first of all, i don't think sufjan is addressing royal in this song, as a previous commenter said. i was at his concert last night and after he played this song he said that it was his apocalypse love song, and how a relationship ending is the same thing as the end of the world. he said it kind of jokingly but i think he was partly serious. the song that he said was about royal robertson was "get real, get right."
first of all, i don't think sufjan is addressing royal in this song, as a previous commenter said. i was at his concert last night and after he played this song he said that it was his apocalypse love song, and how a relationship ending is the same thing as the end of the world. he said it kind of jokingly but i think he was partly serious. the song that he said was about royal robertson was "get real, get right."