The Mistress Witch from McClure (Or, The Mind That Knows Itself)

Song The Mistress Witch from McClure (Or, The Mind That Knows Itself)
Artist Sufjan Stevens
Album The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album!

Lyrics

[00:14.70] And the winter moves about
[00:19.56] Illinois
[00:21.17] When my sister picks a fight
[00:24.69] With the Alexander boy
[00:27.60] And my father locks the car
[00:32.40] By the store
[00:34.04] Still we figure out the keys
[00:38.20] And follow him once more
[00:41.36] Oh my God
[00:44.64] We see it on the floor
[00:47.87] The woman on the bed
[00:51.16] The ankle brace she wore
[00:54.32] Stones and sled
[00:57.45] It could have been some other
[01:00.76] The mind that knows itself
[01:03.78] Has a mind to serve the other
[01:07.24] But we run back
[01:10.50] Scratching at the door
[01:16.99] Scratching at the door
[01:46.26] If I'm hiding in the sleeves
[01:50.88] Of my coat
[01:52.66] When my father runs undressed
[01:56.48] He's pointing at my throat
[01:59.21] And my brother has a fit
[02:04.11] In the snow
[02:05.89] And the traffic stops for miles
[02:09.79] We take him by the elbow
[02:13.02] Oh my God
[02:16.44] The shuffling at the floor
[02:19.76] A mind that knows itself
[02:23.00] Is a mind that knows much more
[02:26.57] So we run back
[02:29.37] Scrambling for cover
[02:32.60] A mind that knows itself
[02:35.82] Has a mind to kill the other
[02:39.09] Oh my God
[02:42.46] He left us now for dead
[02:49.01] He left us now for dead