I don’t have much patience for songs like this one from Sufjan Stevens’ 2010 album The Age of Adz.
This reminds me of Radiohead post-OK Computer. Many critics would call that a great thing, but I think Radiohead was just swell right through OK Computer and then turned into total garbage.
I don’t know enough of Sufjan Stevens’ work to make an overall determination, but I know I don’t like this.
I wasn’t older yet
I wasn’t wise, I guess
Somewhere I lost whatever else I had
I wasn’t over you
I see it run inside itself
And then I called you out
I’m not such older than I was
I’m feeling it’s so much right and wrong
And then I woke myself, confused
Your dress comes down to you
Don’t get it wrong, don’t get excited
I wanted so much to be at rest
Now that I’m older
So be it so of love
The silent man comes down
All dressed in radiant colors
You see it for yourself
To demonstrate my love for you
You I thought I was so in love
Some say it wasn’t true
Now that I’m older
Now that I’m older
Now that I’m older
Now that I’m older
There’s so much travel yet
And now that I’m older
Someone else can see it for myself
There’s so much travel yet
Now that I’m older
I don’t mind this. Sounds to me like Rufus Wainwright with more orchestration and a less annoying voice.😁
I know him from soundtrack songs, such as the one for which he was nominated for Camm Me By Your Name. I agree with Dana’s observation of a Wainwright similarity, and you might recall how much I like that artist.