
As I favor the ghost

Vesuvius
Fire of fire
Fall on me now
As I favor the host

Vesuvius
Fire of fire
Fall on me now
As I favor the ghost

Vesuvius
Fire of fire
Fall on me now
As I favor your host

Vesuvius
Fire of fire
Fall on me now
As I favor the ghost

Vesuvius
Fire of fire
Fall on me now
As I favor the ghost

Fall on me now
Or follow down

Why does it have to be so hard?
Fall on me now
Or fall on the ground

Why does it have to be so hard?
Fall on me now
Or fall on the ground

Why does it have to be so hard?