Sufjan Stevens - "To Be Alone With You" (Official Audio)

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"To Be Alone With You" from Sufjan Stevens' ‘Seven Swans,' originally released on March 16, 2004.
Deluxe 20th Anniversary Editions (physical and digital) are available now, here: asthmatickitty.lnk.to/sevensw...
~Video Credits~
Lyric Video by Rena Johnson
Featuring artwork drawn by Marzuki Stevens & animated by Stephen Halker with calligraphy by Laura Normandin
~Lyrics~
I’d swim across Lake Michigan
I’d sell my shoes
I’d give my body to back again
In the rest of room
To be alone with you
You gave your body to the lonely
They took your clothes
You gave up a wife and family
You gave your ghost
To be alone with me
To be alone with me
You went up on a tree
I’ve never met a man who loved me

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  • @kwizatzhannahrach
    @kwizatzhannahrach8 күн бұрын

    Oh good I almost went to bed happy

  • @kristenmarosi8559

    @kristenmarosi8559

    8 күн бұрын

    Bahaha😂

  • @BioluminescentTree

    @BioluminescentTree

    8 күн бұрын

    I don't get it, to me it's an overwhelmingly positive and serene song. I often see people describing Sufjan's music as sad even when it's not and it reeks of superficiality.

  • @yorick22

    @yorick22

    8 күн бұрын

    @@BioluminescentTree “Sufjan’s music is not sad” carrie and Lowell. enough said.

  • @BioluminescentTree

    @BioluminescentTree

    8 күн бұрын

    @@yorick22 Great reading comprehension.

  • @yorick22

    @yorick22

    8 күн бұрын

    @@BioluminescentTree thanks :3

  • @nesssavaness
    @nesssavaness8 күн бұрын

    Looks like I'm still up at 4am listening to Sufjan 20 years later.

  • @goldfishy
    @goldfishy8 күн бұрын

    This album broke my heart 20 years ago. It’s still broken.

  • @singdancing8

    @singdancing8

    8 күн бұрын

    good art should break one's heart open

  • @Simulacreage
    @Simulacreage8 күн бұрын

    why is the little swan family animation the sweetest thing I've ever seen

  • @craw2072
    @craw20722 күн бұрын

    This song touched me so deeply in college. And listening to it again now, it finds its way back to the tender part of my heart it first found almost 20 years ago.

  • @ku6665
    @ku66658 күн бұрын

    This is the first Sulfjan Stevens song I listened to. Such a lovely tune. 💛🫂

  • @davidbiddle1525

    @davidbiddle1525

    8 күн бұрын

    Welcome they are the best artist

  • @dgmwrong4751

    @dgmwrong4751

    8 күн бұрын

    listen to Carrie and Lowell NOW

  • @bonitotv2989

    @bonitotv2989

    8 күн бұрын

    Same

  • @carolinaferreira4346

    @carolinaferreira4346

    7 күн бұрын

    Me too! Because of a Pitchfork collection in celebration of Carrie and Lowell's release.

  • @Josh-nv3qs

    @Josh-nv3qs

    7 күн бұрын

    same heard it on the movie Demolition it stucked with me so i searched the song and that's when i discovered sufjan and the rest is history

  • @spray7679
    @spray76798 күн бұрын

    All the songs from this CD are absolutely haunting. It is like a meditation for me. I always come back to these songs. "You gave your body to the lonely" Isaiah 53:12 (NIV): "Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."

  • @yasifneedsalife
    @yasifneedsalife4 күн бұрын

    i discovered sufjan almost a year ago, and i gotta say, i've never seen or heard an artist like him. the lyrics, the aesthetics, the melodies.. he's a pure genius, and i wish i had discovered him earlier

  • @thanathecreator_7555
    @thanathecreator_75558 күн бұрын

    One of my favorite artists to listen to when I need to unwind and calm down ❤

  • @mikefountaini1
    @mikefountaini15 күн бұрын

    This album is so beautiful and soothing. It gave me peace in my teen years. Thank you, dear Sufjan.

  • @flowtonowhere
    @flowtonowhere8 күн бұрын

    summer rain with SufjanStevens songs, if this isn’t nice then I don’t know what is

  • @kaela1111
    @kaela11118 күн бұрын

    This song literally popped into my head less than an hour ago, after many years of not having heard it… and here it is! And with beautiful artwork and animation! 💜💜💜

  • @xedrekuchiha3174
    @xedrekuchiha31748 күн бұрын

    I love Sufjan Stevens so much!!! His music is some of the most beautiful and somber i've ever heard.

  • @goldfishy

    @goldfishy

    8 күн бұрын

    Makes you feel like you know him intimately even though you’ve never met him.

  • @xedrekuchiha3174

    @xedrekuchiha3174

    8 күн бұрын

    @@goldfishy That's exactly the feeling!

  • @Yukencio
    @Yukencio8 күн бұрын

    One of my favorite albums of all time 💚

  • @user-xy5dx3ql7v
    @user-xy5dx3ql7v7 күн бұрын

    I miss you Sufjan

  • @DUBaviator
    @DUBaviator8 күн бұрын

    Brings back memories of my teenage years and watching The O.C.

  • @Bebushkae
    @Bebushkae8 күн бұрын

    Thank you Sufjan

  • @Alec_____
    @Alec_____8 күн бұрын

    I love u Suf

  • @rainpuppies
    @rainpuppies8 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your music Sufjan

  • @moodyangel
    @moodyangel8 күн бұрын

    Oh wow

  • @sannevanbeers
    @sannevanbeers6 күн бұрын

    Undeniably Beautiful❤

  • @MDF44405
    @MDF444058 күн бұрын

    Todo o seu trabalho é tão bonito e emocionantes que é impossivel nao se apaixonar por ele.

  • @heleneramos889
    @heleneramos8898 күн бұрын

    Beautiness from the start to the end! Je l'ai aimé!

  • @latvians13
    @latvians133 күн бұрын

    Beautiful ❤

  • @rainybear1902
    @rainybear19027 күн бұрын

    i was listening to this song this evening and realized how different it feels since i first listened back in school and then i thought about it and started to read and now i feel angry and am going to go fall asleep in a field

  • @yorick22
    @yorick228 күн бұрын

    ah, time for the classic Sufjan pastime of “is this song gay or just about Jesus”

  • @UR.right.
    @UR.right.6 күн бұрын

    With me never alone With him often alone Never alone with you Never alone with me

  • @Zeugnimodms
    @Zeugnimodms8 күн бұрын

    The deluxe addition hit Spotify as well!

  • @astridmaro
    @astridmaro8 күн бұрын

    Te quiero mucho sufjan

  • @ethereal759
    @ethereal7598 күн бұрын

    I love you so much your music means so much to me ever since I listened to Futile Devices I’ve been obsessed 💓

  • @mirandai7647
    @mirandai76472 күн бұрын

    omgg I love this

  • @dreysantillan
    @dreysantillan8 күн бұрын

    This is the earliest time I've ever been! Been listening to this guy's song for years now

  • @thornepereira298
    @thornepereira2988 күн бұрын

    This is my favorite song of all time!

  • @avonixxinova
    @avonixxinova7 күн бұрын

    I’m so stoked I found this today looked at the date and said happy birthday brother. ❤

  • @johnaldvizzini2274
    @johnaldvizzini22748 күн бұрын

    I've been covering this song for over a decade and still barely do it justice compared to this.

  • @healingv1sion
    @healingv1sion8 күн бұрын

    What a bop

  • @shavonn7013
    @shavonn70138 күн бұрын

    노래가 심심한 것 같다가도, 안 시끄러워서 좋은 듯 합니다. 그리고 저 그림이 나를 너무 마음 편하게 해요.

  • @sailorneptune6330
    @sailorneptune63308 күн бұрын

    Beautiful!!!

  • @naluvle
    @naluvle7 күн бұрын

    i love listening top sufjan stevens

  • @b_3735
    @b_37358 күн бұрын

    To be alone with me you went up on a tree❤️🙏🙌

  • @yurioncookies
    @yurioncookies8 күн бұрын

    Thank you

  • @ceejundersiege
    @ceejundersiege8 күн бұрын

    Thank you, Sufjan.

  • @Ms.coconut928
    @Ms.coconut9287 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤ to be alone when me on the tree 😊

  • @nomorepikachu
    @nomorepikachu8 күн бұрын

    Oldie but goldie ❤️‍🩹

  • @stanluvscats
    @stanluvscats8 күн бұрын

    sobbing

  • @heyitsandrewcraft
    @heyitsandrewcraft7 күн бұрын

  • @lacymckee5738
    @lacymckee57388 күн бұрын

    I love this! But why do the lyrics say "I've never met" instead "I've never known" in the last line?

  • @nomorepikachu

    @nomorepikachu

    8 күн бұрын

    Might be that „met“ was the original lyric, but in the studio he spontaneously sang it differently and they never changed it in the text. „Known“ sounds better imo. :)

  • @gali2580
    @gali25808 күн бұрын

    💖💖💖

  • @lyswantsmusic574
    @lyswantsmusic5748 күн бұрын

    And just like that...😭😭

  • @nemo2327
    @nemo23278 күн бұрын

    Yay

  • @plexus
    @plexus8 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @BtwnTheBars.
    @BtwnTheBars.6 күн бұрын

    😌🎶

  • @M15Guys
    @M15Guys8 күн бұрын

    I love this so much .... I hope its not about religion .... x

  • @fatim7736
    @fatim77367 күн бұрын

    I really wanna read the story behind every song he writes.

  • @christinelikeschrysanthemums
    @christinelikeschrysanthemums8 күн бұрын

    🎶💕🙏🏻

  • @isabelescalantebadillo915
    @isabelescalantebadillo9158 күн бұрын

    teamo

  • @aidajuma8852
    @aidajuma88528 күн бұрын

    just realized to be alone with me you went up on that tree [refrencing the story of Zacchaeus in the bible]

  • @sdv917

    @sdv917

    7 күн бұрын

    Listening to the proceeding verse about giving your body to the lowly, they took your clothes, giving your ghost to be alone with me (you went up on a tree) sounds more like a crucifixion reference.

  • @norzakiahabdmajid5975
    @norzakiahabdmajid59758 күн бұрын

    🤩👍👍👍❣️

  • @straykids-yd2eb
    @straykids-yd2eb8 күн бұрын

    🎉

  • @CookehJC_42
    @CookehJC_428 күн бұрын

    ❤🎉💔

  • @Juniojosph
    @Juniojosph8 күн бұрын

    O maior

  • @supertavio2

    @supertavio2

    8 күн бұрын

    O maioral

  • @priszilla7928
    @priszilla7928Күн бұрын

    Is this it, did I finally find midwest emo

  • @thanhat365
    @thanhat3658 күн бұрын

    wait what

  • @godoyander
    @godoyander8 күн бұрын

    Beautiful… but they messed up the very last line 🥲

  • @beefannin
    @beefannin8 күн бұрын

    what

  • @Jijigmama
    @Jijigmama8 күн бұрын

    early❤

  • @keytoawesomeness
    @keytoawesomeness4 күн бұрын

    beautiful song but i am so annoyed that those swans don't have a flying animation, it's an animation of them standing and flapping their wings made to look like it's flying

  • @KasugaiSeika
    @KasugaiSeika8 күн бұрын

    Love your voice

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