[00:00.34]The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! - Sufjan Stevens[00:02.68][00:18.83]Thinking outrageously I write in cursive[00:23.34]I hide in my bed with the lights on the floor[00:27.49][00:28.21]Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers[00:32.58]I see my own breath on the face of the door[00:37.00][00:37.63]Oh, I am not quite sleeping[00:41.78][00:42.59]Oh, I am fast in bed[00:46.33][00:46.96]There on the wall, in the bedroom, creeping[00:51.79]I see a wasp with her wings outstretched[00:55.87][01:34.46]North of Savanna we swim in the Palisades[01:38.93]I come out wearing my brother's red hat[01:42.86][01:43.57]There on his shoulder, my best friend is bit seven times[01:48.95]He runs washing his face in his hands[01:53.14]Oh, how I meant to tease him[01:57.81]Oh, how I meant no harm[02:02.31]Touching his back with my hand, I kiss him[02:07.09]I see the wasp on the length of my arm[02:11.70][02:30.59]Oh, great sights upon this state, hallelu…[02:40.12]Wonders bright, and rivers, lake, hallelu…[02:49.13][02:49.68]Trail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake, hallelu…[02:58.87]Trusting things beyond mistake, hallelu…[03:08.02][03:17.94]We were in love, we were in love[03:21.89][03:22.51]Palisades, Palisades[03:24.86]I can wait, I can wait[03:27.31]Lamb of God we sound the horn[03:34.65][03:35.49]Hallelujah[03:36.64][03:37.73]To us your ghost is born[03:44.22][03:44.78]Hallelu…[03:45.55][03:47.37]I can't explain the state that I'm in[03:51.03][03:51.81]The state of my heart, he was my best friend[03:55.70][03:56.56]Into the car, from the backseat[04:00.42][04:01.17]Oh, admiration in falling asleep[04:05.19][04:06.00]All of my powers day after day[04:10.00][04:10.84]I can tell you we swaggered and swayed[04:14.60][04:15.31]Deep in the tower, the prairies below[04:19.32][04:20.02]I can tell you the telling gets old[04:23.92][04:24.91]Terrible sting and terrible storm[04:28.72][04:29.49]I can tell you the day we were born[04:33.44][04:34.19]My friend is gone, he ran away[04:38.24][04:38.89]I can tell you I love him each day[04:42.87][04:43.63]Though we have sparred, wrestled and raged[04:47.50][04:48.37]I can tell you I love him each day[04:52.25][04:53.10]Terrible sting and terrible storm[04:56.95][04:57.65]I can tell you…