Jupiter - Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly

My father, working nights

First shift, eternal light

The curse of Adam labor

Outside, in the parking lot

The current of wind and the light went hot

He held his head in terror

By jove and by surprise

The current of lightning filled with light

It burned his hands with symbols

White noise as Lucifer

The sacred fire, the sacred fern

Conceived with holy water

His radiance in the dark

Mysterious shape or beauty mark

As if it were Minerva

Breastplate of Jupiter

The hovering deep, he spoke the word

The light, the virgin creature

All dreams and all disease are fantasy features, ill-conceived

Illusions worth remembering

My father, late at night

Forbidding death, he kissed the light

As Jupiter transfigured

I need you to change me, prevent you, persuade me

By jove

I need you, sensation, my virtue, persuasion

By jove

Father of light

Father of death

Give us your wisdom, give us your breath

Summoner says that Jupiter is the loneliest planet

Red right eye

Put in its place

Under your foot, carpenter’s cape

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet

Floundering star

Failed that you are

Fevering pitch

Figure of speech

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet

Say it with faith

Say it with force

Say it to my face

Put me in place

Sermon of death says Lucifer is the only conquest

Hurricane heart, hurricane haste

Wandering star, pick up your pace

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the only contest

Father of light

Father of death

Give us your wisdom, give us your breath

Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet