Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
“To Be Alone With You” is about making sacrifices for love. There’s a lot things that can be read into that sentiment–religion, forbidden love, etc.
Insofar as the song is about Jesus (to whom Sufjan refers many times in this song, e.g., the [Upper] Room of Acts 1:12-14 [a sacred space], Jesus' cel...
[Verse 1]
I'd swim across Lake Michigan
I'd sell my shoes
I'd give my body to be back again
In the rest of the room
[Hook]
To be alone with you
To be alone with you
To be alone with you
To be alone with you
[Verse 2]
You gave your body to the lonely
They took your clothes
You gave up a wife and a family
You gave your ghost
[Hook 2]
To be alone with me
To be alone with me
To be alone with me
You went up on a tree
[Bridge]
To be alone with me
You went up on a tree
[Outro]
I've never known a man who loved me
To Be Alone with You was written by Sufjan Stevens.
To Be Alone with You was produced by Daniel Smith.
Sufjan Stevens released To Be Alone with You on Tue Mar 16 2004.