{"id":28119,"date":"2017-11-26T14:35:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T22:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=28119"},"modified":"2017-11-26T14:35:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T22:35:56","slug":"on-sunday-receive-the-greatest-gift-from-sufjan-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2017-11\/on-sunday-receive-the-greatest-gift-from-sufjan-stevens\/","title":{"rendered":"On Sunday:  Receive &#8220;The Greatest Gift&#8221; from Sufjan Stevens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SSOuttakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-27932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SSOuttakes-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SSOuttakes-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SSOuttakes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SSOuttakes-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SSOuttakes-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SSOuttakes.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back! Took a break and, upon our return, received <em><strong>The Greatest Gift<\/strong><\/em> from <strong>Sufjan Stevens<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2017-10\/listen-to-sufjan-stevens-haunting-wallowa-lake-monster-from-impending-carrie-lowell-mixtape\/\"><strong>As highlighted previously<\/strong><\/a>, the song is the title track of\u00a0a <strong><em>Carrie &amp; Lowell <\/em><\/strong>\u201cmixtape,\u201d\u00a0which has just been released on\u00a0<strong>Asthmatic Kitty<\/strong>. The mixtape includes unreleased outtakes, remixes, and demos from <strong><em>Carrie &amp; Lowell<\/em><\/strong>. A portion of the proceeds from<strong> <em>The Greatest Gift <\/em><\/strong>will be donated to <strong>Cancer Community Support<\/strong>, which it is said \u201cis dedicated to ensuring that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As you can see below, <em><strong>The Greatest Gift<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a great reminder from <strong>Stevens<\/strong> to give thanks and go gentle in to that bright day and that dark night. Check out the song&#8217;s stop-motion video, which was directed by <strong>Stevens<\/strong>, along with the song&#8217;s lyrics at bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Go<a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/greatest-gift\"><strong> HERE<\/strong> <\/a>to purchase the new release.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/22QKbw_c_yM\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Greatest Gift:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Praise the mountain and the rain<br \/>\nAll the gifts that still remain<br \/>\nBut the greatest gift of all<br \/>\nAnd the law above all laws<\/p>\n<p>Is to love your friends and lovers<br \/>\nTo lay down your life for your brothers<br \/>\nAs you abide in peace<br \/>\nSo will your delight increase<\/p>\n<p>As the mystery of the cross<br \/>\nAsa Lovejoy lost the toss<br \/>\nAnd the fountain in the rain<br \/>\nWhere my sorrow still remains<\/p>\n<p>So I run to my friends and lovers<br \/>\nI lay down my life for my brothers<br \/>\nAs I abide in peace<br \/>\nSo will my delight increase&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back! Took a break and, upon our return, received The Greatest Gift from Sufjan Stevens. As highlighted previously, the song is the title track of\u00a0a Carrie &amp; Lowell \u201cmixtape,\u201d\u00a0which has just been released on\u00a0Asthmatic Kitty. The mixtape includes unreleased outtakes, remixes, and demos from Carrie &amp; Lowell. A portion of the proceeds from The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28119"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28127,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28119\/revisions\/28127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}