Lyric discussion by IamSteveTaylor 

First off, I want to say what an amazing artist Sufjan Stevens is, if he keeps this up he will be the Bob Dylan of our generation. I have spent all summer in Germany and if there is one artist I can give them that best describes what America really is all about, it's Mr. Stevens.

This song though also happens to be about one of my favorite politicans of all time. Artblot was right when saying the accident was about when he accidently shot a friend that he forever haunted him for the rest of his life and willed him to do great things in his life.

I believe the lines "What did he say? What is the answer?" refer to when he was asking Soviet Leaders during a conference if they had built Nuclear Missles in Cuba. When he asked the question, he did not wait for a translation but demanded an outright answer from the Soviets themselves.

I'm a Republican, and I still think he was an amazing man.

One quote that sticks out showing his complete honesty was when one person came up to him and said "That any thinking man would vote for you." and Mr. Stevenson said back "Thank you, but I need a majority to win."

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