Lyrics:
Sufjan Stevens

Part I: "The Great Frontier" I count the days the Great Frontier Forgiving, faced the seventh year I stand in awe of gratefulness I can and call forgetfulness

We didn't sleep too late There was a fire in the yard All of the trees were in light They had no faces to show I saw a light in the sky Seven swans,

Abraham, worth a righteous one Take up on the wood, put it on your son Lake or lamb, there is none to harm When the angel came, you had raised your arm

When He took the three disciples To the mountainside to pray His countenance was modified His clothing was aflame Two men appeared, Moses and Elijah

I'd swim across lake Michigan I'd sell my shoes I'd give my body to be back again In the rest of the room To be alone with you To be alone with you To

He was, he was in the churchyard My father was in the first part He came, he came to my bedroom But I was asleep, he woke me up again to say "Halle,

I never felt so safe A line I once told her Warm resting place Her arm on my shoulder You are the rock, you are the rake You are the one when I watch

Oh my God I can't believe it What went wrong? The human race, in it's place Superstition Man's religion And conditioned Mysteries incomplete And the

their graves, They came up clapping in the spirit of the aviator The sound of the engines and the smell of the grain We go riding on the abolition grain train Steven