I Want To Be Well
by Sufjan Stevens
From the album: The Age of Adz
Duration: 06:28
Lyrics for I Want To Be Well
To think that I would die this time Isolated in the room where the bed rises Photographic ordinary people are everywhere Extraordinary histories, ordinary histories, ordinary histories (I'll find sleep, I'll find peace) (For in death we sleep with ease) To figure that it was my fault Or so I've come to realize life is not about Love to some and ordinary people are everywhere Extraordinary people are, ordinary people are, ordinary people are (Everywhere you look, everywhere you turn) (Illness is watching, waiting its turn) Did I go at it wrong? Did I go intentionally to destroy me? I'm suffering in noise I'm suffering in touching ordinary bodies The burning from within The burning from with- ordinary hysteria I could not be at rest I could not be at peace, extraordina- hysteria So do yourself some good (do yourself a good thing) Or do yourself a death (do yourself a good thing) From ordinary causes (do yourself a good thing) (Do yourself a good thing) Or do yourself a favor (do yourself a good thing) Or do yourself a death from ordinary causes (do yourself a good thing) (Do yourself a good thing) Illness likes To prey upon the lonely, prey upon the lonely When it bites Oh, I would rather be dead, I would rather give up I want to be well, I want to be well I want to be well, I want to be well I want to be well, I want to be well I want to be well, I want to be well I want to be well, I want to be well I want to be well, I want to be well I want to be well, I want to be well I want to be well, I want to be well I want to be well, I want to be well I want to be well, I want to be well I want to be well, I want to be well I want to be well, I want to be well, I want to be And I forgive you even (well, I want to be well, I want to be) As you choke me that way (well, I want to be well, I want to be) With the pill or demon (well, I want to be well, I want to be) And the shrouded shovel (well, I want to be well, I want to be) Under conversation (well, I want to be well, I want to be) In tremendous weight of (well, I want to be well, I want to be) A crowd of ages outside (well, I want to be well, I want to be) Dressed for murder (well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be well, I) And shall I kiss you even As you take me that way? With the pill or demon As my body changes (well, I want to be) Apparitions gone awry (well, I want to be well, I want to be) They surround me all sides (well, I want to be well, I want to be) But from within, I see it (well, I want to be well, I want to be) Unholy changes (well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be) I'm not, I'm not, I'm not (well, I want to be well, I want to be well, I)