Light struck from the lemon tree What if I'd never seen Hysterical light from Eugene? Lemon yogurt Remember I pulled at your shirt I dropped the ashtray on the floor I just wanted to be near you Emerald Park, wonders never cease The man who taught me to swim He couldn't quite say my first name Like a father, he led Community water upon my head And he called me "Subaru" And now I want to be near you Since I was old enough to speak I've said it with alarm Some part of me was lost in your sleeve Where you hid your cigarettes No, I'll never forget I just want to be near you Still I pray to what I cannot see In the sprinkler, I mark the evidence Known from the start From the bed near your death And all the machines that made a mess Far away the falcon flew Now I want to be near you What's left is only bittersweet For the rest of my life Admitting the best is behind me Now I'm drunk and afraid Wishing the world would go away What's the point of singing songs If they'll never even hear you?
nice. I wish my choir had sung Sufjan haha. Carrie and Lowell is easily one of the best albums of the decade. Oh, but his last name is spelled with a V, not a ph, so the title of the video could be corrected.
Light struck from the lemon tree What if I'd never seen hysterical light from Eugene? Lemon yogurt, remember I pulled at your shirt I dropped the ashtray on the floor I just wanted to be near you Emerald Park, wonders never cease The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name Like a Father he led community water on my head And he called me "Subaru" And now I want to be near you Since I was old enough to speak I've said it with alarm Some part of me was lost in your sleeve Where you hid your cigarettes No I'll never forget I just want to be near you Still I pray to what I cannot see In the sprinkler I mark the evidence known from the start From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess Far away the falcon flew Now I want to be near you What's left is only bittersweet For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me Now I'm drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away What's the point of singing songs If they'll never even hear you?
Hearing a song about someone's childhood experiences sung by young people is especially heartbreaking. This is a beautiful cover.
A beautiful cover of Mr. Subaru's song. This deserves to be seen more than just 14k views!
It does this particular song justice, I think.
This is fucking crushing. Unbelievably beautiful cover of an unbelievably great song.
nO I'M NOT CRYING WHAT
*crying with you* No, i'M nOt WeePinG!
every time i hear this i start sobbing
I keep coming back here.
I typically don't enjoy choral covers of pop songs, but this one works so well. Gotta love Sufjan!
Figures; Sufjan isn't pop.
@@ajesco i think his newer songs might be classified as pop
Sufjan's songs are perfect for choir.
Beautiful. I'd love to hear the whole album like this.
What a lovely and such sensitive performance of the songwriter’s intimate experience. Thank you
this is so beautiful and heartbreaking, incredible work
Light struck from the lemon tree
What if I'd never seen
Hysterical light from Eugene?
Lemon yogurt
Remember I pulled at your shirt
I dropped the ashtray on the floor
I just wanted to be near you
Emerald Park, wonders never cease
The man who taught me to swim
He couldn't quite say my first name
Like a father, he led Community water upon my head
And he called me "Subaru"
And now I want to be near you
Since I was old enough to speak
I've said it with alarm
Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
Where you hid your cigarettes
No, I'll never forget
I just want to be near you
Still I pray to what I cannot see
In the sprinkler, I mark the evidence
Known from the start
From the bed near your death
And all the machines that made a mess
Far away the falcon flew
Now I want to be near you
What's left is only bittersweet
For the rest of my life
Admitting the best is behind me
Now I'm drunk and afraid
Wishing the world would go away
What's the point of singing songs
If they'll never even hear you?
Thanks for showing the lyrics to this lovely song. Before I read it, I thought the opening line went thus: "Light struck from the lavatory" - oops!
I cant tell you how much I love this cover
nice. I wish my choir had sung Sufjan haha. Carrie and Lowell is easily one of the best albums of the decade. Oh, but his last name is spelled with a V, not a ph, so the title of the video could be corrected.
Chris Greene he corrected it
We should’ve petitioned CJ to let us sing a Sufjan song for one of our pops concerts. Missed opportunity!
Your effort gave me a goosebump while listening to one of my all time fav.songs. Greetings from Turkey. With love and joy
this is really beautiful. made me cry a bit. you guys are awesome!
Truly astonishing, one of my fav songs from that amazing album
♡
this is so incredibly beautiful
Amazing!
So beautiful....
This is so beautiful it made me cry
A true delight, well done all involved!
So glad someone did this
Speechless
Goosebumps omg
Perfect
Incredible
Beautiful
amazing
Gorgeous!
very very beautiful.
This is amazing!
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Big ups to teacher for arranging this
really beautifull.. i love this. it's comforting
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lovely job ladies
Angelic 💗
beautiful arrangement. kind of wish it was just a little bit faster :) but that is beautiful...
You can adjust the speed in RUclips - go to the gear, click playback speed, and go to custom.
Light struck from the lemon tree
What if I'd never seen hysterical light from Eugene?
Lemon yogurt, remember I pulled at your shirt
I dropped the ashtray on the floor
I just wanted to be near you
Emerald Park, wonders never cease
The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name
Like a Father he led community water on my head
And he called me "Subaru"
And now I want to be near you
Since I was old enough to speak I've said it with alarm
Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
Where you hid your cigarettes
No I'll never forget
I just want to be near you
Still I pray to what I cannot see
In the sprinkler I mark the evidence known from the start
From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess
Far away the falcon flew
Now I want to be near you
What's left is only bittersweet
For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me
Now I'm drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away
What's the point of singing songs
If they'll never even hear you?
im crying
Wow
This choir has a new collection of songs to sing: "Javelin" by Sufjan Stevens. ;) It's practically made for choir singing.
omg that was so impressive
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so beautiful and evangelical!
1.25x speed is more on par with the original recording.
@coastalsoundmusic Do you know if Sufjan has heard this?
I just wanted to be near you
This is beautiful. Does anyone know if he's seen this?
This literally sounds like you’re sinking into depression. :(
Look how they ate that
the short haired girl, second one from the right 0:45, is really cute
Beautiful!