They Just Don't Write Em Like That Anymore

And the last word on Christmas week over here? It’s Sufjan Stevens’s “Did I Make You Cry on Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It)”, of course — and could be nothing else, as far as I’m concerned.

This song contains one of my favorite phrases of all time, which is, “I’m writing poems about you/and they’re not very nice.” This song speaks to a quiet place inside each of us that has no idea how to be with another person, and this evokes a deep, solemn feeling in me each time I listen to it. What is first amusing about the brash title of the song gives way to a gentle reality check that is nonetheless brutal.

uh…Merry Christmas everyone! Regularly scheduled posts will begin again after the holiday.