Sufjan Stevens — The Mistress Witch from McClure Or The Mind That Knows Itself

[Verse 1] And the winter moves about Illinois When my sister picks a fight with the Alexander boy And my father locks the car by the store Still, we figure out the keys and follow him once more [Chorus] Oh my God, we see it on the floor The woman on the bed, the ankle brace she wore Stones and sled, it could have been some other The mind that knows itself has a mind to serve the other But we run back, scratching at the door Scratching at the door [Verse 2] If I'm hiding in the sleeves of my coat When my father runs undressed, he's pointing at my throat And my brother has a fit in the snow And the traffic stops for miles, we take him by the elbow [Chorus 2] Oh my God (oh my God), the shuffling at the floor (no one came) A mind that knows itself (to our side) is a mind that knows much more (to carry us away from danger) So we run back (oh my God), scrambling for cover (no one came) A mind that knows (to our side) itself has a mind to kill the other (to carry us away from danger) Oh my God You left us now for dead You left us now for dead