Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better (Live at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, 2016)

I should have known better
To see what I could see
My black shroud
Holding down my feelings
A pillar for my enemies
I should have wrote a letter
And grieve what I happen to grieve
My black shroud
I never trust my feelings
I waited for the remedy
When I was three, three maybe four
She left us at that video store
Oh, be my rest, be my fantasy
Oh, be my rest, be my fantasy
I'm light as a feather
I'm bright as the Oregon breeze
My black shroud
Frightened by my feelings
I only wanna be a relief
No, I'm not a go-getter
The demon had a spell on me
My black shroud
Captain of my feelings
The only thing I wanna believe
When I was three, and free to explore
I saw her face on the back of the door
Oh, be my rest, be my fantasy
Oh, be my rest, be my fantasy
I should have known better
Nothing can be changed
The past is still the past
The bridge to nowhere
I should have wrote a letter
Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling
Don't back down, concentrate on seeing
The breakers in the bar, the neighbor's greeting
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination
Don't back down, there is nothing left
The breakers in the bar, no reason to live
I'm a fool in the fetter
Rose of Aaron's beard, where you can reach me
Don't back down, nothing can be changed
Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination
Illumination
Writer: Sufjan Stevens
Lyric Should Have Known Better © BMG Rights Management

[@gabrielmandler9090]

Currently, there are 109 views. Why nobody is seeing this???

[@fildzahazka1877]

this video published in black & white but I can feel tons of color in it thru his music, magical!!!

[@shannonhearts1]

He's an angel. What beauty he brings to the world 💞

[@bitofblurrrr]

I love listen to this. It gives me goosebumps. I can barely understand why sufjan is so underestimated. This is the best song and the best love version 🍀💞

[@vicboy7712]

I'm fucking crying a lot, I feel the same vibe with my mother

[@jaymarks6501]

Playing this again and again and again....what a groove!

[@jvt6]

Sufjan’s smile is everything. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽for full recovery🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@bitofblurrrr]

This song means my hole entire life to me. My mother's death when I was barely 10 years old, and now that I'm 26 her mother (my grandma) suffered from a cardiovascular accident and now she's in nursing home because of her needings. I should have known better what was going to happen and do everything I could do to avoid this situations.

[@cottonjun01]

I was listening to the live version on spotify and I had to find a live video of this

[@pdemendonca]

Love this song and this live version! Thank you for posting!

[@prathmeshpatil5513]

I should have wrote a letter

[@user-rp1ld9jo6k]

miss u my dear grandpa

[@baebald1842]

absolutely fantastic performance of this. i love you sufjan

[@lucianavillaverde1577]

🙌 love this song💖

[@luisloayza6864]

Surfjan Stevens

[@jaymarks1]

I love this!!!! Does anyone know who the band or singers are? They're all great.

[@septianparadesa9056]

It's Sufjan Stevens. He is really a good singer. You should listen to Carrie and Lowell whole album

[@fadge4105]

👌

[@alfredino6700]

2:50 the worst is behind

[@platosplatoon6873]

2:54 she's cool

[@vadimborisov4824]

I wrote a letter :) did not help though