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Sufjan Stevens, "Eugene" (Official Audio)

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From the album CARRIE & LOWELL
Buy it: akrec.co/akr099... / Album stream: akrec.co/1xuiuN0
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records
More info: carrieandlowell...
LYRICS:
Light struck from the lemon tree
What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?
Lemon yoghurt, remember I pulled at your shirt
I dropped the ashtray on the floor
I just wanted to be near you
Emerald Park, wonders never cease
The man who taught me to swim, he couldn’t quite say my first name
Like a father he led community water on my head
And he called me “Subaru”
And now I want to be near you
Since I was old enough to speak I’ve said it with alarm
Some part of me was lost in your sleeve where you hid your cigarettes
No I’ll never forget
I just want to be near you
Still I pray to what I cannot see
In the sprinkler I mark the evidence known from the start
From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess
Far away the falcon flew
Now I want to be near you
What’s left is only bittersweet
For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me
Now I’m drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away
What’s the point of singing songs
If they’ll never even hear you?

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@runeiiii 9 лет назад

Subaru Stevens' best album.

@mirelluna 9 лет назад

Tosteky hahaha

@Ryuhza 9 лет назад

Tosteky That's Sirfjam Stephanapolous to you.

@beachsquint 9 лет назад

Tosteky "And he called me Subaru." what is this... why are people crying to this song

@davidrwlinge 9 лет назад

beachsquint Because people are crying over the idea and execution, not because of that lyric in particular. This song and this album is far more than the sum of its parts.

@jacobmarkgraf5698 9 лет назад

beachsquint I think it was playing with the verse from earlier where he says "the man that taught me to swim couldn't quite say my first name."

@lawrencecook9300 8 лет назад

I call my Subaru "Sufjan"

@lilyvenable4327 7 лет назад

That's beautiful

@edmundmetzold 3 года назад

You to Sufjan: "Call my Subaru by your name and I'll call your Subaru by mine"

@JimmyChaos1985 9 лет назад

'Now I'm drunk and and afraid / wishing the world would go away / what's the point in singing songs / If they'll never even hear you'

@MrHunterWiseman 8 лет назад

+James Pearce that line hit me so hard first time I heard it.

@JimmyChaos1985 8 лет назад

Me too, lots of hard hitting lyrics on this record, a work of amazing emotional honesty.

@jamespearce9973 3 года назад

I still play this song on my battered accoustic regularly (And badly!) And we share the same name. Life is weird.

@klatkyllingen 7 лет назад

Sufjan: "♪ lemon yoghurt ♫" Me: thanks I want to die

@domuv383 7 лет назад

hahahahah

@galihhad 6 лет назад

me literally

@wolfgangmercury774 6 лет назад

Are you suicidal?

@detectivezinc1365 5 лет назад

why?

@hospital4146 5 лет назад

i love the replies not knowing this is a tumblr post and thinking op actually wants to die bc sufjan said lemon yoghurt

@magicblini 4 года назад

I started to listen Sufjan Stevens after watching call me by your name, i believe, as many people did. It's really weird, even the way he writes his songs reminds me of that movie but in general his songs make me feel like i'm watching a movie somehow. And the lyrics are something i've never experienced in other songs before. It's so sincere and hauntingly beautiful. I'm just glad that he exists.

@danygc2851 2 года назад

Comparto tu opinión.

@aubreysmith6650 2 года назад

Sameeee the one song visions of Gideon is my favorite

@LucidEyes17 7 лет назад

I like how sufjans lyrics mention small details in his memory that other songwriters might never include it feels literary

@mhad4308 3 года назад

Everybody’s got a style

@anemoea 4 месяца назад

lemon yorgut

@s.wellington4237 9 лет назад

This is like an adult lullaby, so calm and thoughtful...

@cwalker120 8 лет назад

the saddest part to me is when he says "what's the point of singing songs if they never even hear you", because I do, and I know people who feel that way unnecessarily.

@mowp 11 месяцев назад

And here I'm feeling the same as you 7 years later

@georgenassr6133 11 месяцев назад

@@mowpsame here

@davido2927 8 лет назад

"And he called me “Subaru” touched my heart and "What’s the point of singing songs If they’ll never even hear you?" broke my heart.

@sotcefa 4 года назад

Shout out to my 11th grade geography teacher for showing me this, thank you for never giving up on me and helping me through some of my darkest days dealing with depression. Wherever you are right now, I hope life always brings you nothing but the best. Thank you for everything.

@aziara369 3 года назад

Oh my god. Your geography teacher has a beautiful soul. Happy you're doing well now ❤

@michaelhuston4439 4 месяца назад

Lit teacher for me

@julianormond373 8 лет назад

i will always hear you, subaru

@gilespeterson6832 6 лет назад

If someone makes this album into a movie, I think we'll all pass out from the greatness behind it.

@tommyo.3535 4 года назад

In order to pull that off the director would have to get the dual meaning behind a lot of the lyrics: he is at once attempting to conjure old childlike memories but more often than not relying on and evoking the childish and unhealthy vices in the present (ie. at the time of heavy grief over his mother's death.) There's a yearning for connection and recollection of any kind with his mother but there's nothing there. No closure at all. Sure this could be done with film but the landscape photographs accompanying these videos already do enough, I think.

@jakepicker7363 4 года назад

My friend i would watch that movie over and over again! the closest thing I can get to a movie for this album is to write my thesis on it! (which is actually what I'm doing! Im conceptualizing the grief Sufjan weaves into his lyrics with the understandings of grief and mourning from contemporary scholars in grief! its really fun to write.)

@slyfox22283 3 года назад

Try the works of Jonas Mekas remind me a lot bout sufjan

@luriv37 3 года назад

The closest thing of a movie similar to this album is 'Manchester By The Sea' cause of the grief theme revolving around them

@SummersSamantha 5 лет назад

Omg just realized he says "wonders never cease" in both this and Mystery of Love

@donrob7779 3 года назад

Mystery of love says “will wonders ever cease”

@chloetry206 8 лет назад

I grew up taking swim lessons in Eugene too. Circa 1995. No dad, just swim teachers. Luv u Subaru

@ahoybobby 4 года назад

This song brings up such specific memories for me since I lived in Eugene as a teenager, plus seeing Sufjan playing it in Portland, with the crowd laughing at the Subaru line, then him legitimately choking up later in the song when the emotions of the song coupled with him being back in Oregon got the best of him. Probably the most real and raw moment I've ever experienced at a concert. It's right near at top of the heap for me

@ravinginfected 9 лет назад

Album of the year.

@rnmusic-gt7zw 9 лет назад

***** that was last year I think ariel pink but it was a very good album I agree

@johnpino6545 9 лет назад

ravinginfected This and To Pimp A Butterfly for me. Maybe Panda Bear vs. The Grim Reaper. Three of my favorite albums ever released within 3 months of each other.

@rrbelriz 9 лет назад

ravinginfected definitely

@RobertHo987 9 лет назад

ravinginfected pitchfork readers.., 2015 has just begun

@jasonwyman1873 9 лет назад

ravinginfected It truly is. I've heard mixed reviews, but this is an emotionally charged masterpiece.

@juliaolson9703 9 лет назад

I am still a kid but this whole album makes me feel nostalgia

@andresmattar8325 6 лет назад

I listened to this album at 15 yo, now im 19 and is even more nostalgic.

@lanieloading9833 5 лет назад

I'm 17 and I love the whole thing

@tunderclach6035 4 года назад

Oop, ig im 15 now, just had my bday yesterday😔👌, and same, its a great song

@khaled-yo4ro 3 года назад

I guess you're not a kid anymore...

@baronroaster404 2 года назад

@@andresmattar8325 now you're 21. Feel old yet?

@GoodVibe007 8 лет назад

my friend played this when I was drunk last night n when i heard this i slept so good n woke up sober...

@Jeremy.Bearemy 5 лет назад

Really good music can make you sober BEFORE you sleep

@timothycharlesorr 6 лет назад

Incredible song. Most touching lyric for me: Lemon yogurt, remember I pulled at your shirt I dropped the ashtray on the floor I just wanted to be near you Captures a feeling of innocence, love and misunderstanding

@samsalamander8147 11 месяцев назад

This song and Wallawa lake Monster are like small snapshots that could almost be my life, I almost feel like I have those same memories, they are similar enough to feel connected to these songs in a way I haven’t felt connected to a song before. I learned to swim by a lifeguard that led community swim lessons on the beach on Cape Cod. My Mother was an alcoholic, heavy smoker and my Parents are divorced and have been since I was about 2. I’m also Gay the only difference is I’m a girl but it’s still so similar it’s funny but it’s also sad that that could be such a universal memory for so many people, I don’t like the idea of anyone living a similar sad life as mine it makes me feel horrible.

@kbold 8 лет назад

My dad passed away 6 months ago. This song is one of the only things that can make me cry uncontrollably over painful memories. Ya got to me, Sufjan.

@velocityJE 8 лет назад

+Kelly Bold my dad died in 2012. i loved him dearly, and this album was a revelation for me. sorry for your loss, it's a pain that doesn't end. i believe what this album embraces is hope in loss.

@lucajohnson5915 8 лет назад

That last stanza makes me so sad every time

@player-ic9yj 3 года назад

listened to this last night, the day before my brother's 15th birthday. He's disabled, can't walk or talk- doesn't know that though so he's probably the happiest kid around. his life will be short though. sort of an unspoken truth in our family, i remember being told when i was young he'd probably only live til around 17. It hit me like a bus last night, how i've sort of ignored this anticipatory grief and tried to hide the inevitable fact that my brother will die, and his death will crush our family. There's not anything that can be done about this fact, it can't be prevented in any way. Thought i'd write about this here cos last night this song drowned every cell in my body with sadness while soothing me at the same time. I'm glad im confronting this now, i am determined to enjoy the time i have now with him and hold this pain close with me. Fuck its taken me 17 years myself to realise this though

@max_mittler 3 года назад

I think "Still, I pray to what I cannot see / In the sprinkler, I mark the evidence known from the start" is an underrated line. To me i'm imagining when you see a rainbow in the mist of a sprinkler. To see that beauty at an emotional moment (in this case, a loved one on their death bed) could be a strong symbolic moment, to which Sufjan ascribes a connection to a higher power. That symbol is confirmation to him of what he's known all along, god is watching. I think a lot of people have had this moment without verbalizing it. A beautiful coincidence happening at just the right moment that it couldn't have been an accident.

@hawksnacks-2419 6 лет назад

Light struck from the lemon tree What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene? Lemon yogurt, remember I pulled at your shirt I dropped the ashtray on the floor I just wanted to be near you Emerald Park, wonders never cease The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name Like a Father, he led community water on my head And he called me “Subaru” And now I want to be near you Since I was old enough to speak, I've said it with alarm Some part of me was lost in your sleeve Where you hid your cigarettes No, I’ll never forget I just want to be near you Still, I pray to what I cannot see In the sprinkler, I mark the evidence known from the start From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess Far away, the falcon flew Now I want to be near you What’s left is only bittersweet For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me Now I’m drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away What’s the point of singing songs If they’ll never even hear you?

@madiserket2 3 года назад

thank you, Viper

@fucker9002 2 года назад

Yoo viper

@jdl9623 9 лет назад

And I'm crying because so many people here are.

@gabrielledennis549 2 года назад

"Some part of me was lost in your sleeve where you hid your cigarettes."

@wasmuu828 2 месяца назад

This song has made me cry over and over and that hasn't changed yet

@chloe8605 5 лет назад

This whole album reminds me of quiet afternoons sitting with my favorite English teacher working on stuff for a program I was trying to get into. He has always believed in me, and he always made sure I knew he was there to listen to my thoughts and ramblings when I thought no one else wanted to hear them. Sufjan Stevens was one of the first artists he introduced me to, so every time I play his songs I feel a bitter-sweet twinge in my chest. Although those special moments have passed, I can still feel the same warmth and support I had three years ago, and I know that there are more people out there who want to listen and to be heard.

@lightfighter263 8 лет назад

This entire album is so damn good and so damn sad.

@rolotomassi8767 8 лет назад

I know this isn't what this song is about. But this song reminds me of an unrequited love in my life.

@pagandaddy_exe 8 лет назад

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there,especially those no longer here today. We are proud of you and everything you do for us. We love you.❤️❤️

@madberlin 7 лет назад

Agree

@blahblahblahblahbla2705 6 лет назад

I thought we were supposed to smash the patriarchy...🤔

@candidbranch3619 9 лет назад

This song has a v v v v v v v v v v v nice Simon and Garfunkel sound to it. One of the very best albums,,,, thank you thank you thank you Sufjan ! ! ! !

@leetom1553 3 года назад

Wow I’ve loved sufjan stevens for years now and never have heard this even though I’m from Eugene. My heart is melting. I’m gonna cry

@rrbelriz 9 лет назад

It breaks my heart over and over again... I can totally relate to the feelings that this song describes... Thanks, Sufjan for this work of art

@pelicanman96 9 лет назад

I want him to come do a concert in Eugene. I'd love to see him perform in the city that much of this album takes place. edit: plus I live in Eugene and want to watch him live...

@rohitsapkota186 8 лет назад

where is eugene ?

@pelicanman96 8 лет назад

Rohit Sapkota Oregon

@ashinlong6375 8 лет назад

+you-are-the-pelican-man I live in Eugene too and I would kill to see him live /:

@Wqllflower 6 лет назад

Me too

@aiyayas 4 года назад

My great grandmother passed away a year ago. I remember sitting with her as she played with me. I always ate yogurt at her house and I swam for the first time at her house. She’d sing to me and smile no matter what. I had so much to say to her. The last words she said to me was “Ilove you more” She really did love me more.

@jazzarazzatfc5047 7 лет назад

i wish i could write songs like this, the tune for "the man who taught me how to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name" is splendid.

@Glub2 3 года назад

this album came out the year my grandma died of cancer. I sat by my pool that September and bawled like a baby to the whole album. I listen to it start to finish whenever I wanna feel close to her

@zeeby24 3 года назад

It’s so surreal to hear him sing about the place I grew up, he articulates exactly how I feel about it in a way I never could

@charpnatl 2 года назад

It’s amazing how he can say such loud things while singing so quietly.

@TheAtlanticPuffin 9 лет назад

The best is not behind; it is everywhere and still to come. The pride Carrie must have felt in her son and his songs will live forever. Every time he sings a new one as universal as this, it will be heard. And the song itself will hear Carrie's glowing approval.

@CouveTJ 9 лет назад

According to iTunes I have listened to this song 42 times already (and I just got it 3 weeks ago!). I estimate 30-35 of the listens were in my...wait for it...SUBARU!

@bellatanner6343 4 года назад

I came across a Sufjan Stevens song, it was “The Only Thing” and two years later I am an avid fan of Sufjan Stevens, only 19, but I am striving to own all of his music on records and hopefully see him in concert one day. ♥️

@claire4233 5 лет назад

with every "i just wanted to be near you" my heart breaks a little more

@MetroodNot 4 месяца назад

Keep your eyes on the lights, and the children's laughter.

@miat9039 3 года назад

Dont know why but everytime i listen to this songs i keep thinking of the words;I wanna see you smile at me but i never notice your scars.

@ana-he9cw 5 лет назад

'Since I was old enough to speak' that bit is beautiful

@BF-bk5sv 4 года назад

So, I live in Eugene. I can't with Sufjan. I can't. How many times must you make me cry ;P

@fanabot4048 6 лет назад

Yo someone just dedicated this song to me and I'm fkn crying hahah

@musicmathchocolate 2 года назад

December 2014- a few days before Christmas- my husband said terrifying things to me that gave me my first panic attack and marked the beginning of the end of our 16-year marriage. 6 weeks later a friend my age died suddenly in his sleep. A few weeks later another friend committed suicide. Shock, grief, I was in a fog. Meanwhile I had tickets to see Sufjan. I didn't have anyone to go with me so my (then) husband came. Sufjan sang every song from this album- the most beautiful sounds I've heard, the best concert I've been to, no question. I turned next to me and saw my husband- how do I process this? I don't know. All I know is that Sufjan helped me cry. I felt bonded to you that night, Sufjan. We both had something to grieve. This is the song that stuck with me the most: "I want to be near you."

@victoriamatamoros9828 8 лет назад

Easily his best album to date.

@zkentzkentzkent9004 7 лет назад

one of the best songs ever written! we hear your songs from here Turkey:) thanks

@mothysjar 4 года назад

This song made me miss everything about my grandmother, including her terrible smoking habit and crass language. I don't grieve for long, but I will miss her fondly, even if I know I can never truly be near her again. Miss you, nan.

@xe6355 5 лет назад

Putting this on loop makes it sound like a never ending song, since instrumental music is so consistent and steady... beautiful piece

@bobbiejansen5495 6 лет назад

I grew up in Eugene..so much of this album takes me back there!

@erdemcuhadar9204 6 лет назад

This is the best song I have heard in the 2010s so far.

@chauchau435 3 года назад

This song is like a drug, now I need to hear this song every single day

@rosakami1588 2 года назад

Something about this song the instrument and lyrics explain a specific abandonment that happens when theres unresolved feelings with someone whos death is near. That pain is unbearable. Sufjan is a legend.

@yas6520 Месяц назад

this song is blowing my mind because I LEARNED HOW TO SWIM AT EMERALD PARK! I SPENT SO MANY SUMMERS THERE!

@evanhubbard146 8 лет назад

I heard this in a porn film and have been looking for it for a year.

@jaime18638 7 лет назад

Did you got it? xD

@salva.fiona.a 7 лет назад

dude i commented the link...

@jaime18638 7 лет назад

Where?

@salva.fiona.a 7 лет назад

Jaime Arias THE VIDEO HAS BEEN REMOVED NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@evanhubbard146 7 лет назад

Palo o Yea I was looking for it the other night and it's gone.

@JustUrNotAverageNerd 5 лет назад

i can’t get over how nice this song is. it’s so calming and yet really makes you think; it’s got this playful tone about it (i still can’t take the “and he called me subaru” line seriously lmao) but also gets pretty serious in its lyrics... such a good musical contrast. plus, the acoustic, gentle sound to his songs will forever have my heart

@daa7697 5 лет назад

How come i just knew this songgg gg where ive beeeeeen😭

@luluhasleftthechat5911 6 лет назад

So I already know and love this song, and while hearing it, I always just get sad but don't cry. But after reading the comments, no matter if emotional or not, I just can't hold it back anymore.

@Vinn_K 6 лет назад

"Now I’m drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away" me

@karlhuttenmeister Год назад

This album should be turned into a movie, regarding the reason why it was written. Heartbreaking.

@rorydiamond2389 9 лет назад

best track

@alexismilton8848 4 года назад

just listened to this album for the first time recently and i don't know what took me so long. i've been Going Through It recently and this month marks 10 years living in the same Eugene this song is based on. really thankful to find this music at this time. this album is stunning.

@NaslYani 3 года назад

HELLO FROM TURKEY this song very good thank you Angelica :)

@hollywitham5388 3 года назад

Sufjan Stevens : "lemon yogurt", "he called me Subaru" Me: * openly weeping *

@praggyab 5 лет назад

Sufjan Stevens creates magic ❤️

@Crawlonthebeat 2 года назад

when i listen songs like this one i don't know why always it send my mind into a fantasy world

@rizalaziznugraha 9 лет назад

this song is wonderful! i played it first when i went to listen this album

@domingovonmeyer8147 3 года назад

I find it very intresting how Sufjan Stvens manages to write lyrics about life, they seem so simple but so deep , maybe the guitar contributes to this feeling

@chocolatefrogs1992 2 года назад

The man who taught me to swim He couldn't quite say my first name Like a father, he led Community water upon my head And he called me "Subaru". And now I want to be near you. Lines like these are what separate the greats from the good. Aspiring folk artists, take note.

@carleycatlover45 Год назад

I found sufjan through a friend. Even my aunt said it's lovely peaceful but sad music. She usually hates songs like this . This reminds me of my grandad .

@rbcghost 4 года назад

crying for 2 minutes and 24 seconds straight never felt so good

@morriskaller3549 4 года назад

This song is too relatable I can't keep listening to it

@litbowie 2 года назад

i love you sufjan.

@zig_YT 3 года назад

anyone else who listened on repeat?

@eli_r_q 4 года назад

A thing I've noticed is that Sufjan Stevens' songs are written like poems, and I think this is most obvious here.

@willaminab7024 3 года назад

Sufjan cured my headache

@ProfessorChomsky 9 лет назад

Magnificent....

@lampidea7517 4 года назад

My life is like ''What’s the point of singing songs. If they’ll never even hear you?''

@ladybird134 6 лет назад

the more i listen to sufjan, the more i find it similar to bob dylan as they both are great poets and musicians. his music is unique as well. i think it should be called sufjan genre ( what a beautiful name)