Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister - Jupiter lyrics

My father, working night, first shift
Eternal light the curse of Adam: labor
Outside in the parking lot
The current of wind and the light went hot
He held his head in terror
By Jove and by surprise
The current of lightning filled with light
It burned his hands with symbols
White noise, as Lucifer, the sacred fire
The sacred fern conceived with holy water

His radiance in the dark
Mysterious shape or beauty mark
As if it were Minerva
Breastplate of Jupiter, the hovering deep
As he spoke the word
The light, the virgin creature
All dreams of all disease are
Fantasy features first conceived
Illusions worth remembering
Our father late at night, forbidding death
He kissed the light as Jupiter transfigured
I need you to change me
Prevent you, persuade me, by Jove

I need you, sensation, by
Virtue, persuasion, by Jove, by Jove
By Jove by Jove

Father of light, father of death
Give us your wisdom, give us your breath
Summoner says that Jupiter is
The loneliest planet
Red right eye, put in it's
Place, under your foot, carpenter's cape
Sermon of death says Jupiter
Is the loneliest planet
Floundering star, failed that you
Are, fevering pitch, figure of speech
Sermon of death says Jupiter
Is the loneliest planet

Say it with faith, say it with force
Say it to my face, put me in place
Sermon of death says Jupiter
Is the only conquest
Hurricane heart hurricane haste
Wandering star, put in it's place
Sermon of death says Jupiter
Is the only contest
Father of light, father of death
Give us your wisdom, give us your breath
Sermon of death says Jupiter
Is the loneliest planet