Lyrics for Demetrius as interpreted by Periodix

Demetrius Lyrics
Reach for the archer
He chose an offer

You are only a redeemer
You are holy, like Demetrius

Change the hoodoo caper
Strange impersonator
Make a multi-tracker
Take your book and back her

You are like that, a redeemer
You are like that, like Demetrius

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musicalchairs
09-03-2006

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I LOVE THIS SONG


for some reason.
I have n0 clue what its about.
but aaaaah.

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imab&sbookworm
01-19-2007

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this song is so much darker than sufjan's other stuff and im crazy about it because of that.

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bainrex7
05-21-2007

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Any ideas as which Demetrius this song is in reference to?

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Periodix
05-23-2007

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Here are the exact lyrics for this song, transcribed from Sufjan's handwriting in the first pressing of the album. The lyrics are originally written without line breaks.

Demetrius: reach for the archer. He chose an offer. You are only a redeemer. You are holy, like Demetrius. Change the hoodoo caper; strange impersonator. Make a multi-tracker. Take your book and back her. You are like that, a redeemer. You are like that, like Demetrius.

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johnnyk1080
06-17-2007

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I love this song :)

The arabic part of it is originally from one of my mom's favorite artists, Fairuz. Its an arabic easter song

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trexsandwich
04-14-2008

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I'm guessing he is talking about Demetrius I, whose nickname was "Soter" or "Savior"/"Redeemer". He was the king of Syria from 162-150 B.C, and got his nickname from the Babylonians whom he saved from a Roman tyrant. I'm not really sure how the rest of the song relates to the man, though, or why Demetrius would be considered holy.

He is mostly known in modern western history for his relationship with the Jewish people. He got involved in Jewish politics, and defeated Judas Maccabeus at the urging of one political faction, but was never able to win the political support of the Jews. Again, I don't know how this relates to the song... now I'm just blabbing....

For more info, Wikipedia has a short article about Demetrius, and the Jewish Encyclopedia and Catholic Encyclopedia (both available online) flesh things out a bit.

Oh, also, 1 Maccabees, 7-10 and 2 Maccabees, 14-15 describe the events from the Jewish perspective (ALSO available online via a quick Google search! Hurrah! Too much information!)

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trexsandwich
04-18-2008

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Hey, Johnnyk (or anyone) ~~ Do you happen to know what Fairuz song it is that he samples?

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trexsandwich
04-18-2008

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Hey, Johnnyk (or anyone) ~~ Do you happen to know what Fairuz song it is that he samples?

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