“All the glory when He took our place,
But He took my shoulders and He shook my face,
And He takes and He takes and He takes.”

—  Sufjan Stevens

"Casimir Pulaski Day"
Lyrics, Illinois (2005)

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American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist 1975

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