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Fourth of July

by Sufjan Stevens

2015•Carrie & Lowell•4:39•Singer/Songwriter

GriefLossFamilyMortality

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🥲 I cried at this

A conversation between Stevens and his estranged, dying mother, rendered as something between a lullaby and a prayer. Closes with 'we're all gonna die' sung twelve times.

The emotional centerpiece of one of the most widely-respected grief albums of the last two decades.