Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People (Original Version) Lyrics

ehh. too indie broadway musical sounding for me i guess. damn

This song is everything

This song haunts me when i am not listening it and when i do, it frustrates me with all that cacophony. Best and worst song of Sufjan.

Just can't get over how nice this song is.

Tomorrow you'll see it through
The clouded out disguises put you in the room
And though I wandered out alone
A thousand lights abounded on our home
And I remember every sound it made
The clouded out disguises and the grave
So yeah I know I'm still afraid
Of letting go of choices I have made
All delighted people raise their hands
And I took you by the sleeve
No other reason than to be your leading man
And you woke up with a fright
Our lives depended on the visions through the night
And all we had always, all we had always wanted to before
The hurricane inclined us, grappling on the floor
All delighted people raise their hands
Still the force of nature spurned
Ideas of strength and style abated by the burning basement
All delighted people raise their hands
I'm not easily confused
The trouble with the storm inside us grew
But I had so much to give
In spite of all the terror and abuse
All delighted people raise their hands
And the people bowed and prayed
And what difference does it make?
It doesn't matter anyway
The world surrounds us with its hate
Hello darkness my old friend
I've come to strangle you in spite of what you'd like
And don't be a rascal, don't be a laughing dog in spite of odds
All I'm deciphering from the spirits in the light within
All delighted people raise their hands
In restless dreams I walked alone
The clouded out disguises left me in a dream of lightness
All delighted people raise their hands
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And what difference does it make?
I love you so much anyway
And on your breast I gently laid
Your arms surround me in the lake
I am joined with you forever
All delighted people raise their hands
I'm not easily confused
I feel alive I feel it glowing in the room
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands

Lyrics:

Tomorrow you'll see it through
The clouded out disguises put you in the room
And though I wandered out alone
A thousand lights abounded on our home
And I remember every sound it made
The clouded out disguises and the grave
So yeah I know I'm still afraid
Of letting go of choices I have made
All delighted people raise their hands
And I took you by the sleeve
No other reason than to be your leading man
And you woke up with a fright
Our lives depended on the visions through the night
And all we had always, all we had always wanted to before
The hurricane inclined us, grappling on the floor
All delighted people raise their hands
Still the force of nature spurned
Ideas of strength and style abated by the burning basement
All delighted people raise their hands
I'm not easily confused
The trouble with the storm inside us grew
But I had so much to give
In spite of all the terror and abuse
All delighted people raise their hands
And the people bowed and prayed
And what difference does it make?
It doesn't matter anyway
The world surrounds us with its hate
Hello darkness my old friend
I've come to strangle you in spite of what you'd like
And don't be a rascal, don't be a laughing dog in spite of odds
All I'm deciphering from the spirits in the light within
All delighted people raise their hands
In restless dreams I walked alone
The clouded out disguises left me in a dream of lightness
All delighted people raise their hands
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And what difference does it make?
I love you so much anyway
And on your breast I gently laid
Your arms surround me in the lake
I am joined with you forever
All delighted people raise their hands
I'm not easily confused
I feel alive I feel it glowing in the room
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands
All delighted people raise their hands

I want this on my funeral

This song is quite the achievement. I cannot recall a song this long that manages to stand alone as a single piece and not a two or three parter (or five parter like with SufJ's "Impossible Soul".

named after former mayor

hello to Laurie Murphy..she knows Sufjan.. powerful music .just discovered 4of July..at Los Angeles library they carry his music. thanks LA..that gorgeous library.Riordan

God, this amazing song makes my emotions crazy. When I hear it, such a strong nostalgia and happiness rages inside me. I don't think I deserve to hear this magnificent song. Truly, a piece of art.

i was coming down from a bad acid trip my 1st year of college when i heard this song for the first time- right as the sun was rising- and to this day that was the closest ive ever come to a true religious experience. i cant put it into words- just fucking magical. thank you for everything sufjan<3

This song is fkn. Brilliant

This is so ambitious! I love it, it's creative and very innovative, these are rare qualities with music created today.

this song sounds like laundry detergent

i have no idea what this means but i agree

in an alternate universe where sgt. pepper's was written by will toledo

I pooped to this song

We all have!!

"And what difference does it make? I love you so much anyway..."

Oh, I love you a lot.
Oh, I love you from the top of my heart <3

this is the beginning of everything

I've been listening to this song on repeat for about 3 days now. I can't stop

i will never stop loving this

Sufjan just musically flexing using lyrics from Sound of Silence

Why can't I be happy

It’s been a year since you wrote that comment. How are you feeling now? I hope you’re well, love.

Bee
Awh. That’s so sweet-Bee. I hope you’re also doing well.

Where the Fuck I can download this shit illegaly? Help.

Francisco Javier it's on his bandcamp for free

rbt.asia, search for the album + either mega, zippyshare or mediafire

Meu deus ..isso é tão maravilhoso !!! Esse coro feminino me arrepia demais !!!

Não esperava por outro brasileiro que também gostasse! kkkk

@Gustavo Rodrigues eu TB sou brasileira e amo.

Sufjan's best album imo

everyone realizes this eventually. it's a masterpiece.

On a higher plane than 99.9% of the music out there.

uuuuu yes daddy uwu nut nut nut

what the fuck

Me fascina esta canción. Sufjan por momentos me hace acordar a Jeff Buckley cuando utiliza su falsete. los climas de esta pieza me parecer geniales.

Dhani Cordoba El tipo es un genio musical, transmite tanto en unos minutos, desde lágrimas a sonrisas

Estoy de acuerdo, colega

I just keep crying this song I can't

to mals

This song is basically The Sound of Silence meets Eleanor Rigby.

meets God

7:00 on is my favorite part. the whole songs amazing but something about the ending just hits me. probably my favorite opening to an album ever.

Totally get you, it gives me a sad but warm feeling

his best song imo

hard to disagree

Kip Fisto second only to Impossible Soul in my opinion

Second to Majesty Snowbird

I spy M2K under the V on the album cover ;)

Suf2Jan

"Hello darkness, my old friend", that's a line from The sound of silence. Tribute?

+scndsky He wrote this song with The Sound of Silence in mind as the biggest influence ;-)

apparently he loves Simon and Garfunkel A LOT, so probably, yes.

+scndsky So is "And the people bowed and prayed / to the neon god they made". Quoting or referencing _The Sound of Silence_ is not new, but it's still powerful. Neil Peart referenced it with "the words of the profits are written on the studio walls". (As opposed to prophets.)

definitely a tribute

Sounds of Silence is woven in at many points. At 3.20 he sings almost unaccompanied:
And the people bowed and prayed
And what difference does it make?
It seems reasonable to suspect this is an homage to The Smiths song from Hatful of Hollow. Bit more of a stretch, the falling phrases eg pray-ee-ay-ee-ay-ee-ayed echo Beethoven's Appassionata sonata second movement. The cover art is a collage of delighted faces. Perhaps there are more things in here?

this song travels beyond.

All delighted people, raise your hands.

I would play this song really really loud, and fall into it.

+Jacob Swenson Yes bro!

Jacob Swenson strongly recommend everyone do this. It's so immersive.

this song is like a apocalyptic choral. Remembers me of a poem by Wallace Stevens, Sunday Morning. The entirely creation and recreation of the world through sounds!

F'n Epic Jam! This song needs a LOST, Breaking Bad, Or a Walking Dead Montage to go with it. Know what I mean?

I literally have no idea what you mean.

2 years later, and I know exactly what you
mean!

This is so good I'm dying

I masturbated to this song.

@João Paulo Jucá While I checked my texts.

I fucked to this song.

METTPUDEL me, too!

I committed a tax fraud

thanks for letting us know

As someone who loves this entire song, start to finish... thank you.

Oh my God, I'm crying. I didn't see that coming.

i tried -- in vain-- to put the mess in my veins

Pretty sure 4k views are mine by now.

Ignacio DS, more cool you can not be. Great pic BM 👏🏼

Here's a link to 8:13. You can thank me later.

Doesn't work, dumbass. Fuck you, son of a bitch.

Why you gotta be like that, love? At least he tried 💀

He does, of course, sing them in a new light. In the context of the rest of his lyrics. Which I think is great.

I don't know the context of this conversation, but I disagree with this. I think the possibility for new music far outweighs the possibility for new lyrics. I think recent decades are a good example of this with the increase of electronic music. I do agree there is a lot of room for new lyrics and expressing new ideas through them though. I think this is kind of funny because a lot of the lyrics in this song are from The Sound of Silence, a Simon & Garfunkel song.

Or you could buy the song and listen to it on something that does...

I love all of his songs, they are so beautiful(: now THIS is real music.

nice man, thanks for the upload ! :)

Squint hard enough

Good point, and it reminds me of another thing that folks do; they judge the music on the purely sensual level without comprehending the lyricism or the deeper purpose of the music. Especially with indie music, so many folks will listen to music that sounds like other music they like (for example, "I like Grizzly Bear because they sound like [insert another indie band] without a. understanding a word of the lyrics or b. understanding that so much modern music is totally based on effects.)

genesis..... really?

There is nothing in this song like Genesis lmao

You tube should create a visualizer option.

Man, I think you've missed the boat on understanding music then...

It's art. It's going to be pushed forward. Also, the 70's produced a lot of bad music too - but hate the game, not the players (commercial music usually blows).

Grammar *

There are so many things wrong with your paragraph that I can't address it fully at all and I do like Genesis. However, this is one of Sufjan's least tracks. Great, however he has much greater. Your judgment seems solely based on you preference to instrumental music, which is honestly pointless for recent decades. You really can't create new MUSIC (this is clear).Vocals and Lyrics are now what really set artists apart. Sufjan not only excels at singing, he's a brilliant songwriter and musician.

there are grandiose songs... and then there is this.

One word. Euphoric.