Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July [LYRICS]

The evil it spread
Like a fever ahead
It was night, when you died
My firefly
What could I have said?
To raise you from the dead?
Or could I be the sky
On the Fourth of July

Well you do enough talk
my little hawk
Why do you cry?
Tell me wat did you learn
From the Tillamook burn?
Or the Fourth of July?
We're all gonna die.

Sitting at the bed with a
Halo at your head
Was it all a disguise?
Like Junior high
Where everything was fiction
,Future and prediction
Now, where am I?
My fading supply

Did you get enough love
My little dove?
Why do you cry?
And I'm sorry I left
But It was for the best
Though it never felt right
My little Versailles

The hospital asked, should
The body be cast
before I say goodbye
My star in the sky
Such a funny thought
to wrap you up in cloth
Do you find it alright?
My dragonfly

Shall we look at the moon
My little loon?
Why do you cry?
Make the most of your life,
While it is rife,
While it is light
Well you do enough talk,
My little hawk,
Why do you cry?
Tell me what did you learn
From the Tillamook burn,
Or the Fourth of July?
We're all gonna die.

We're all gonna die.

We're all gonna die.

We're all gonna die.

We're all gonna die.

We're all gonna die.

We're all gonna die.

We're all gonna die.

😢😢

This is the only song to leave me in tears. I was sleep deprived and sick, so my emotions were all out of whack

my grandma got cancer and she died a couple monts later, i barely saw her in her last days and i regret it so bad. i dreamed of her the morning she died and she was saying goodbye to me and it felt so real, then i was woken up to find out she did die. i listened to this song that day and now every time i hear i cry. it reminds me of her death and it's such a beautiful song but in the same time so sad..

This reminds me of the time I died and then was brought back to life

i like listing to this song while imaging what if i had to say to my father if could see him on his death bed

my mother just recently passed away and her birthdate is on july 4. oh how gentle yet personally heartbreaking this song is to me.

This song breaks me for no reason and i dont know why.

شعور غريب لما اسمع هذي الاغنيه تحرك مشاعري كثيييير وصوته هادي ودي انام بحنجرته للابد

I miss my dog Lola 😢 rip

It was night when you died my firefly

you know Technoblade never dies ❤😢👑🐽 #TechnobladeNeverDies

Everytime I listen to this, I try to keep my composure & take deep breath’s not to cry or feel any sad emotion. It’s all in vein as it comes out anyways, I can’t stop it. The lyrics hurt too much :(

This song hurts to listen to now, when I was in sixth grade I was really depressed and I listened to this song while I cried, now when I listen to it, It makes me cry. It's hard to listen to this song, but I still do.

No matter what happens,what you do,where you are, life goes on.........

"We're all gonna die."
"And I'm sorry I left but it was for the best."

Me: * RELATABLE. * This hits different when your dealing with life and your friend betrays you and gets to bully you and your friend :< ...I hate thinking about how I'm such an idiot for believing her! Why did I friend her.

I normally don’t cry to a song but this one hits so different

This :,)

I slipped in the bathroom to this song 😍🦶🏼

“Did you get enough love my little dove” Me: No….No I didn’t

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reminds me of my best friend who died from suicide, I miss you Tyler, More and more every fucking day.

Dammmm it's been 7 years 😩😭💔

this song reminds me about my dead grandmother. she died before i said “goodbye” to her, so I can even recognize myself in those lines.

Whenever I feel the need to cry, i come and listen to this song cause a certain infamous line makes me sob every single time, and I realized that I always tell myself: "No, I didn't".

im crying

Iiuj=by the

This reminds me of my old bsf she didn’t die I know this song is about someone dying… the part that says did you get enough love my little dove reminds me so much of my guilt my best friend was named Sara left she was amazing friend but it didn’t end she left a couple days before our 1 year she was so amazing to me I thought we would be best friends forever this song plays every day to heal open wounds I hope she happy and knows how sorry I am for being a horrible human


I love you and I’m sorry.

Did you get enough love, my little dove? 2:05

I don't like how they say abandoned him like she had a choice to take care of him when she's sick herself

‘Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn, or the Fourth of July? We’re all gonna die’ just makes it sadder because she knew she was dying and he keeps repeating ‘why do you cry’ just proves she was really sad about it and he has to say ‘Make the most of your life, while it is rife, while it is light’ to calm her down and enjoy her last moments. But when he says ‘while it is light’ I think he means when she dies he will go into the dark because the light killed her. This is just a really touching song and hit me in a way that I just really appreciate, especially at the fact I held my dog while he died… I’m just so thankful for the man to make a song about her instead of keeping to himself, cause if we are being honest, what would we do if this song was not created? This song literally describes dying/dead loved one. So thankyou, A THOUSAND THANKYOUS, to the creator of the song and the creator of the video, who, like us, wanted to spread the song.. to spread the message 💔

did u get enough love?...

I love the part says "did u get enough love, my little dove why do u cry..?" it makes me cry all tike time :(

At a young age, I see how horrible people can be in this word. How society is, how horrible this world is, and yet I am here. I am somehow still here, I barely get any love from my family. At a young age I have suffered so many family issues that have made my mental state scatter into glass pieces.

All I've ever wanted was love from that special someone. To be cared for, to feel wanted, to have someone who makes me smile like there is no tomorrow. Someone who will smile back at me like there is no tomorrow. I read all these sad romance books, and I cry so much knowing I will not get that kind of love that was in the books.

I just wish this world was kind, not brutal.
I'm so young, so very young, but already have seen and experienced so many horrors. I hope no other person has to go through the same things. I hope everyone has a wonderful life.

I'm still yet to lose a family member, but I know, that once my dad passes, I will break down, and be unable to get out of bed for a while. Hopefully it will be a long time before he is gone. I was raised only by him as my parents are divorced and my dad got custody. I see my mother rarely, but I still love her dearly. Any parent dying, would kill me.

POV: your favorite character died and you become lost

Put this song on any depressing moment in a show you really like and bam! you start crying 😊

bro i cried to this because one of my dogs got sent away

"and im sorry i left but it was for the best though it never felt right.." reminds me of dad, he's still alive but as much as i hate to admit it...i know he's dying slowly and i dont like to think about it bcs i rarely get to see him

My grandma died this year and it hurt my mom super bad and she has depression and I'm scared that her death is killing everyone but now I'm 13 with no grandma and they were the only ones who showed how much they cared Abt me and now that they are gone I can't even look at the pictures without crying. I was 8 and leaving he house with my brother and my mom asked for a picture and not long later she has pasted (2021) and that was on her coffin. Only that picture. It makes me so sick that she loves us so much but she actually showed it. My other grandmas passing is hurting my whole family and I just can't take it anymore and the worse thing is she would sing me this song.

I've not yet lost someone. Not anyone too close to me, anyways. But this song helps me cope with the fear that one day, inevitably, my parents will die. My mom, sadly, I don't think I'd miss too much, but my father... He's my world. I love him so much. When he's gone, Ill break. And if I'm to die before them... I just know he wouldn't survive that. It tears me apart... He's getting up in his ages... I love you daddy ❤

I miss you Maggie, you were the best dog 💕

This song reminds me of all the things I used to enjoy when I was little coming to an end, youtubers changing, cartoons ending, reminds me im growing up, I can't latch onto them forever even tho I wish I could

We're all gonna cry...

The people that disliked live in Australia.

I cant believe this was made 7 years ago.

3 am crying rn

I lost my dog yesterday. She was the dog I grew up with. I told her so many secrets. She was my rock. This song makes me think of all the memories we had together. I can’t wait to meet her again

We’re all gonna die.