Sufjan Stevens - Everything That Rises (Official Lyric Video)
Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: https://sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin
‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023
Video credits:
Featuring artwork by Sufjan Stevens
Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Stephen Halker
Additional animation: Rena Johnson
Lyrics:
Can you lift me up to a higher place?
Forget everything that was before
Turn your face around
Like the salted sphere
Turn yourself around
To see what once was there
Everything that rises must converge
Everything that rises in a word
Everything that rises must converge
Everything that rises...
Jesus lift me up to a higher plane
Can you come around before I go insane?
Cast me not in hell
Where the demons rage
Turn yourself around
To see what I can save
Everything that rises must converge
Everything that rises in a word
Everything that rises must converge
Everything that rises....
Turn yourself away
From the wickedness, I said
Evil comes to play
In the image of the dead
Everything rises, must converge
Everything rises in a word
Everything rises, must converge
Everything rises....
Credits:
All instruments and lead vocal by Sufjan Stevens.
Additional vocals by adrienne maree brown, Megan Lui, and Hannah Cohen.