Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
The title of this song is taken from a collection of short stories by American author Flannery O'Connor printed towards the end of her life.
Nearly all of the short stories featured in the collection climax with an arrogant or prideful protagonist undergoing a Christian epiphany, often violently.
[Verse 1]
Can you lift me up to a higher place?
Forget everything that was before
Turn your face around like a salted sphere
Turn yourself around to see what once was there
[Chorus]
Everything that rises must converge
Everything that rises in a word
Everything that rises must converge
Everything that rises
[Verse 2]
Jesus lift me up to a higher plane (To a higher plane)
Can you come around before I go insane? (Before I go insane)
Cast me not in hell, where the demons rage (While my demons rage)
Turn yourself around to see what I can say (To see what I can say)
[Chorus]
Everything that rises must converge
Everything that rises in a word
Everything that rises must converge
Everything that rises
[Verse 3]
Turn yourself away from the wickedness I said
Evil comes to play in the image of the dead
[Chorus]
Everything rises must converge
Everything rises in a word
Everything rises must converge
Everything rises
[Outro]
Everything rises (Everything rises)
Everything rises (Everything rises)
Everything rises (Everything rises)
Everything rises
Everything That Rises was written by Sufjan Stevens.
Everything That Rises was produced by Sufjan Stevens.
Sufjan Stevens released Everything That Rises on Fri Oct 06 2023.