Illinoise - The Seer's Tower Lyrics

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Illinoise the Musical - The Seer's Tower Lyrics

The song is written by Sufjan Stevens.

In the tower above the earth,
There is a view that reaches far
Where we see the universe,
I see the fire, I see the end.

Seven miles above the earth,
There is Emmanuel of mothers.
With his sword, with his robe,
He comes dividing man from brothers.

In the tower above the earth,
We built it for Emmanuel.
In the powers of the earth,
We wait until it rips and rips.
In the tower above the earth,
We built it for Emmanuel.
Oh my mother, she betrayed us,
But my father loved and bathed us.

Still I go to the deepest grave,
Where I go to sleep alone

Illinoise the Musical Lyrics

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a story about John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
a story about The Man of Metropolis
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Casimir Pulaski Day
Prairie Fire That Wanders About
The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us
The Seer's Tower
Chicago (reprise)
The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders