Lyrics The Seer's Tower - Sufjan Stevens

The Seer's Tower

In a tower above the earth
There is a view that reaches far
Where we see the universe
I see the fire I see the end
Seven miles above the earth
There is Emmanuel of mothers
With his sword with his robe
He comes dividing man from brothers
In a tower above the earth
We built it for Emmanuel
In the powers of the earth
We wait until he rails and rails
In a tower above the earth
We built it for Emmanuel
Oh my mother she betrayed us
But my father loved and bathed us
Still I go to the deepest grave
Where I go to sleep alone