Sufjan Stevens - Will Anybody Ever Love Me? (Official Lyric Video)

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Sufjan Stevens - Will Anybody Ever Love Me? (Official Lyric Video)

‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023

Video credits:

Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Rena Johnson

Featuring artwork by Sufjan Stevens

Lyrics:

Chase away my heart and heartache

Run me over, throw me over, cast me out

Find a river running to the west wind

Just above the shoreline

You will see a cloud

Tie me to a tiny wooden raft

Burn my body, point me to the undertow

Push me off into the void at last

Watch me drift and watch me struggle

let me go... ’cause I really wanna know:

Will anybody ever love me?

For good reasons

Without grievance, not for sport

Will anybody ever love me?

In every season

Pledge allegiance to my heart

Pledge allegiance to my burning heart

Hello wildness please forgive me now

For the heartache and the misery I create

Take my suffering as I take my vow

Wash me now, anoint me

With that golden blade

Tie me to the final wooden stake

Burn my body, celebrate the afterglow

Wash away the summer sins I made

Watch me drift and

Watch me struggle, let me go

’cause I really wanna know:

Will anybody ever love me?

For good reasons

Without grievance, not for sport

Will anybody ever love me?

In every season

Pledge allegiance to my heart

Pledge allegiance to my burning heart

Credits:

All instruments and lead vocal by Sufjan Stevens.

Additional vocals by adrienne maree brown, Megan Lui, Hannah Cohen.