he sings the last bit: "we were in love, palisades, i can wait. I can't explain the state that I'm in, the state of my heart, he was my best friend..he ran away" with so much feeling you can tell that "buddy" stii haunts him a little to this day. there's still love for him in his heart
@@elijahaguirre3268 I think it's quoted on the Genius Lyrics page of this song. I believe it's mentioned somewhere in this Salon Magazine interview: www.salon.com/2017/06/03/sufjan-stevens-bryce-dessner-nico-muhly-planetarium/ If you can't find it, here's the quote from the Genius Lyrics annotation: In a 2017 interview with Salon, he described it as being “an awakening,” and explained that it happened when he was in high school, around the age of 16.
him talking about the song is half the fun! i can listen to this song literally anytime i want, but hearing him describe it is the part that makes concert tapes magical.