Visions of Gideon - Sufjan Stevens

I've got a vision So clear in my head It's a strange kind of prison It is and it isn't It's the life I'm bound to live Without ever knowing why It's the beauty of the morning It's the soft line of your thigh It's the day that I found your note As I walked along the shore I read the lines you wrote Left hidden in my coat It's the truth It's the truth And it's a lie She loved to be alone, alone To feel the shape of her self a home That could not be known Like a stranger on the street Whose eyes you fail to meet He loved to be alone, alone To feel the limits of his hours blown Scattered and thrown Like on a windy day All meaning cast away It's the truth It's the truth And it's a lie

Baby I heard everything you said When you gave me back my jacket Said have it, and over your shoulder Said, "Over means over You know we gotta kick this habit" I didn't wanna call you up I didn't wanna make this hard I ain't tryna unbreak up I'm just wishin' that you'd hop in your car 'Cause I'm having night visions Of you and me on the edge of my bed Your body on top of me Slipping you out of your dress Tracing your fingertips Up and down my tattoos Like you used to do I'm having night visions of kissin' Every spot I might've missed Mixing whiskey and drinking With the red wine on your lips Can't be a dream 'cause I don't sleep without you Baby, are you havin' 'em too? Night visions Night visions I can make it all day long Ain't got no reason to check out or scroll down Instagram, and check on you I'm alright, the skies are blue But when the sun goes down Start having night visions Of you and me on the edge of my bed Your body on top of me Slipping you out of your dress Tracing your fingertips Up and down my tattoos Like you used to do I'm having night visions of kissin' Every spot I might've missed Mixing whiskey and drinking With the red wine on your lips Can't be a dream 'cause I don't sleep without you Baby, are you havin' 'em too? Night visions Night visions I didn't wanna call you up I didn't wanna make this hard I ain't tryna unbreak up I'm just wishin' that you'd show up in the dark I'm having night visions Of you and me on the edge of my bed Your body on top of me Slipping you out of your dress Tracing your fingertips Up and down my tattoos Like you used to do I'm having night visions of kissin' Every spot I might've missed Mixing whiskey and drinking With the red wine on your lips Can't be a dream 'cause I don't sleep without you Baby, are you havin' 'em too? Night visions (Night visions) Baby, are you havin' 'em too? Night visions Baby, are you havin' 'em too? Night visions Oh, oh baby, are you havin' 'em too? Night visions Oh, oh Night visions

In sleep he sang to me In dreams he came That voice which calls to me and speaks my name And do I dream again? For now I find The Phantom of the Opera is there Inside my mind Sing once again with me Our strange duet My power over you grows stronger yet And though you turn from me to glance behind The Phantom of the Opera is there Inside your mind Those who have seen your face Draw back in fear I am the mask you wear It's me they hear My spirit and my your voice in one combined The Phantom of the Opera is there Inside my mind (He's there, the phantom of the opera) (Beware, the phantom of the opera) In all your fantasies, you always knew That man and mystery Were both in you And in this labyrinth Where night is blind The Phantom of the Opera is here Inside my mind Sing, my angel of music He's there, the Phantom of the Opera Sing, sing for me Sing, my angel of music Sing for me

High in the halls of the kings who are gone Jenny would dance with her ghosts The ones she had lost and the ones she had found And the ones who had loved her the most The ones who'd been gone for so very long She couldn't remember their names They spun her around on the damp old stone Spun away all her sorrow and pain And she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave Never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave They danced through the day And into the night through the snow that swept through the hall From winter to summer and winter again 'Til the walls did crumble and fall And she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave Never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave And she never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave Never wanted to leave, never wanted to leave High in the halls of the kings who are gone Jenny would dance with her ghosts The ones she had lost and the ones she had found And the ones who had loved her the most

If I could face them If I could make amends with all my shadows I'd bow my head and welcome them But I feel it burning Like when the winter wind stops my breathing Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone? I fear you won't I fear you don't And it echoes when I breathe 'Til all you'll see is my ghost Empty vessel, crooked teeth Wish you could see And they call me under And I'm shaking like a leaf And they call me under And I wither underneath in this storm I am a stranger I am an alien inside a structure Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone? With all my thoughts And all my faults I feel it biting I feel it break my skin, so uninviting Are you really gonna need me when I'm gone? I fear you won't I fear you don't And it echoes when I breathe 'Til all you'll see is my ghost Empty vessel, crooked teeth Wish you could see And they call me under And I'm shaking like a leaf And they call me under And I wither underneath in this storm I feel it And they call me under And I'm shaking like a leaf And they call me underneath to this storm

You come home late and you come home early You come on big when you're feeling small You come home straight and you come home curly Sometimes you don't come home at all So what in the world's come over you And what in heaven's name have you done You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness You're out there running just to be on the run Well, I got a heart that burns with a fever And I got a worried and a jealous mind How can a love that'll last forever Get left so far behind What in the world's come over you What in heaven's name have you done You've broken the speed of the sound of lonelines You're out there running just to be on the run It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow It's crossed the evil line today Well, how can you ask about tomorrow When we ain't got one word to say So what in the world's come over you What in heaven's name have you done You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness You're out there running just to be on the run You're out there running just to be on the run You're out there running just to be on the run

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع