The Seer's Tower - Sufjan Stevens

In the tower above the earth

There is a view that reaches far

Where we see the universe

I see the fire I see the end

Seven miles above the earth

There is Emmanuel of mothers

With his sword with his robe

He comes dividing man from brothers

In the tower above the earth we built it for Emmanuel

In the powers of the earth we wait until it rips and rips
In the tower above the earth we built it for Emmanuel

Oh my mother she betrayed us but my father loved and bathed us

Still I go to the deepest grave

Where I go to sleep alone