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745,146 Views • Premiered Sep 13, 2023 • Click to toggle off description
‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023
Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Stephen Halker
Featuring artwork by Sufjan Stevens
Lyrics:
Chase away my heart and heartache
Run me over, throw me over, cast me out
Find a river running to the west wind
Just above the shoreline
You will see a cloud
Tie me to a tiny wooden raft
Burn my body, point me to the undertow
Push me off into the void at last
Watch me drift and watch me struggle
let me go... ’cause I really wanna know:
Will anybody ever love me?
For good reasons
Without grievance, not for sport
Will anybody ever love me?
In every season
Pledge allegiance to my heart
Pledge allegiance to my burning heart
Hello wildness please forgive me now
For the heartache and the misery I create
Take my suffering as I take my vow
Wash me now, anoint me
With that golden blade
Tie me to the final wooden stake
Burn my body, celebrate the afterglow
Wash away the summer sins I made
Watch me drift and
Watch me struggle, let me go
’cause I really wanna know:
Will anybody ever love me?
For good reasons
Without grievance, not for sport
Will anybody ever love me?
In every season
Pledge allegiance to my heart
Pledge allegiance to my burning heart
Credits:
Written by Sufjan Stevens
Background vocals: adrienne maree brown, Megan Lui, Hannah Cohen
Everything else by Sufjan Stevens
Views : 745,146
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Premiered Sep 13, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.948 (217/16,591 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-02T01:49:08.936571Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
This is just my own opinion, but I'd call this the #1 single of the year.
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Sufjan makes music you didn't know you needed. His melodies and lyrics consistantly appeal on a humanist level.
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The fact that he plays every instrument on not only this song but so many of them amazes me. he's so genuinely vulnerable and talented and I cant put into words my appreciation for him
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All the artwork in this video comes from the 48-page booklet of artwork and essays made and written by Sufjan himself. The booklet is in every CD & LP and you can pre-order the full album (avail. Oct 6) on CD, LP or pre-save it for your streaming platform here: https://sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin
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Gonna Edit this comment when I hear this music, so far, the response: WE LOVE YOU SUFJAN
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This really sounds like the #1 track of 2023 on a list of the top 50.
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Wishing a full recovery to Sufjan 😊 get well soon, my friend
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Its Fantano's Song Of The Year!!
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Keeping you in my prayers and thoughts everyday Sufjan Stevens for recovery. You incredibly mean so much to me and my life. Thank you for your service 🙏
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Sufjan, Brazil loves you a lot!! 🇧🇷❤
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For some strange reasons this song didn't feel sad to me. It made me feel less alone; as if someone has been living inside my head, writing all my thoughts out.
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He has such an incredibly way of speaking to the soul, his lyrics are so clearly personal and so universal that his music has over his career not only become, but truly felt like, the soundtrack of my life.
If you read this, I’m so thankful for you Sufjan, and thank you for another gift you’ve brought to the world.
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My personal opinion is that this is the best song of 2023
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Should be the theme song for anyone that ever suffered through online dating lol
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WINNER
Single of The Year 2023
The Needle Drop
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I just want to say thank you, Sufjan.
Your music has changed my life
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This is my Super Bowl, and the snippet I've heard already makes me so very very very happy. Good to have some Banjo era Suf again!!!
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this dude has been consistent af since the 90s and still sounds fresh
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The beauty that humans can create will never cease to blow my mind
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@brianle5891
7 months ago
He’s back to depress and soothe me at the same time, Sufjan, you legendary man.
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