Are You Writing From The Heart? Yes, Sufjan Steven Is. (Part 2)

       Have I told you how great a music artist Sufjan Stevens is? How fantastic and heartfelt his songs are? How poetic, poignant and smart his lyrics are? How therapeutic and cathartic most of his songs are? How soothing his voice is, and how a lot of people are ruing the fact that Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran and other artists inferior to him are selling more records than him? How he writes heartbreaking songs about the hurtful relationship he had with his deceased mother? How plaintive his love songs are? That I listen to nothing but his music these past few months? I already did? Oh, okay.

       Here’s Sufjan lamenting the indifference of his enchanting beloved towards him...

Enchanting Ghost

Tell me what you saw in me
And I’ll try to replicate it with a scene
Mm-mmm
If it troubles you to breathe
Wait a moment; I could change the scenery
Don’t carry on carrying efforts, oh no, oh oh oh oh
Somewhere there’s a room for each of us to grow
And if it pleases you to leave me, just go, oh oh oh oh
Stopping you would stifle your enchanting ghost
Mm-mmm
It’s only that I meant to bring
Love and liveliness to your breast on the scene
Mm-mmm
Did you cut your hands on me?
Are my edges sharp? Am I a pest to feed?
Don’t carry on carrying regrets, oh no oh oh oh
Somewhere there’s a room for us to speak alone
And if it grieves you to stay here, just go, oh oh oh oh
For I have no spell on you, it’s all a ghost
Mm-mmm
I still have the things you gave
Four anointing oils, the paper weight you made
Mm-mmm
For sure I haven’t carried them
Or buried them in the name of your ghost, my friend
Don’t carry on carrying efforts: Don’t go! No oh oh oh
Stay with me until I sleep within your host
Or if it pleases you to leave me, just go, oh oh oh oh
Stopping you would stifle your enchanting ghost
Mm-mmm