Lyrics and translation Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche
I
call
ye
cabin
neighbors
Je
t'appelle
ma
voisine
de
la
cabane
I
call
you
once
my
friends
Je
t'appelle
autrefois
mon
amie
But
I
trust
when
you
labor
Mais
j'ai
confiance
en
toi
quand
tu
travailles
And
put
my
head
to
rest
Et
je
pose
ma
tête
pour
me
reposer
But
I
was
on
the
hatch
Mais
j'étais
sur
l'écoutille
I
was
on
the
avalanche
J'étais
sur
l'avalanche
And
I
had
found
my
match
Et
j'avais
trouvé
mon
égal
I
was
on
the
floor
J'étais
sur
le
sol
I
took
a
train
from
Virginia
J'ai
pris
un
train
de
Virginie
To
Illinois,
my
home
Vers
l'Illinois,
ma
maison
He
said
"I
knew
you
had
it
in
ya"
Il
a
dit
"Je
savais
que
tu
l'avais
en
toi"
A
mind
to
make
its
own
Un
esprit
pour
faire
son
propre
chemin
But
I
was
on
the
hatch
Mais
j'étais
sur
l'écoutille
Riding
on
the
avalanche
À
cheval
sur
l'avalanche
I
tried
to
take
it
back
J'ai
essayé
de
la
reprendre
I
was
on
the
floor
J'étais
sur
le
sol
Come
on,
Stone!
Allez,
Pierre !
Come
on,
Star!
Allez,
Étoile !
Come
on,
Snow!
Allez,
Neige !
Come
on,
Car!
Allez,
Voiture !
Come
on,
Hands!
Allez,
Mains !
Come
on,
Feet!
Allez,
Pieds !
Come
on,
Face!
Allez,
Visage !
Come
on,
Street!
Allez,
Rue !
Come
on,
State!
Allez,
État !
Come
on,
Song!
Allez,
Chanson !
Move
it
fast!
(Take
it
up)
Bouge
vite !
(Prends
ça)
Move
it
along!
(The
Ohio
River)
Bouge !
(Le
fleuve
Ohio)
Come
on,
Life!
(Take
it
up)
Allez,
Vie !
(Prends
ça)
Come
on,
Lord!
(Take
it
over)
Allez,
Seigneur !
(Prends
ça)
Make
it
right!
(To
the
Mississippi)
Répare !
(Jusqu'au
Mississippi)
Make
it
Yours!
Fais-en
tien !
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1
Springfiel, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught In His Hair
2 Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair
3 Carlyle Lake
4 Saul Bellow
5 Chicago (Acoustic)
6 Adlai Stevenson
7 The Avalanche
8 The Mistress Witch From McClure (Or, the Mind That Knows Itself)
9 Pittsfield
10 Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder version)
11 The Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do?"
12 Kaskaskia River
13 Dear Mr. Supercomputer
14 Chicago (acoustic version)
15 The Henney Buggy Band
16 The Vivian Girls Are Visited In the Night by Saint Dargarius and his Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies
17 Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne
18 The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake
19 For Clyde Tombaugh
20 The Undivided Self (for Eppie and Popo)
2 Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair
3 Carlyle Lake
4 Saul Bellow
5 Chicago (Acoustic)
6 Adlai Stevenson
7 The Avalanche
8 The Mistress Witch From McClure (Or, the Mind That Knows Itself)
9 Pittsfield
10 Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder version)
11 The Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do?"
12 Kaskaskia River
13 Dear Mr. Supercomputer
14 Chicago (acoustic version)
15 The Henney Buggy Band
16 The Vivian Girls Are Visited In the Night by Saint Dargarius and his Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies
17 Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne
18 The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake
19 For Clyde Tombaugh
20 The Undivided Self (for Eppie and Popo)
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