Sufjan Stevens - Shit Talk (Official Lyric Video) 

You made me cry when I was 13, and here I am at 32 crying again. I love you so much, Sufjan. Thank you for your beautiful existence.

**slaps roof of Shit Talk** This baby can fit so many lines that make me cry in it

The last time I ever saw my Dad, we we're driving back to the airport and this album had just come out. I listened to this song most of the way there and feel in love with it. My dad passed a month later back, in November. This song means so much more to me now.

listening to this after finding out he dedicated the album to his partner who passed away recently has shattered my heart

“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” ― Jamie Anderson a beautiful and touching album, brought me to tears

On a whim I decided to listen to Javelin in one sitting after being a casual Sufjan fan over the years. Up until now I enjoyed Sufjan from the lens of the gorgeousness of the melodies and arrangements without paying close attention to the lyrics. After listening to Shit Talk a couple of nights ago, something has unlocked within me. I have broken down in tears repeatedly after many listens. The way this song is constructed perfectly captures the cadence of a loving - and yet real - relationship that is winding down for the sole reason of sickness and death. The incessant "I don't want to fight at all" after the standard verse, chorus, verse, chorus structure captures how easy it is as a choice to cast aside any negative emotions you bore during the relationship and instead choose pure connection during those last weeks, days, hours, minutes ... you are clinging to what you can and it's all you can focus on. The following instrumental stunningly captures the moment of passing, and the purity (and profoundness) of release that comes when a loved one who has been sick passes. They are at rest. I never thought feelings I had buried would ever be presented to me so truthfully in a song. For such a sad song to end on such an airy high really does make me want to choose to cherish life while it is here. Sufjan's official coming out and the dedication to his late partner sends the song over the edge for me. As a gay man there's always a layer of suppression that you feel, whether you've come out or not. It's a force of habit even if you are proud of who you are. I'm not sure Sufjan's reasons for not addressing his sexuality up until the release of this album. In making the announcement of his partner's passing at point of release this song becomes the penultimate love song, where he never needed to parade his partner to the world during life, but in his passing is honouring him in such a sacred way.

This beautiful song is the culmination of not only his entire discography, but all the grief Sufjan's accumulated in his life. To take such pain and transmute it into something so beautiful is the highest form and function of art. We are all very lucky to be alive for Sufjan Stevens.

The outro f---ing breaks my heart. When he just writes the words without saying them.

3:41 this fucking moment is unbelievable

wow, I don't think a lyric video itself has ever made me cry before -- the ending where it fades into those beautiful cinematic chords, with the words "i will always love you" repeating without sound 😢

The way that lyrics 'I will always love you' still apears in the ambinet part and knowing the fact that this album is dedicated to his late partner who passed away this April just anihilates me. Never thought that lyrical video can struck me so hard.

This is not music. This is prayer.

"i will always love you, but i cannot live with you" hits so close to home

when he sings "hold me tightly lest I fall", right before the chorus, there's this heartbreaking vulnerability to it. Almost like a desperate cry out for divine comfort

I am in tears. This resonates.

oh my gosh this might be one of the most beautiful sufjan songs ever

Just gorgeous. I love that the song is called "Shit Talk" but it's a beautiful meditation on loneliness and separation and love.

Oh please Sufjan keep fighting

I felt sad listening to the album. I thought this song was the resolution to my sadness. Then I saw his instagram post about him dedicating the album to his late partner. That felt like a javelin stabbed through my heart 😭 I just want to give Sufjan a good long hug 😢

I lost my dog, my best friend, the only one in this world who knew my true tears, the one who's been part of my life for 12 years, on the last Saturday. He stayed with me until he couldn't anymore. He did his best to stay for as long as he could, but his time... just came. And I feel like a piece of my heart went with him. A piece of who I am. My days feel empty without him, his presence, the reassurance of having him here, of thinking he'd always be here bc he's always been. This album is helping me with the grief. Especially ending with There's A World. A more positive and optimistic note after the pain of loss, as if things could somehow be better. Once again, your music brings solace and comfort to my soul. Can't thank you enough, Sufjan

Knowing that the album is dedicated to his ex-partner, the "I will always love you" at the end of the video hurts even more.

RIP Evans Richardson 💔

Sufjan is a transcender. He lives his art. Lives to expand the limits of art itself.

This might be best song of the year. Whole album makes me cry

Just listened to this song for the first time...one of the best songs of 2023, and an instant classic! Thank you, Sufjan!

This track is eight minutes but feels like eight seconds. Eight thousands more listens and an ocean full of tears. Thank you Suf.

the gradual, haunting degradation of the "i will always love you" written at the end hasn't left my mind since i first saw it. reminds me of a breakdown-one moment everything is ok and you think that you're doing well but it only takes one second to realise you're not and suddenly everything hurts. sufjan, oh how much you mean to me. wishing you a swift recovery and an abundance of strength, now and forever. we love you more than you may ever know ❤

this whole song is a masterpiece but 5:50 is where it hits me the most, like after all of that build up it just breaks down like that? i don’t know, it just feels like the loss of love but also feels like it’s never ending and it’s devastating

This song feels like it's physically killing me with heartbreak but I still come back and listen to it every day.

It's a hell of a thing, to turn all that heartache and pain into such beauty. Thanks SS. x

This album, man. This album.

'i don't want to fight at all' blends into 'i don't want to fight it off' the more you sing it and it hits me so hard

reminds me of blue bucket of gold. The way the sounds just take over at the end. the phrase “I will always love you” levitating to the sky, bit by bit, almost like a prayer. love this video, song, and sufjan. this whole album is what I needed after a pretty lousy year 😅

Cuts deep. Thank you for your music Sufjan!

I decided to listen to this album for the first time while taking my dog for a walk on a beautiful autumn evening and by the time I got about halfway through this song I was full on crying lol. The entire album is a masterpiece but this song especially hits so hard.

3:12 - 4:06 just incredible. The best song I’ve heard in a long time

Cried so hard to this, as usual when listening to Sufjan. Amazing album.

Sufjan cuts me to the core with so many songs, but this one really takes the cake. Fucking devastating and beautiful, viscerally kind of hurts to listen to. Amazing.

Death Teaches us what Love should: Acceptance All the outro reminds me of is how acceptance is an inherent part of grief...

I have not heard a song in a very long time that gives me goosebumps and want to cry my eyes out at the same time.

Sufjan is a music genius. I can’t imagine my life without his music

Heaven is a place on Earth listening to Sufjan records

This song just broke my heart and then put it back together.

My little niece, my only niece is 4 months old today. She is the most precious .my sister had a really tough time ,worked very hard to conceive her. I wanted to adore her,watch her grow , cherish every bit of her. In stead I'm just leaving the country far,far away to continue my study to become a pulmonologist.these things bug me of course but all on a sudden the thought of loving and missing her and not being able to be with her brought tears to my eyes as I was listening to this. Beautifully sad 🙂

this has been my favourite so far, didn't even notice it was 8 minutes long!

this is the best thing hes ever made

Sufjan is truly a genius

I can’t believe he pulled off another masterpiece

For fans of Sufjan, Polyenso might be your vibe too. They both give off bittersweet vibes. Not to take away from Sufjan tho, dude is the goat at such genuine emotive lyrics.

Absolute masterpiece.

this is my favourite track in javelin. it just makes me FEEL. thank you sufjan.

Thank you for being the soundtrack to my trials of life and love. You make this world a better place through your music.

I'm only here to comment. This hit me like a truck, like few songs ever have. I'm not sure I ever want to listen to that again

The beginning reminds me of The Dress Looks Nice on You and then absolutely flourishes. Beautiful!

How he went from ''I love you but I can't live with you'' and then ''I love you but I dont wanna see you'' to ''Hold me tightly lest I fall'' to ''I don't wanna fight at all'' is what hit me the hardest bc coming to terms with how you truly feel and dealing with reality amidst confusion and loss is damn near paralyzing. A true definition of careful song progression and perfect song structure. Vocal performance was perfect as well as they multi-vocal layering's mixing. This is the best song of the year.

Jesus, this has made me full-on cry more times than not while listening to it. That last crescendo and the ambient ending… fuck, that hits _hard._ Just shreds any last remnants of the shield you put up for most of your life. You’d think a song called “Shit Talk” wouldn’t be the most devastating song of the year, but here we are. How many artists are putting out some of their best material on their _tenth_ album?

It's a bright sunny day with the cool ocean breeze blowing my ruffled baggy clothes on the bow of a great ship 🚢. Bravo Suffy J. Love you.

Absolutely incredible! Best song on the album.

Sufjan, this love letter is pure ART. From beginning to the end. This track had me shedding so many tears. Your music is a gift to the world. Thank You for allowing the music to simmer on the outro and allowing us to connect without lyrics. Such a pure heart. Again, Thank You!!

this is my favorite song on the album. So goooood.

Absolutely incredible, this instantly became one of my favorite songs!

This is one of the most beautiful and painful and loving songs I have ever heard. Truly, I am grateful to have listened to it and to have it in my life. Absolutely gorgeous.

you, sir, are magic. your music sounds like it’s from another realm entirely. pure magic ❤️

Describing my feelings at now. Sad and beautiful..

Idk why I listen to this album while I'm working, it always brings me to tears

Sublime.... King of the intro/outro slays again! Love, love, love. xxx

Thank you so much for the music you bring to the world!

This one is up there. Just something magical in this song.

Holy shit... shit talk is so amazing! Sufjan, sounds trite but pain gives us gifts we never knew we needed. Love 2 ALL

The scale of divinity was destroyed. The beauty I can't measure.

All these years, still meaningful & beautiful. Thank you 🌻🤍✌️

This song breaks my heart in so many ways

pain through strings.... Strings to heart ..... Tears .... SS❤...

Thank you for once again sharing the beauty of your heart with us, Sufjan. I'm sorry for your loss.

Wat een prachtige song. Tekst, melodie , raakt tot diep in mijn vezels. Song van het jaar en nu al een klassieker.

Two Genious Stevens Dessner = Masterpiece

Been listening for 20 years, I member.

This song is simply incredible! love it

Thank u for this sufjan. I love you so much from argentina ❤ your music is one of the most beautiful things i've heard in my life

2:23-3:12 always breaks me

Okeyy this is my fav song😭❤️👍🏾

This is a whole heckin' vibe. I foresee many beautiful covers of this from various artists in the future.

Straight up masterpiece. Staggering beauty. Thank you Sufjan Stevens xox

I will always love you.

im bursting into tears by how beautiful this is

Totally not crying my god damn eyes out. Nope. Definitely not. Amazing, thank you!

The art on these lyric videos is so beautiful

Bu şarkı çok farklı vurdu beni. kalbinde cayır cayır yanan ateşi o kadar iyi biliyorum ki ayrı üzülüyorum senin için sufjan.

This is pain, grief, regret, and love at the same volume and time and it is perfect.

See why couldn’t I say it the way he said it?

Ah yes quality music. Thank you Sufjan.

New Sufjan Stevens album let's go!!

The man is a genius

The greatest 9 minutes

sufjan, não esperava menos 🇧🇷

This song everyday 🤟🏻

Thank you sufjan

Always perfect

I fucking love it. I hear some Radiohead shit then it moves into Dvorak with the French horn (I think) and, of course, hints of The Phantom Menace. Nobody else in the world would've thought of this composition and thought it would be beautiful, but it is beautiful and you are Sufjan Stevens after all. 💙❤🤍

so beautful i ❤you suf!!!