Sufjan Stevens (Detroit, 1975) es, sin lugar a dudas, el artista más reconocido de la corriente neo-folk de los Estados Unidos.
Sus canciones recogen un universo fantástico y mítico, donde dragones, brujas, el cielo y el infierno dan forma a sus letras.
Stevens comenzó su carrera musical en una banda folk llamada Marzuki, originaria de Holland, Michigan. A su vez, formaba (y forma parte) de Danielson Famile, tocando varios instrumentos. Mientras aun estudiaba en la universidad
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Basic Chords (the only two that need specification, for a more accuarate transciption check out the other version I uploaded)
A#m6 (x 1 4 3 2 x), D#m6 (x 6 9 8 7 x)
[Verse 1]
EF#BF# Light struck from the lemon tree AG#mF#EBC#mB What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene? EBF#G#m Lemon yoghurt, remember I pulled at your shirt F#E I dropped the ashtray on the floor BC#mB I just wanted to be near you
[Verse 2]
EF#BF# Emerald Park, wonders never cease AG#mF#EBC#mB The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name EBF#G#mF# Like a Father he led community water on my head E And he called me “Subaru” BC#mB And now I want to be near you
[Verse 3]
BA#m6G#mF#ED#m6F# Since I was old enough to speak I've said it with alarm BA#m6G#mF#E Some part of me was lost in your sleeve D#m6F# Where you hid your cigarettes E No I’ll never forget BC#mB I just want to be near you
[Verse 4]
EF#BF# Still I pray to what I cannot see AG#mF#EBC#mB In the sprinkler I mark the evidence known from the start EBF#G#mF#m From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess E Far away the falcon flew BC#mB Now I want to be near you
[Verse 5]
EF#BF# What’s left is only bittersweet AG#mF#EBC#mB For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me EBF#G#mF# Now I’m drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away E What’s the point of singing songs BC#mB If they’ll never even hear you?